Valet Log: 101311 — The Power and Glory Of Being a Parking Valet by Greg Silva · Published October 13, 2011 · Updated December 14, 2018 A version of this piece was recorded for the SRP Radio Podcast. Stream or Download My mother wears what? Okay. Well, you still can’t park here! I love casually dropping a big red rubber cone onto a parking space and walking away, just as some poor schmuck is trying to back into it! It smells like . . . victory! Which is a hell of lot more practical than teen spirit, by the way. Ah, the power and the glory . . . of being a valet!