Valet Psychology.

Sorry I've been so absent lately.  My mom has been back in the hospital for a lot of the last month.  Due to the hospital stays I have been there a lot and have also used the free valet for handicapped folks a lot as well which got me thinking...

Valets must get some amusement out of driving various vehicles, listening to the radio stations playing in the car, seeing the passengers exit, checking out the bumper stickers. I could see myself making a game of it.  60 year old man with patches on the sleeves of his jacket gets out of the car.  I imagine jazz or classical on the radio and a spotless car.  17 year old girl gets out of a car with dreadlocks and a long skirt.  I imagine some sort of new age hippie music and a coexist bumper sticker.

Who breaks the stereotypes?

What would you imagine a 38 year old woman (though I was asked if I was "about 28" the other day by a man who has kids in their early 40's, he claims) driving a Scion XB with a handicapped plate on the back to have playing in her car?

The other day it was Metallica's "Enter Sandman" though my Toad The Wet Sprocket CD case was also sitting in the car.

I asked one of the valets about it the other day (Incidentally, in addition to the fact that no one should be in the hospital long enough that you memorize their phone numbers you also should not know any personal details about the valet workers.) and he said he had never really thought about it but then he recalled the oddest situation with a car he had to park.  He said he parked a car with about 100 loaves of fresh-baked bread in the back seat and imagined that they had boosted a bakery outlet.  LOL

After a little discussion about my thoughts on the topic, reflecting on the person that may drive a car with 50 McDonald's bags in the back seat or the 80 year old grandma that listens to rap music.

It seems like such a little thing but what could someone assess about you by your vehicle alone?  I'm guessing my bumper sticker featuring a stick figure Jason chasing a stick figure family with a chainsaw captioned "Nobody cares about your stick figure family." might just negate all preconceived notions about the person with the handicapped plate and the walker and cane in the back seat.