Name: Dmitri Abramov
Job: Valet at Atlantique restaurant
Years on job: 2
Pay: About $10 an hour
Q. This restaurant’s in a pretty packed residential area with very little parking. Where do you put the cars?
A. Everywhere! Everywhere it’s possible. We have a small lot, but it only holds eight cars. So I have to be creative and fast in finding places on the street.
Q. How many cars do you usually park?
A. That depends on the night. On a Monday, I might park only two. Very slow. A little boring. But on a Saturday, I’ll park 40 or 50.
Q. Driving so many cars, have you got a favorite?
A. Definitely — a Mercedes, any Mercedes. I’d really like to own one someday.
Q. Do you find weird stuff in the cars?
A. In the cars? Who has time to look? Everybody’s always in a hurry. You just run and get it here as fast as you can.
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Q. What are tips like?
A. They’re okay. Sometimes people will give me $20 to park their car up front, where it’s easy and they can see it.
Q. This is an all-weather job. Do you have special clothes for each season?
A. No, no. Even in winter, I get hot, I’m sweating. I’m just running around so much.