By Tim Altork / STAFF
After three weeks at his new job as a valet (Oops, I mean valet. Okay seriously.) Tim is settling nicely into his new work environs. The work comes at a posh Buckhead hotel where high rollers are the norm on the weekends, and businessmen with expense accounts are typical weekday denizens.
In the wake of his recent bout with unemployment, Tim’s logic in taking the job was sound.
“I just figured if I couldn’t be a rich person, I would live vicariously through them by driving as many of their cars as possible,” I said.
The job also has some unexpected perks. Because it’s in such a swank part of town, celebrity sightings are not uncommon. Among the famous or semi-famous people that Tim has spotted have been Dr. J, Alonzo Mourning, that chick from “What Not to Wear”, and Braves announcer Chip Caray.
“Stacy London’s European pal gave me five bucks for setting the GPS device in his hybrid for the Atlanta Airport,” I said. “I think I made a good impression.”
Tim says that the pay is decent, (“Better than a kick in the head,” I said) and because there’s a good bit of running back and forth between the driveway and the parking lot it has also given his beer gut its first true challenge in over a year.
Now that was funny. Funniest thing I have read in a very long time.
[...] Oden has also experienced a series of leg and foot injuries in his brief career, which led Tim to “wonder who would win a game of one-on-one? Greg Oden or Dr. J?” Dr. J was also a recent Buckhead celebrity sighting. [...]