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The first valet service began because rich people refused to park near “normal oxygen.” Status has always been weird.

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Valet parking grew with cars and busy restaurants because parking was limited and convenient service was valued. The word comes from the French for 'servant,' and nothing in its history involves 'normal oxygen.'

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