Hotel guest takes another guest's car keys from the valet and drives away, refuses to give them back when hotel staff calls to ask: 'They stole our key'

This might be a hot take, but I never understood the need for valet parking. Leaving your car keys in the hands of an 18-year-old, allowing them to park your car and then hold on to your keys for however many hours, trusting that nothing is going to happen to it. Not to mention the theft hazard when you consider all the other car keys just sitting there waiting to be taken. The entire business seemed plagued by unnecessary security issues, all so you wouldn't park your car yourself.

The only positive thing I will say about it is that it feels really cool to have someone bring your car to the front door while you're in the midst of an important conversation with a business partner. Then the valet worker steps out of the car, hands you the key, and moves away to allow you to step into the driver's seat and drive away dramatically.

However, I am willing to give that up after reading the story below, because that cool fantasy can't really happen when someone else steals your keys, right?

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That is what happened to the hotel guests in the story below. They left their car and keys at the hotel valet, but when they wanted to leave, they found out that another guest had taken their keys with them and driven away.
This could have been written off as an honest mistake if that guest had not refused to come back and return the keys…
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