September 13 ok ?

Ages ago I volunteered for school parking Marshall at the Hermosa Fair . The school makes a fortune by charging patrons $20 to park in the school grounds . They’ve got you by the balls as parking is tight ,especially when the streets are shut down twice a year for 3 days with the Hermosa fair . The volunteers were paired , my partner Vic looked after the money l directed the drivers to vacant spots . No big deal , I quite enjoyed it and we really stuffed them in , I made sure there was no room wasted . In 2 hours we turned over a grand for sure . Towards the end Vic asked me if I’d been in the military(me and military =discipline , now that’s funny)as he’d never seen any of the other volunteers direct the cars into the spaces verbally and with hand signals. Ha????……. Isn’t that what we always do?Apparently not , the yanks are not used to trusting a complete stranger with their valuable possessions. Most drivers were very appreciative of the help once parked . I’ve been thinking about this small moment for ages . As an Aussie you wouldn’t hesitate to trust your parking guy but here maybe not. Trust , it’s not so easily given over here .