The attendant is working only for himself.
His "Employee Manual" says one thing..."Collect Money."
That's it.
It might have a "Don't Do This" page.
And on it, it says, "Everything except collect money."
Simple as that.
And, as the job situation either stays stagnant or gets worse, the letter of the "Employee Manual" becomes the employees' gospel.
Besides, the poor guy PROBABLY shoveled out a space for his vehicle when he got there...assuming of course the prior employee didn't leave a snow-free spot when HE left.
Fulcrum525, just be happy you didn't leave your name with the little lady...just in case the car "...shows up with a new scratch that wasn't there before she got to the lot and it's on the area of the car where you were shoveling...not her!" As mentioned earlier, "No good deed goes unpunished!"
I NEVER leave my name with the end results of a "good Samaritan" deed. (My face is bad enough that I can get "Waldo'd" out of a group of similarly dressed individuals.
) And I don't take any cash offered. I'll consider the "event" a "paid forward" type of situation and only hope that someone, at some future date and time, might be able to offer a hand should I find myself in a similar circumstance.
Until then, I'll soldier on...extending a hand only when I firmly believe it can help and not harm.
