Actually, I've worked as a car park attendent (summer job when 16), and while it was a slightly weird job (marina car park, mixed multi storey pay and display, permit holders going out on boats for ages, and a separate staff area abused by some of the commercial tennants), there is actually a fair bit to keep track of, and you have to be on the look out for a variety of problems, including suspicious behaviour, abandoned cars, etc.
Normally it's not a type of job that requires no thought, even a carp park needs management, but a class of job within the broad scope, frequently but not always the lowest grade staff.
Until the guy above got his job, I'd assumed greeters were predominantly there to watch the store for potential shoplifters, for example, that's definitely true in some chains, but not apparently the one he was in.
This was a near-empty gravel car park with a half-asleep person with his feet up, clearly about 15 seconds from falling into an irrevtrievable coma. I'm sure that working a car park which gets a lot of use is quite different :->
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Normally it's not a type of job that requires no thought, even a carp park needs management, but a class of job within the broad scope, frequently but not always the lowest grade staff.
Until the guy above got his job, I'd assumed greeters were predominantly there to watch the store for potential shoplifters, for example, that's definitely true in some chains, but not apparently the one he was in.
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And I was always encouraged to bring a book with me. After the first couple days, I was encouraged to bring more than one book with me.
These days I'd almost certainly use up my monthly allowance on my mobile contract fairly quickly I suspect.