Part 3 of four
The person who moves it or watches it
Somebody parks it, somebody drives the van, somebody is there at two in the morning when a flight lands late. Labor is the part of a parking price that moves fastest.
The two entries in this part
- Part 3 of 4, the person who moves it or watches itWhat an Attendant Is Actually ForLabor is the fastest moving part of a parking price and the part with the clearest effect on a driver's day. It is also the part most often described in words that promise more than the job includes.
- Part 3 of 4, the person who moves it or watches itWhether Anybody Else Holds Your KeysThe largest single difference between two parking arrangements is whether somebody else can move the car while you are away. It is rarely the headline and it changes everything underneath it.
The four parts
- Part 1 of 4, solid ruleThe ground the car stands onLand near a field is worth what land near a field is worth, and that is the floor under every quote anybody gives you. It is also the part nobody itemizes.
- Part 2 of 4, dashed ruleThe roof over it, or the lack of oneA structure has to be built, lit, drained and maintained. Open ground has to be plowed. Both cost money and they cost it in different months.
- Part 3 of 4, dotted ruleThe person who moves it or watches itSomebody parks it, somebody drives the van, somebody is there at two in the morning when a flight lands late. Labor is the part of a parking price that moves fastest.
- Part 4 of 4, double ruleGetting between the space and the doorA vehicle, a driver, fuel and a schedule, running whether or not anybody is aboard. In this city the field is far enough out that this is never a rounding error.