Meter Maids

Okay so during my first weeks here I saw these girls walking up and down the streets with bags full of dinky little tourist things; keychains, magnets, things to keep your beer cold and all sorts of junk. 
These girls were dressed in all gold and looked ridiculous if you ask me. So I kind of looked at them and laughed a bit and moved on. 
I kept seeing them and seeing them and then they asked me if I wanted to buy a beer kozy and I was like "um no thanks I'm good" and moved on. 
When I went home I asked the girls what the deal was with these girls dressed in gold and selling thing was all about. They told me they were "Meter Maids" like I'm suppose to know what those are.
So a few days later I was out again and got approached by one of them and I was like "oh god, what does she want to sell me now?" I declined her offer on the keychain she wanted to sell me but I asked her what her job was all about.
Meter Maids were introduced to the Gold Coast, hence why they dress in gold, in 1965 by Bernie Elsey to help beat the bad image created by the installation of parking meters on the tourist strip in December 1964. It was a controversial promotion, using young women dressed in gold lame bikinis and tiaras, who strolled the streets of Surfers Paradise feeding coins into expired parking meters. These girls work on commission only and the money that they make they put in the parking meters so people don't get parking tickets. 
Whether it is a good idea or a bad idea I still think that these girls look ridiculous.

And this is what a "Meter Maid" looks like......