One (job) for all, and all for one (job)

There are no parking meters here. No electronic ticket or id card scanners. Few and far between are the vending machines. Rare the metal detectors. 

Instead, I give my money to an old women who sits outside on the street. A man checks my ticket or card. Every corner has a magazine stand also stocked with beverages and snacks. Young men and women check passenger bags before boarding the subway.

Inefficient? Job creation. People need jobs. Rather than modernize, the economy needs to retain as many low-skilled jobs as possible. 

Because as a centrally planned economy, the government is directly responsible to ensure that everyone has a job. So, old women sweep the street and 3 young people will sell, rip, and check your ticket for every tourist attraction.