I am unsure how to deal with this.  What do you do with car guards?

I am never sure what the “right” way of doing it is.  How much do you pay them?  What do you expect from them?  If I have to pay for parking do I have to pay for car guards as well?  If so then the same you would normally or a different amount?

I drive a fairly large car but I can drive it.  I can park and I can stay on my side of the road.  Even more so I can reverse.  It drives me batty when the guard is behind me “showing the way” but so close that if I just took my foot of the clutch I would probably knock him over.  I do appreciate someone looking after my car while I am not there.  After installing an alarm and gear lock etc I guess we do need the extra security.   Seriously though,  what can a car guard do?  Yes, maybe he can put them off but if someone really wants to steal my car they will.  If the guy holds a knife or gun what exactly is a car guard going to do?

Anyway, I was just curious what the “right'” way is seeing as car guards are popping up everywhere and then some.