Bet that fruit truck guy was an American citizen.
One phenomenon that's sprung up recently (from what I've seen) in the east SF Bay Area has been the popup fruit stand, with its wholesale-format flats of fresh fruit (generally just one or two kinds, right now it's strawberries and cherries), a big patio umbrella, and a couple of small adults who look to be natives from Central America. They are almost certainly not here legally. I've seen them encamped not far from a nearby college campus (to tug on the heartstrings of those liberal kids) or a public transit parking lot (and a recently-cleared homeless encampment).
It's a sign of the degradation of our culture that these people (again, almost certainly not here legally) hang out with their wares and no one stops them and people (with the best of kind intentions mind you) even keep them in business. They are brethren to the little men I see nearby who arrive every morning with their caps and hooded sweatshirts and backpacks, out looking for day labor opportunities.
The guy sharpening knives - would he do it right there on the spot? (I’m guessing he did if he had the stone with him).
That might even work today still. We have a set of nice knives that they will sharpen for free. Except you have to ship them back, wait weeks, etc. The local store will also sharpen them - two at a time. We’ve never done either!
I’ll sharpen one of them - but my wife doesn’t trust me with the others!
My Grandmother had a Huckster who brought fresh produce to her neighborhood, as well as a butcher and a fellow with canned goods who both had a truck route… and of course a milkman. She also used a gas refrigerator until the mid 70’s. It had a ridiculously small freezer, big enough for two ice cube trays and maybe 3 small blocks of frozen veggies.