Trust, but verify?

Living in Russia is sometimes very funny and interesting.
The other day I was going to my work by tram. And I was charged by the tram conductor. It could seem You would think that it was enough. But no, after 2 stops I was checked for a ticket by the controller. The controller checked the work by the first conductor. I really wonder why they don't have another controller to check first controller and so on.
When I was in Europe, I was really surprised by the absence of conductors in public transport. It seemed like they believed each over other. But here, in Russia, people don't do that. I think we have learned the proverb "Trust, but verify" too well.

P.S. Thanks for your attention and correcting mistakes)

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Excellent work Artem! Of course the corrections are just articles, your favorite thing :)

Some comments -

1) I highlighted the word "my" in grey, only to show that this word is optional here. It is correct as you have it, if you want to emphasize that you are going to your place of work, but it is not necessary. You can say "I was going to work..." (which is more natural), and it is assumed that you are going to your own place of work.

2) In this case, it is much more common for us to say something like "You would think" or "you'd think"

3) I added the article "the" in front of "first conductor", because it needs an article - "conductor" is a noun which does not have a name (John or Alex, etc), so it needs an article. We use "the" instead of "a" because you already talked about this conductor, so both you and the audience know which conductor you are talking about.

4) "the" absence of conductors - "absence" is a general noun which always needs an article. We use "the" instead of "a" because it is a specific instance where you noticed a particular absence of something palpable. In other cases, or for more abstract ideas, we can use "an absence", like "There was an absence of leadership in the organization." (For this, again, there can be a 'grey area' as to whether to use 'an' or 'the'...it depends on your emphasis, or how specific the absence is. It's possible to say "I could clearly detect the absence of leadership in the organization.")

5) I put "believed" into the past tense because you are speaking about the past, how it seemed to you at that time when you were in Europe. Since the way it seems could still be true today, if you want, you could put all of the sentence in the present tense, but you would change all the verbs to present: "It seems like they believe each other."

So, long explanations for small words! Articles are extremely complicated, but you're asking great questions and you're doing a great job! Don't worry, just be patient and with time and practice you will get the hang of it! I'm seeing a huge improvement!