Honesty Is All That Matters! (26 PICS)

Posted in PICTURES       16 Nov 2020       5095       11 GALLERY VIEW

"A flower counter somewhere in Munich. It has no seller, only an “honesty box.”"

“My girlfriend lost her purse with her passport and way too much money in it. This dude found it, contacted her, and got it back to her with everything still in it! Thanks!”

"Sometimes you get even more than you expected."

"Flowers, fruits, and veggies for sale via an “honesty box” are quite a frequent thing in the rural parts of the UK."

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“I was staying in a hotel in Germany. There was a fridge in the hall. Everyone could take anything they wanted. You only had to write down the price of all the products you took.”

"Trust with a sweet taste"

“So, I set this plant stand outside so that anyone could get a plant by leaving money in a secured honesty box. So far, more than a dozen plants have been taken and every single person has left change.”

"A book store in Winchester with an “honesty” shelf of books outside"

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"How “honesty box” training works"

"A “lost and found” at this hiking trailhead"

"In the Kaliningrad Region in Russia, they sell berries, veggies, and mushrooms on the side of the road. You just take the products and leave your money."
"It’s not difficult to be an honest visitor."
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“I lost my wallet. After an awful day at work, I found someone had mailed it back to me with nothing missing. Thank you to whoever you are!”
“Left my backpack (containing a laptop and important work) on a subway in NYC, chased a train through New York, and a stranger returned the backpack to my apartment from clues inside the bag.”
"Not only is trust valuable, but it feels nice as well."
"There are fields in Germany where people grow flowers. You pick as many as you want and put the money into the self-service cashbox. They even provide special knives for your convenience."
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"You can freely gather raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, etc. in some fields in Germany. You just need to pay for the berries you gathered when leaving the field (by weight). Everything that you collect in your stomach is free."
"When they not only trust your choice but your honesty too"
"A self-service bakery — you just need to leave the money for the bakery in the box."
"In Norway, you can buy cherries, plums, strawberries, and raspberries on the side of the road. You just need to pay for it via a special mobile application."

“Cherries, 50 crowns”

 

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“I was operating in about 15 feet of water and randomly found this phone. The SIM card still worked so I texted the owner and was able to mail it back to her.”
"A community book exchange where anyone can trade one book for another"
"Honesty that delights"
Bonus: stories from Internet users about how pleasant honesty can be
"Once, as I was getting out of my car on a winter evening in −22°F weather, I saw a glove in the snow. I picked it up and brought it to the concierge. It turned out that the glove was mine. It has been there for 3 days."
 
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"Once, I was buying veggies and fruits from a street seller. I got quite a lot of them. The seller calculated everything, I took the bags, and left. After having taken about 5 steps, I turned around and asked the seller, “Why are you not saying to me that I haven’t paid you?” She replied, “I got confused.” I returned and paid for the purchase."
 
"When I was in Turkey, the bank exchanged my US dollars for the same rate as the euro. I noticed it and returned but they said that everything was correct. I stood there for a while and left the extra money together with the receipt and left. Several seconds later, one of their employees caught up with me and thanked me for it. The good thing is that the difference wasn’t that big."
 


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Trudy 4 year s ago
No stories from Seattle?
       
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Missy 4 year s ago
In most parts of Denmark the "culture enrichers" will pick that stall clean of produce and money. So it's a dying thing here due to influence from the very south :-(
       
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Justina 4 year s ago
#16 I don't mean to spoil your fun, but it reads "field and cashbox are under surveillance".

Germans don't joke around. If someone volunteers on a regular basis, we call it "Ehrenamt" – honorable office. No laughing matter. Move along.
       
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Joshua 4 year s ago
Justina,

i wouldn't go so far as to translate this to 'under surveilance'.. that implies to me that there's a camera on it. (it would translate to overwatch, but that doesn't make sense in this context:) i'd say "are checked"
       
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Joshua 4 year s ago
#17 "Everything that you collect in your stomach is free."

..you're missing the point here!
       
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Joshua 4 year s ago
the thing is: if you mess with an honesty box, the owner will eventually take it away. It works because the people make it work. it takes just one mofo to foul it up.

In the netherlands, around me in a circle of about 10km that is, I see a lot of these: eggs, tomatoes, strawberries, pumpkins, mushrooms, books, milk, etc.

yeah, the world isn't bad, there's just a few d@#ks that spoil it.
       
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Roberta 4 year s ago
Joshua,
it helps to see the world and get out of your homogeneous echo chamber.
       
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Joshua 4 year s ago
Roberta,

keep up that negativity!
       
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Roberta 4 year s ago
just half of them are sh#tty in the US. set up one of these and the poor will rob you. mostly see these in welfare states. they are enabler boxes.
       
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Horace 4 year s ago
Never willingly volunteer anything you don't mind seeing lost, stolen or ruined. Far too many people today have no concept of conscience or self control.
       
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Ced 4 year s ago
Not now, but in the past, I've lived in places that you couldn't do the "honesty box" thing. They would take everything you have AND the honesty box!!! 35
       
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