Many Swiss farmers use honor system to sell their products

Post by wincy » Sun, Jun 09, 2019, 10:06 PM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #76

sunseb wrote: post #31

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Yes, and the next logical question would be: what has changed in Geneva these past 30 years? Hints: individualism, globalization, multiculturalism. My father told me that when he served for our national army back then, soldiers just left their weapons alone in front of the train station while they were having a coffee before going into the train.

IS "globalization" and "multiculturalism" just euphimisms of "Those damn non-white people!"?

Post by girvo » Sun, Jun 09, 2019, 10:19 PM UTC

sunseb wrote: post #88

netsharc wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IS "globalization" and "multiculturalism" just euphimisms of "Those damn non-white people!"?

I don't mean that at all! I am simply suggesting that mixing multiple cultures, religions and belief systems is harmful to the identity and the self-trust of a nation. For example, in my city, they are building new pavements. They are building them high enough so a crazy Islamic guy can't run into pedestrians with his car (like one did in France and in Germany). As a Swiss citizen, I have the right to say I am not ha…

Post by mc32 » Sun, Jun 09, 2019, 10:31 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #93

rossdavidh wrote: post #75

The book "Freakonomics" details a similar bagel-selling system, where they would put bagels in the break room of workplaces, and you would pay on the honor system. After years of collecting data, the owner realized he had been doing a real-time, real-life experiment on how honest people are. You don't know WHO took without paying, but you can tell HOW MANY of your bagels were paid for. There's analysis of how it vari…

I worked somewhere that did this. Every month there was much more money left than bagels sold. We gossiped about this for a while. Eventually an anonymous note was left (paraphrased as best as I could remember): "Some people are forgetful or hungry or in a rush. I don't want these times to sour this workplace because people grow to think someone is stealing."

Post by vram11 » Sun, Jun 09, 2019, 10:39 PM UTC

jt2190 wrote: post #16

Even retail establishments with staff and security systems balance the extra costs of these “loss prevention” measures against customer convenience. The goal is never perfect security but sufficient security. Large retailers typically set targets on loss and try to minimize them, within reason. Farm stands that operate like this have simply found a reasonable cost/benefit trade off. (There’s an apple orchard near Bos…

Post by stevenwoo » Sun, Jun 09, 2019, 10:47 PM UTC

hirundo wrote: post #37

I ran into this in California at a small farm along Highway 1 a few miles north of Santa Cruz. It's a scenic ocean side rural locale but near all the big Bay Area cities and frequented by day visitors from there. There was a shack with a good variety of their produce laid out, with price labels. Up front there was a cash box, with about $40 already in it, and a sign that said pay here. This was late '90s. I really ho…