Yesterday, on facebook, I asked my friends the question which other countries would leave goods out on the road for sale.
Not only is payment based on trust, but there is also the risk to have the whole lot stolen at the same time. This got quite a few responses, but only from areas and countries, where this kind of sale is still part of the rural norm (except for the contribution from Tokyo).
* West coast of Ireland. Both are great places.
* Switzerland was the same! 🙂
* Michigan, but rarely.
* oh it happens in the countryside in England, yes. A lot. I think it’s more universal than you realise!!
* Certainly plenty of honesty boxes in the Niederrhein…. (Lower Rhine region)
* We have a place out by the ranch that sells fruit like that… (California)
* Here in south-central Pennsylvania, you see many of these. It’s nice.
* Common thing here in Japan!!
* I’ve seen many of these in Japan. (even in Tokyo!)
* Country roads all over Canada, too.
* In Kent…
* In NZ on almost every corner too 🙂
* Here in the US in the country on the way to …. College.
What I thought was mostly unique to a handful of countries, seems to be common practice around the world. Interestingly enough, there were no contributions from friends where this is not done.
Roadside sale of firewood
The world seems to be a good and honest place, in many parts.
Roadside sale of pumpkins
Based on my own experience, I had seen these kinds of sale in Japan and in parts of France. Other than that, I thought it had mostly gone out of style. Good to know I was wrong. When I read about other areas of the world where people kill each other over a handful of rice, I tend to forget the normal life.
