Category: Honor Systems

Enjoy heart-warming stories of shops and booths around the world run via the honor system.

31 Oct

Honorable Fridays in Dagstuhl of Germany

Dagstuhl, an innovative research center in Germany that hosts leading computer science seminars, further promotes creativity and exchange of knowledge through their honor system.  Everything is open 24/7 and unmonitored, including the library, computer labs, sauna, and game rooms — and all the soda, beer, bottled water, wine, chocolates, and other delicious snacks located in [...]
24 Oct

Honorable Fridays in Tosa-Shimizu

This week’s honor system is in Tosa-Shimizu, a beautiful coastal city in Japan.  According to Omid Abroad (where you can read more about the city and see more of his pictures), along the road, there are surprising wooden cubicles that lovingly feature items for sale via the honor system, including artwork, handmade musical instruments, persimmons [...]
17 Oct

Honorable Fridays in Batanes Islands, Philippines

Inspired by all your wonderful stories and comments from last week’s Honor System post, I hope to share a honor system story each Friday to inspire us into the weekend.  I always welcome your stories and photos via comments or email of honor systems that you have the joy of encountering in your life! This [...]
10 Oct

What to do when no one’s watching

When I lived in Hawaii, I loved coming upon different tropical flower and craft stands in the rain forests — all which stood unattended, save for a simple metal box that accepted payment via the honor system.  A few weeks ago, I wandered by a vintage sidewalk sale, whose cashier was a hat box that [...]