Innocence and honesty in the Mid-west (pics)
 

When you come from the "big city" sometimes the simple/quaint things really make an impression. Such was the case of this fruit/vegetable stand that we went to.

No one there to make sure you paid, just a couple signs and a box to drop the money in.

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real talk Chitown forevah

BadDog, nice post .......







ps ... that only works with seashells

The cantaloupe was good too.

it was very good

We have one of those near where I grew up, for corn & other fruits & veggies :)

thats so rare its sad

Yep, and it's getting even rarer. We are going backwards as we go forwards in this world. All culture, civility and sense of community is being lost in the chase for the green and the advance of individualism. :(

"Honor System" ROFLLLLLLLLL!!

Yeah, well I would not expect that you would have any idea how that works.

there used to be an old man who sold tomatos like that in my town, he might still do it, but im not sure...

they were the best damn tomatos too!

....that's weird!! lol

Used to see lots of those in my hometown up in Western P.A. Still are some around. Good old days. :Oh crap

i can relate to that shit...

cool stuff... reminder of yesteryear

nice pics

You don't see those often.

it works that way at a lot of places around here as well

there are a lot of those out near where my parents live, in rural ohio.. very cool stuff. :2 cents:

i often wonder if i'd rather live somewhere like that than in plastic OC where i live

I tried using the honor system for Holloween. Needless to say it didn't go over well.

A couple of kids were good, but there's very little honor with kids and candy.

yeah I love those too ! ! ! eating free and all rocks !

welcome to where i was born....

Nice to see.

awesome to know it still exists

wow that's just great to see :)

Grewup in Chicago. Saw a bumb take a piss on the fruit in that open air market once. Guess it added to the flavor. :helpme :helpme :helpme :1orglaugh

Looks like goot times :)

did you go on the rob?

nice to know there are still some places where people dont burn and pillage for their dinner.

:1orglaugh If it lasted more than 15 minutes I think you did well.

Dunno if I missed it in a post.. but where in the MidWest was that?

Outside Wheatfield, IN

See Sig :)

there's a store like that here, I think it's nice, promotes honesty... I guess it's more humiliating to know that we're fooling ourselves than we're fooling others

I've got lots of farmers in my extended family, they still do that too.
For the most part, people that buy fruit and veggies from road stands aren't the type that would steal anyhow.

thieves shop at supermarkets

400 bucks for watermelon ?

Those guys are crazy

They do that alot in Asia... Pity some parts of the world aren't so honest...

The only problem with the honor system is how little honor there is in the system.

see ignore

most of the parts of the world are not honest. For example you will never dare to do such thing in Russia.:Oh crap

very cool. I see a few of those "honor system" farm stands in upstate NY & VT too.

Theoretically, people see money on the counter, and no one around, they think they're being watched.

Honesty through paranoia.

too bad the rest of the world doesn't live by the honor system, including most of our own country.

A lot of the farmers have honour system stores at the front of their farms here. It pays for their beer, we get cheap vegies, everyone wins!

wow.. just like in the movies... where is that? the village?

were the pictures taken as evidence, in case they tried to prosecute you? :)

And I noticed that it was monopoly money that he put in.