In NZ? Yeah. They're everywhere.

Not sure why you'd group NZ with the US in this kind of context, or really any of those other countries. We're not the same.

Cause they suck at their job

We have them too. They are called vending machines.

Only in ethnically homogeneous societies, which all of those nations no longer are.

The so-called "diversity" we now enjoy in the West simply results in a breakdown of community, culture, and social cohesion, rendering honor-systems like the one you mentioned unfeasible. But that's the point of it, which is a whole other topic.

We have those self-serving stores in Norway, I believe, but haven't been to one myself.

But it's very common for farmers here to have their own outlets, where we just go in and take what we need and leave money for it, either cash or using a mobile payment system called 'Vipps'.

They shouldn't trust human.

In some countries that it can survive it's because law enforcement work fast, not because people are honest.

*me scanning a PS5 as an apple in the self checkout*

(Disclaimer: Do not do this. My comment is a joke.)

Originally posted by Goldias:

They shouldn't trust human.

In some countries that it can survive it's because law enforcement work fast, not because people are honest.

Trust in others varies across the world:

https://ourworldindata.org/trust

because any small or new business idea will be rejected until next paradigm shift

That's the angloamerican world, not the Westrern world.

Japan and South Korea are high-trust societies.

The U.S. used to be a high-trust society. You can still find pockets of it. But something changed society in high population areas to degrade trust.

You can do your own research on what that something might be.

i like free

Originally posted by 󠀡󠀡:

i like free

That explains it all right there...No insult to the Unnamed One...I like free as well...And I would probably get mugged while the store was being robbed blind...

Dumb ass wishful thinking. Probably hoping the money they would save from not having hired staff would cover all losses to theft while still decreasing overall business expenses. Maybe once cameras are in everything recording everything at all times people will stop swiping whatever they want. The cashiers and COPS hired as private security steal therefore why wouldn't the random customers while the cashiers and security aren't present?

If you give someone the option of paying for stuff or not paying for it, most people will choose not to pay and still have the stuff.