Picture of the Day: Fenland Honesty Box.

Squash for sale down the Fen off the A10 near Southery during the recent cold snap. Payment via honesty box is a familiar sight in Norfolk and I suspect in many other rural areas too. Relying on honesty isn’t a great basis for a business as it depends on the buyer believing that dishonesty, directly observed or not will be at some point be punished. Until recently that belief was known as having a conscience, now all you need is a Ring Doorbell.

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