A co-worker of mine told me a story that I suspect is an urban legend. He told me that on one of the res’ here, there is a store owned by a wealthy native American man. He was told in a dream that he would lose all of his money if he didn’t trust people, so he opened a store where everything has price stickers, but there are no employees. The checkout stand says “Be honest” and people are supposed to just drop the right amount of money into a drop box or something.
This coworker claims to have been in it, but it smells like an urban legend to me. If it actually exists, I would love to go to it sometime soon.
I’ve lived in WA my whole life (the closest reservation being about ten minutes away), and have never heard this. Is the store purported to be open to the general public?
“Cajun Cowboy” was a restaurant in Albuquerque that used to have you pay on the honor system, including taking change from the cash tray, and running your own CC (pre phone approval days). Not sure if this why they are no longer around, as plenty of restaurants with cashiers have also gone the way of the dodo.
Weird. I just heard on NPR the other day about a restaurant that doesn’t issue checks. After you eat, you talk with the owner a bit and come up with what you owe.
I was just in St Louis last week and saw an article in the paper that indicated it was going pretty well - close to breaking even and maybe even looking at turning a small profit in the next few months. Link
