I just bought a razor at a little shop where at first glance there are no sellers. Not like Amazon Go, which operates on AI and machine learning, but more like a regular street stall “take the goods, throw the money here.” I’ve often encountered such stores on farms, but those are godforsaken places and rarely does anyone stop by accidentally. Here, though, there’s a flow of a hundred people per minute.
In my childhood in Baku, buses used to operate in such a way – at the exit you’d throw a coin to the driver (and of course, he wasn’t watching). Inside other buses with tickets, there was a money box and a request to rewind the ticket (you could rewind as much as you wanted without dropping any money). There were no controllers, just conscience. I wonder, is moving away from a trust-based system in Russia a temporary or an established cultural phenomenon, which should always be taken into account? Why is working on trust considered prestigious worldwide, but not yet achievable in Russia?
I think the issue is with a generation of poorly raised individuals – it should fade away sometime and things will get better. In the States, in many places, this issue has long been gone (probably not everywhere, but I have not been everywhere). For instance, I cannot imagine in the USA that guys around thirty would jump into a doorless Wrangler in a parking lot because it’s more comfortable to drink beer there, and just for fun, “take the wheel” and maybe even honk. Here, there simply are none of these types. None at all.
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 