‘Honesty Shop’ Trusts Customers Not to Steal
Merton Abbey Mills, UK – Just a stone’s throw from where Merton was targeted by looters during the London riots, a trusting shop run out of a double decker bus lets customers buy items without checking they pay the right amount.
The Honesty Shop, created in November 2012 by 60-year-old hotelier David Waterhouse and his right-hand man Barnaby Perrin Aldous, arrived in Merton Abbey Mills this month and trusts customers not to take their stock without paying.
It represents a certain irony that in August 2011, looters broke into and plundered Colliers Wood two retail parks, the Tandem Centre and Priory Retail park.