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It's not quite at the level of Japan, but Aftenposten, which is a newspaper in Norway, conducted a test [1] (translation [2]) in Oslo where they "lost" 20 walle
by tyfon 7y ago
It's not quite at the level of Japan, but Aftenposten, which is a newspaper in Norway, conducted a test [1] (translation [2]) in Oslo where they "lost" 20 wallets. 15 eventually returned.
Personally I've lost my wallet twice and it has been returned both times.
It is nice to be able to trust your fellow citisens somewhat :)
[1] https://www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/i/zlOb/slik-gikk-det-da-aftenposten-mistet-20-lommeboeker https://www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/i/zlOb/slik-gikk-det-da-a...
[2] https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aftenposten.no%2Fokonomi%2Fi%2FzlOb%2Fslik-gikk-det-da-aftenposten-mistet-20-lommeboeker https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https...
- retrac 7y agoThe Toronto Star tried the same thing in Toronto. 15 of 20 were returned. (One minus the cash.) https://www.thestar.com/life/2009/04/25/we_left_20_wallets_around_the_gta_most_came_back.html https://www.thestar.com/life/2009/04/25/we_left_20_wallets_a...
- kyuudou 7y agoAnother study was done with multiple countries and 17,000 wallets with some interesting results https://www.boredpanda.com/social-experiment-lost-found-wallet-returned-countries/ https://www.boredpanda.com/social-experiment-lost-found-wall...