There are plenty of generous people out there. Unfortunately we spend most of our time idolizing greedy and selfish people. Kindness and generosity does not have high ratings.
I don’t know if this counts, but there is a place in Redmond, Washington that sells honey using roughly the same approach. They leave jars of honey worth up to $100 each on the shelf outside their barn wall with a locked cashbox and you just pay on the honor system.
a lot of small family farms have honor system. i used to let people come in for u-pick strawberries and fruit. also honey and during tomato season. until my insurance said that i cant do that and i will have to pay extra on the premium. even if i kept it hush hush, the homeless/drug addicts started moving in and trashing the place. it became a genuine liability risk. so i had to fence as much as i could and put up signs.
didnt make a difference to the thieves. i have had a tractor, a trailer and multiple metal trellis systems and greenhouse building materials stolen anyways. but my honor system farm stand doesnt exist anymore. to even put up a farm stand, i have to get a special permit. the regulations are killing small farms.
i live in central washington, lots of fruit growers have unattended cash only fruit stands along the roads. its good for everyone; fresh as possible fruit for me, easy money for farmer.
they usually have cameras and the community usually comes together to catch anyone screwing around.
But more importantly more people like him.