<story><title>What the Bagel Man Saw - An Accidental Glimpse at Human Nature</title><url>http://www.stephenjdubner.com/journalism/bagelman.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ajays</author><text>&quot;Paul F. has noted a strong correlation between high payment rates and an office where people seem to like their boss and their work.&quot;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this could be a way for companies to figure out (surreptitiously) how managers are doing: provide such a bagel service to each department, and see where the theft rate is the highest. Of course, it has to be done completely incognito, otherwise the managers would make sure that the cash box is stuff full of cash....</text></comment>
<story><title>What the Bagel Man Saw - An Accidental Glimpse at Human Nature</title><url>http://www.stephenjdubner.com/journalism/bagelman.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kghose</author><text>This was a very interesting article. I always find experiments involving honor systems very fascinating. The bus system in Germany and some parts of the Boston T (the trolleys when they are overground) are basically honor systems. In Bonn, Germany people are very particular about paying the fare. In Boston, not so much.</text></comment>