{"id":13301,"date":"2025-03-19T12:44:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T10:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=13301"},"modified":"2025-03-19T12:44:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T10:44:39","slug":"switzerland-and-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/switzerland-and-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland and Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

A few days ago I was waiting for friends to catch a train to go on a hike and I forgot to start easyride before the start of the train journey. As soon as I realised I started the app but when I arrived one stop away it was ignored. If the friends had been on time I would have started the tracking sooner.<\/p>\n

To be clear it’s the SBB app that chose not to charge me for the journey I forgot to start tracking from the start. If it had looked at the time I started moving, and the train that started at the same time, then it could have extrapolated the ride I had tried to pay for.<\/p>\n

On the same day I parked the car in the Park and Rail parking and paid for the entire day, despite staying for a few hours, so what I did not pay on the train journey was compensated for. The RTS has an article on the topic of people not paying<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It flows the other way too. Months ago I took a train from Point A to Point B, and then drove to Point C before I realised that I had forgotten to stop easyride tracking so I sent a message to the app maker to let them know of that error. As I was within a tarif zone it made no difference, other than statistical for them.<\/p>\n

This weekend I caught the train for a single stop and this time I made sure to start tracking the journey before the train arrived, and I stopped tracking when I started hiking. I didn’t make that mistake twice.<\/p>\n

Switzerland is a nation where trust is part of life. Since childhood I have seen newspaper boxes where you’re trusted to put the right change to get self-service newspapers. In recent years you can get Apple juice, apples, grapes, and more from self-service shops. You can even get coffee, tea and more. It’s all based on the ideal that people are honest and trustworthy.<\/p>\n

When you go to D\u00e9cathlon, coop and Migros, to name a few you’re trusted to self-checkout without mistakes and this is great. It means that you can enter a shop, get what you want, scan it, go, pay, and leave, without any need for conversation.<\/p>\n

Occasionally there is a spot check so they could detect if you make mistakes. If you make too many, trust declines.<\/p>\n

If you know at what time you’re travelling you can buy a "billet d\u00e9griff\u00e9" for a specific train at a specific time on a specific route. The demi tarif also pays for itself within a few train journeys. There is no valid reason for not paying for a train journey.<\/p>\n

With trust we can shop for food, sporting items, and catch trains without being checked for tickets. With trust we can board a bus or train without having to pass by a controller. Without trust we have to queue, and wait for others to be served before we are. I like that we are trusted to be honest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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