Suprise...Suprise..!!!!!!!!!
Mumbai world’s second most honest city: Survey
India often finds itself embarrassingly high on the corruption index, rating among the most corrupt countries in the world. However, in a recent experiment, the country's commercial capital Mumbai presented a different picture. The ruse was a simple, abandoned wallet lying on the road, and recording how many people stumbling on it return it to its owner. This uncomplicated trick established Mumbai as the second most honest city in the world.
An average Mumbaikar returned nine out of 12 wallets he or she found lying on the road, each carrying 3,000 in cash - not a small amount. The experiment was carried out in 16 cities across four continents with 192 lost wallets, dropped in crowded places like shopping malls, sidewalks and parks in cities as diverse as New York and Zurich. Each of the wallets contained a cell phone number, business cards and a family photo.
Those carrying out the experiment waited to see how many people from each of these places call back to return the wallet. Finnish capital city of Helsinki topped the list of honest cities returning 11 of the 12 wallets.
Interestingly, some cities generally believed to be safe and honest figured at the bottom of the honesty heap, for example Zurich, where only four out of 12 wallets were returned. London, too, fared badly with seven of the 12 wallets pocketed by the finders.
Only five of the 12 dropped wallets were returned in Warsaw and six in Berlin.
Once you bend down in doha Jadeed, you never come back :P
... guess he neeed to feel it again!
Rofl britey...i think he's loving it ! :)
The sad thing is that he went back the next day and dropped the wallet again :O(
Aoy: You Are Just a Thief
loooooooool thelonius
i was in college i saw a purse with cash at around the value of 100qr. i took the money, hid some items then called up the numbers in it, saying i found the purse.
told the owner i didn't find any cash when i found the purse. the boyfriend even gave me a reward.
bad me =D
thanks for explaining why Sulie "walked that way"... now I know...
Was at the bottom of the list.. None of the wallets would have been returned.. LOL
yes ur right
We have always thought that in general India is a nice and beautiful place and its people are honest and friendly but its their leaders, like leaders and rulers almost everywhere else who have given them a bad name and a terrible reputation
I remember when my friend Sulieman was walking the other day at Doha jadeed area when he saw a wallet lying near the foothpath and he bend down to pick it up and BAAM ! till date he cant sit and also poor fellow keeps on failing the driving test...:(
Congratulations :)
There are still so many who are honest.
Salute to all the real human beings.
Interesting news indeed. Thank you GOJ. :)
Britexpat expect surprises there! but you never konw,there are a lot of honest people there as well.
You will intentionally drop your wallet “full of cash” with your contact details inside it, in the slumbs of Mumbai 'n then we sit and wait for the honest Mumbai slums people to call you.
Interesting information.
Well done Mumbai ..................
I am off to the Industrial Area to try the same experiment..
what a suprise..
wondering why is MUMBAI surprising for a SWEDISH...:P
Yes i agree 100%..it is a very honest city...:)
You don't say!
even rapes r less compared to delhi