Just arrived in Norway for more than a month, I went to play with a Norwegian friend by car. I stopped at a supermarket on the side of the road, and my friend said he wanted to buy two bottles of water. We walked into the supermarket and found no one inside. I wonder, where did the "shop assistant" go? My friend took two bottles of drinks and put the money into the cash register of the supermarket according to the price tag.
There are no shop assistants and cashiers in the supermarket. There is no anti-theft facilities here, even if thieves don't patronize, isn't it easy for customers to come in and buy things? I asked my Norwegian friend, "What if someone goes into the supermarket and doesn't pay the bill?" He looked at me with a surprised expression on his face. My face turned red at once. How do you ask this question? "no!" He told me clearly.
This is the first time I learned about the honesty and trustworthiness of Norwegians.
In Norway, if you travel more than 100 km, most people will choose to take the train. The platform of the railway station is open. When entering the station, boarding the train, getting off at the end of the train and leaving the station, no one checked in, and no one evaded the ticket because of the passengers' consciousness. Some people may ask, don't check in, and some people don't know how to evade tickets. Wrong, how many passengers are there in each train, how many people get on and how many people get off at each station, and the conductor will make careful statistics. The number of passengers counted is exactly the same as the tickets sold.
Has there been no evasion since there were trains in Norway? Is everyone honest? Not exactly. At 1986, an evader was found. When the train started, the number of passengers counted by the conductor was 1206, while the tickets sold at the station were 1205. Obviously, one of the passengers didn't buy a ticket. As a result, the train attendants who never check tickets began to check tickets in the carriages they served. Soon, the passenger who evaded the ticket was caught, a middle-aged man named Savaja.
Sawyas explained that he got up late and hurried to the station, and the train was about to leave. He was worried that he would miss the train, so he didn't go to the ticket office to buy a ticket. It's no use explaining. According to the regulations, he must make up the ticket and pay a fine equivalent to the face value of the train ticket. In our opinion, this punishment is not heavy. You know, in China, the amount of fines can be much higher than the price of the train ticket itself. Don't worry, more serious punishment is yet to come. From then on, when the Norwegian named Savaja took the train again, he had to take the initiative to find the conductor to check in. Other passengers don't have to check every link when they take the train, but he does. Not to mention that. Savaja was blacklisted for cheating. If he goes to the bank for a loan again, even if the Norwegian Prime Minister guarantees him, he won't get a penny. More severe punishment. What else is there? When you go shopping in the mall, if your credit history is spotless, you can buy some goods and try them at home first. After three days, if you feel bad, you can return them to the mall. However, Sawyas, who has a bad record, lost this right.
If you don't keep your promise, you will be punished like this. Who dares to cross the line?
Because there is an atmosphere of honesty in society, Norwegians trust each other. Take exams for example, even the most important exams are not supervised by teachers. Every exam, there is an oath at the top of the first page of the test paper, which is translated into Chinese: "I swear by my honor that I didn't give or accept any help for this exam." There is a bracket behind this oath, which is where the candidate signs. I remember the final exam of my second year of studying in Norway. A girl named Terrence was admitted to the hospital because of illness before the final exam. The professor sent the test paper to the hospital and said to her, "Don't worry, take good care of yourself. If you think you can take the exam, then finish it in the hospital. " The professor did not ask her to provide anyone's supervision. The girl really finished the examination paper independently in the hospital within the specified time, and then sealed it and gave it to a nurse for her to send it to school. The nurse wrote on the envelope: "Miss Terence completed the examination for three hours independently in the hospital, and all the medical staff in the Department of Gastroenterology of Oslo United Hospital in Norway can testify."
At the University of Oslo, where I study, there are regulations on the punishment of cheaters: once a student is found cheating, the school board will investigate. Once the case is proved, students must leave the university within the specified time regardless of their background, family background and academic performance. Professor Scott, my thesis supervisor, once said to me: "It is to ensure that all students live in a group full of trust that those who deliberately trample on others' trust can be punished. "It is in this even a little inhuman system that people show full trust. After studying in Norway for three years, I have never had an invigilator for the usual exams and quizzes. I have never seen or heard of any form of deception.
In the laboratory of our college, there are many precious metals, such as gold and platinum, which have no special management or monitoring. If necessary, just get it yourself. It doesn't matter how much you use, but you can't use it for your own use. If you accidentally bring some home, it means that your reputation is completely ruined, and no unit will hire you in the future.
In the eyes of Norwegians, if a person has no good virtue, then he has no dignity and credibility; And a person without dignity and credibility will not be accepted by society. Norwegians believe that trustworthiness is the greatest virtue, and other good qualities come from trustworthiness. This is why Norwegian society values your credit history when employing people.
Everyone will feel safe and relaxed living in Norway, which pays attention to honesty. Because of honesty, you don't have to be afraid of being fooled all day, you don't have to worry about the real price of a commodity when you buy something, and you don't have to worry about the existence of "problem food" all the time. Of course, its premise is that everyone is honest and there is no fraud.