America's most, least 'honest' cities
Which cities passed a recent honesty test by Honest Tea? And which failed miserably?
Recently, Honest Tea placed unmanned kiosks full of tea bottles for people to take in cities across the U.S. The only catch? The company asked people to pay $1 for each beverage, using an honor system.
Recently, Honest Tea placed unmanned kiosks full of tea bottles for people to take in cities across the U.S. The only catch? The company asked people to pay $1 for each beverage, using an honor system.
The campaign was meant to be a fun social experiment to find out who, and who isn’t, honest in paying for their tea.
Overall, Americans were 93 percent honest, with 95 percent of women paying for their beverages and 91 percent of men paying for theirs.
Here are the ten most honest cities in the U.S., followed the ten least honest cities, according to the percentage of customers who paid for the tea they took.
Las Vegas, 95%
Seattle, 96%
Galveston, Texas, 96%
Cincinnati, 96%
Boston, 96%
Seaside Heights, N.J., 97%
San Francisco, 97%
Boulder, Colo., 99%
Salt Lake City, 100%
Oakland, Calif., 100%
Here are the ten least honest cities, according to the percentage of people who paid for their tea.
New Orleans, 91%
Atlantic City, N.J., 91%
San Antonio, 91%
Denver, 90%
Anaheim, Calif., 90%
Philadelphia, 89%
San Diego, 87%
Charlotte, N.C., 86%
Miami, 86%
Los Angeles, 79%
To read more about Honest Tea's campaign, click here.
