honesty or absentee

have you heard about this social experiment going on? honest tea has set out to see how honest we are as a nation. they have been setting up a kiosks in major cities with their organic beverages, an unattended cash jar and hidden cameras to observe. if you want a drink – you’re on your honor to pay. i, personally, would be too uncomfortable to make my own change. so without exact cash i would refrain altogether.

today they are at the santa monica pier and venice boardwalk. knowing about the cameras has to be a flaw of this experiment and undoubtedly skews the results. i wonder if enough people paid five bucks for a drink; would l.a. get an honesty rating over 100%. (just thinking it doesn't make me dishonest {i'll go with devious}).

i think lucid should do the same experiment with absinthe (call it absinthea). how honest would you be if you there were shots of a very powerful, once banned and supposedly hallucinogenic, wormwood-laced concoction for a dollar. the hidden cameras would only make it more interesting. what would hemmingway, picasso or mona do?