I have the following in a select_tag. It works fine. (I\'m using select_tag because it is for a search not tied to a model.)
options_from_collection_for_sele
This can also be done in this way, you don't need to write a method in your model.
options_from_collections_for_select( @customers, :id, ->(ob) { "#{ob.first_name} #{ob.last_name}" } )