They’re not more or less in the way just because they’re electric.
I’ve never understood the hate for them. Sure people leave them in annoying places and inconsiderate with them but that’s not the scooters fault. Also it’s a very easy problem to solve if authorities could be bothered, if a scooter is found in the way then fine the last person to use it.
I looked up news articles after seeing the graph. Seems to be more about elderly and homeless. People touching knobs or falling on the concrete and receiving burns is a thing, but it’s trending way up. Like 83C concrete… crazy hot.
You know how some shops that have loyalty programs? Get points when you spend money in a shop that kind of thing. The fraud is when a customer whom does not have a loyalty card is served by a cashier who does have a loyalty card and the cashier swipes their own card to get the points. The t&C of the card likely says the person who spends the money is the one entitled to the points.
I put it under the category of victimless crime because the points are made up and the only real loss is the corporation running the program and fuck those programs.
Oh no, also they don’t get the valuable customer data they were looking for either. That’s the whole point of those cards, to track their customers better.
I worked with someone who did this for 2 years before getting caught. They raked up over $3000 worth of store credit. Got caught when they used some of it in front of another employee, and that employee snitched.
But for real I hate loyalty programs. They data mine the hell out of loyal customers and offer pennies in return if you’re lucky.
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