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I agree that there is a vandalism problem with such a service but that has also a lot to do with the users. I first noticed these bikes not because of their bri

by patall 8y ago

I agree that there is a vandalism problem with such a service but that has also a lot to do with the users. I first noticed these bikes not because of their bright colors or because I heard about them but because they repeatedly blocked my pedestrian walkway. We have a lot of bikes around here but none of them are parked like these bikes that the last customer just wanted to get rid of and I more than once got the feeling that I should just throw that bike down into the water to get rid of the obstacle (and what kept me from doing that was only that than the city would still have to get rid of it). However, I have never had any problems with any of the bike-sharing services that offer fixed stations were you get and return your bike and I think a lot of people do so. So in my perspective, it has nothing to do with "universal naughtiness", just that some of these companies are ass-hole, law ignoring ponzi schemes.

scarejunba 8y ago
The part that gets me about the sentiment expressed in posts like this are that there are loads of people who will angrily just do things that make my life worse. They think they're stopping the asshole law-ignoring company but in truth they're just law-ignoring assholes themselves. So they perceive some war between them and some company and impose that cost upon me - an innocent third party. I don't care if there's a scooter or bike by the side of the road because it isn't even an inconvenience, but when you're throwing it onto the street or into a water body, you're not a hero. To me, you're a worse villain than the company. Now you have the restraint to not do this but there is a véritable plethora of morons who do not.
- patall 8y ago
  Did not see this before but have to reply anyways: > there are loads of people who will angrily just do things that make my life worse. But unfortunately, those are especially the users of those companies. I do not care if there are bikes parked at the side of the road (and do the same everyday myself) but a user who does not own said bike and is not forced to park it in a sensible way will, more often than not, just drop it whereever it is the most convenient, often in the way of others. I have seen people with a stroller walk on the street because someone parked their rented vehicle (especially cars are prone to this) at the next free spot that was free for exactly that reason. I do not and never planned to obstruct anyone else path with a bike because it obstructed my path (and can honestly not understand why you would think anything like this from my comment as I especially point that out), but the users of these services do and I feel helpless against those everyone-but-themself ignoring humans (and to cite you, those are the people 'that make my life worse').
jaclaz 8y ago
>and I more than once got the feeling that I should just throw that bike down into the water to get rid of the obstacle (and what kept me from doing that was only that than the city would still have to get rid of it). Sure, that feeling is perfectly normal, but you didn't throw the bike into the river, after all.

by patall 8y ago

scarejunba 8y ago

The part that gets me about the sentiment expressed in posts like this are that there are loads of people who will angrily just do things that make my life worse. They think they're stopping the asshole law-ignoring company but in truth they're just law-ignoring assholes themselves. So they perceive some war between them and some company and impose that cost upon me - an innocent third party. I don't care if there's a scooter or bike by the side of the road because it isn't even an inconvenience, but when you're throwing it onto the street or into a water body, you're not a hero. To me, you're a worse villain than the company. Now you have the restraint to not do this but there is a véritable plethora of morons who do not.

patall 8y ago
Did not see this before but have to reply anyways: > there are loads of people who will angrily just do things that make my life worse. But unfortunately, those are especially the users of those companies. I do not care if there are bikes parked at the side of the road (and do the same everyday myself) but a user who does not own said bike and is not forced to park it in a sensible way will, more often than not, just drop it whereever it is the most convenient, often in the way of others. I have seen people with a stroller walk on the street because someone parked their rented vehicle (especially cars are prone to this) at the next free spot that was free for exactly that reason. I do not and never planned to obstruct anyone else path with a bike because it obstructed my path (and can honestly not understand why you would think anything like this from my comment as I especially point that out), but the users of these services do and I feel helpless against those everyone-but-themself ignoring humans (and to cite you, those are the people 'that make my life worse').

jaclaz 8y ago

>and I more than once got the feeling that I should just throw that bike down into the water to get rid of the obstacle (and what kept me from doing that was only that than the city would still have to get rid of it). Sure, that feeling is perfectly normal, but you didn't throw the bike into the river, after all.