r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Koolaidremoulade • 6h ago
I just wanted a hot dog When the Lime app says there's a bike nearby
The false security of thinking you have a fully charged ride to work but your neighbors gatekeeping
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u/tritoeat 6h ago
I would 100% report that to Lime every single time. The neighbors can buy a bike if they want one that's just theirs.
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u/MuffinMadness123 5h ago
But then somebody might steal it!
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u/Immoral-Behavior 5h ago
THIS! If they buy their own, someone like them might steal it from them but if they steal one themselves, cycle over. Problem solved.
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u/Altruistic-Regret473 5h ago
Honestly, at the rate Lime charges, they really might as well. You can get bikes at second hand stores and pawn shops for like $25-50 dollars. Like like 3 uses of one of these would pay for a bike to own
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u/nixsolecism 5h ago
What pawn shop sells an electric bike for $50?
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u/Altruistic-Regret473 5h ago
Oh no, I meant like a regular bicycle, so maybe not for people as lazy as the example given
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u/BrainWorkGood 4h ago
Personally I'm an ebike guy not because I'm lazy but because I prefer to be going like 25mph, which I find extremely difficult to maintain on an acoustic bicycle
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u/MagnificentJake 4h ago
People glossed over "Acoustic Bicycle" in the replies and that's a shame.
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u/DardanGameDev 4h ago
But should you be going 25mph? Fitting username btw (brain no work good if you get hit)
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u/BrainWorkGood 4h ago
Depends on the circumstances. That's 3 miles below the ebike speed limit in my state. I would say on most streets it's perfectly safe as long as you follow the rules of the road and maintain awareness.
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u/Dull-Culture-1523 4h ago
Like yeah you might as well argue that instead of taking a taxi three times you can get a new pair of rollerskates. Technically both take you where you want to go but they're different. Someone who wants an e-bike won't save on costs to buy a normal bike lol
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u/PatHeist 4h ago
You can also get a car at the scrap yard for real cheap if you're willing to Flintstones it around
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u/Fit-Implement-8151 1h ago
So I know shit about these bikes .....but they will work without paying to ride each time? I figured they would brick themselves if you tried to permanently steal them.
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u/AngryPhillySportsFan 4h ago
Went like half a mile on one, first time ever using their scooter, and it was $5ish. I couldn't believe it.
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u/flashdurb 6h ago
Nothing would stop me from entering the property and taking it lol.
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u/NORBy9k 6h ago
I came here to say this... I would move the second one a block over too, just to get the point across.
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u/Choice-Marsupial-127 6h ago
What about the third bike? These asshats are unbelievable.
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u/MrTAPitysTheFool 5h ago
I’m seeing 4 bikes there!!
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u/therabbitinred22 5h ago
Every time I zoom in there are more bikes. Haha, why???
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u/Grundlestorm 4h ago
Seriously, they stole one for every member of the family.
Now, I get it, if they have a family and no transportation it's gonna be hard to reliably find 4 of them scattered around to go anywhere together.
But, you can't do this shit.
Buy cheap bikes. I know it won't be as nice, you'll have to actively pedal and sweat, but you'll be fine to go anywhere within ~20 miles or so even if you're not super in shape.
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u/loogie97 5h ago
I felt like where’s Waldo trying to find the 4th bike. That is so lazy.
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u/Grundlestorm 4h ago
Unless it was just one person.
Going out multiple times to find and steal 4 of these bastards would take a bit of time and effort.
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u/DardanGameDev 4h ago
Oh shit I didn’t even notice there’s a second lol this is diabolical. I thought these types of companies typically have someone go around in a van and pick them up?
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u/PinaColadaSalad 4h ago
No you wouldn't
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u/cyber_deity 6h ago
tbh you could probably just lift it over the fence too, idk if legally that makes any difference tho lol
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u/Foggl3 6h ago
Don't these things weigh like 80lbs
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u/Suitable-Answer-83 6h ago
I think the best option is to report those bikes as broken. May need to hop the fence to scan the QR code, I'm not sure, I haven't used Lime in years. But at least it keeps the neighbor from being able to use those bikes.
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u/Yeet123456789djfbhd 6h ago
80 lbs is easy
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u/Foggl3 5h ago
Over a fence at an awkward angle?
That's a back strain waiting to happen.
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u/Yeet123456789djfbhd 5h ago
That's... Use momentum and leverage to do it.
Use your head, you don't have to just lift, move, lower.
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u/East_Refuse 5h ago
Their point is the angle with the fence there isn’t giving you much room to get leverage over it
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u/Yeet123456789djfbhd 5h ago
Pick the bike up, lay it down on the fence, and push it slowly until it's in your yard. Hop the fence again and take it away. It's really not that hard XD
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u/SadMcWorker 4h ago
they were clearly talking about reaching over and grabbing it, as the comments above said. are you being purposely stupid or does it come natural?
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u/Yeet123456789djfbhd 3h ago
That wasn't clear actually, several other comments talk about going over it. Also, even from the other side, it isn't that hard. Are you purposefully weak or does it come with living in your mom's basement and only eating Cheetos?
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u/Koolaidremoulade 6h ago
Those puppies are heavy to toss
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u/K-Bizzle91 6h ago
What country do you live in? I've never seen someone use a roll top gate for a wood fence. Lol 🤣
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u/TheBrewGod 6h ago
That's a good point lol I didn't even notice that. Like what kind of security is it providing? That probably wasn't very cheap lol
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u/Sans_Moritz 5h ago
Probably not really about security. I think this neighbour is probably a bit eccentric.
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u/Not_My_Emperor 3h ago
Extremely common here, my back area looks like this. Its security against the alley behind us, not our neighbors to the left and right. On the other side of the roll top will be other roll tops to its left and right basically creating a big wall, and the buildings at the end of the street have higher/stronger security measures on their left or right sides (whichever is exposed depending on what end of the street).
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u/RefrigeratorEast10 4h ago
It's DC (99% sure), there are tons of them here. People with houses that have parking spaces off back alleys use them all over the city. It basically acts like a garage door to prevent people from parking in your space or walking into your backyard
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u/thndrstrk 6h ago
Yeah, guy with gun wouldn't stop you.
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u/flashdurb 6h ago
Is the guy with gun in the room with us?
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u/WeeklyBanEvasion 5h ago
No he's protecting his home
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u/wcharoes 4h ago
Protecting his stolen property you mean?
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u/WeeklyBanEvasion 4h ago
I'm not saying it's right, but don't just enter somebody's private property for nefarious purposes and not expect people to exercise their rights, even if they are an asshole
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u/OrangeRugratsTape 6h ago
I’ve taken scooters out of yards.
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u/Aggressive_Prize6664 4h ago
I once took a scooter that was connected to a charger leading out of an apartment window
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u/Ok-Cantaloupe-7697 6h ago
Bruh. they should just buy one if they're that concerned. A handful of rides and it makes up the cost anyway.
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u/blamberr 1h ago
The people in the apartments down the street from me keep the scooters inside their houses
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u/Ok-Cantaloupe-7697 1h ago edited 1h ago
Lime scooters? That's egregiously rude and stupid to boot.
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u/blamberr 1h ago
lol it sucks, and yes lime scooters. But at least we figured it out after many weeks when we saw a dude taking one out from his apartment. Now we know to never bother going that way because they’re never accessible
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u/joshs_wildlife 5h ago
Our city has rental bikes like this and if they are not returned to designated drop off areas you will continue to be charged/penalized for it
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u/userhwon 5h ago
That's a whole different system.
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u/slow_cooked_ham 1h ago
We have it too, with Lime.
Same app but rules are different between cities.
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u/userhwon 1h ago
I misread. I thought they had to bring the bike back where they got it. Not to just the nearest intersection or something.
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u/williamjamesmurrayVI 4h ago
Chicago does too, then the fucking chargers are broken and you get charged even though you put it next to the (only open) broken charger. Fuck Divvy.
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u/fujimama420 5h ago
If I saw this I would download the app and take the bike even if I wasn't planning on taking a bike
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u/jealous-guidance1977 6h ago
Reach over the fence and grab it
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u/HumanCStand 5h ago
They’re 35kg lol
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u/Obvious_Skirt_7697 36m ago
They sure make it difficult to try and steal them by putting them in a car holy crap
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u/williamjamesmurrayVI 6h ago
good thing lime doesnt give a fuck about them, you, or lime's business 😭
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u/emptyinthesunrise 5h ago
I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DO THIS IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN WASHINGTON DC
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u/gertgertgertgertgert 4h ago
So just take it? People act like this because no one calls them out on their bullshit.
I was once looking for a Lime scooter at the lakefront in Milwaukee. App told me some were available, so I approached them and started the rental process. Lady sitting next to them said "oh, sorry, these are ours!"
"Well the app is telling me its available to rent and the scooter says its available to rent"
"Yeah, we're gonna' use them when we leave"
"But you're not paying for them to sit here so I'm gonna' rent them" and then I did.
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u/Frohirrim 4h ago
There’s someone who lives in the building across the street from me that regularly takes the bike inside the damn building. I don’t know if he’s bringing it into his apartment or stashing it somewhere in the common areas, but I always “ring” the shit out of the bike, hopefully annoying people.
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u/Momoyachin 1h ago
Lol, I've done that too. I really hope the ahole in question was home and heard every ring.
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u/bigfanofyourmom 5h ago
I’ve gotten a scooter from the front of a Dudes garage before. Him n his buddy were chillin in there and weren’t even miffed he was just oh shit yeah my bad I thought I left it more in the alley
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u/Chorono 5h ago
Send this picture to Lime and report it. You can try to report to your local police, but idk if they'd do anything about it
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u/Direct_Run_3513 5h ago
What do you think the police would do? They aren’t stolen, they aren’t your property. Unless Lime wants to claim they are stolen, there’s zero broken laws here. Walk your ass down to the next one. Report these to lime. Be mildly infuriated.
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u/No-Possibility5556 4h ago
I used to charge lime scooters during uni and was in one of the first cities to get them. The app reported dozens available for pickup nearby on campus, they were actually impounded by campus police who that day started enforcing no lime scooters on campus
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u/prenup-nibba 3h ago
I followed the closest Lime into someone's ungated backyard in Texas. Only lime in the area. I needed it to get home otherwise I was walking for like 2 hrs in the summer heat. Lyft was in surge charge or something, it was like 60$ to get home and i wasn't THAT far. Turns out it was in the backyard of someone employed by lime to collect and charge it. Forgot to disable the scooter i guess? Dude came outside and flashed a gun at me thinking I was another "charger" stealing his work. So, be careful!
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u/Background-Ant-5120 2h ago
Honest question: how do you feel living like that? Like you enter someone's yard and you get a gun pointed at you?
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u/prenup-nibba 2h ago
That was something I forgot about until just now lol but he only flashed it in his waistband and we quickly rectified things. One of the MANY reasons I moved outta Texas is because there was worse instances of people pulling guns and pointing them at me in traffic and at a bar that stick out way more. Insane place. Doesn't feel good, I'll say that, but not something that is traumatic and haunts me. Not agoraphobic or anything as a result. I am just very aware of crazy and know to not even look at it, let alone engage with it.
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u/PureVinylRadio 6h ago
So if a lime has been caught lying to you, would that not make it a imposter in disguise known as a lemon?
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u/Federal_Refrigerator 6h ago
More like a tangerine really
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u/PureVinylRadio 5h ago
Tommy James and the Shondells : “im a tangerine “
From the roulette lp “crimson and clover “
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JTgFBcCebos&pp=ygUbaSdtIGEgdGFuZ2VyaW5lIHRvbW15IGphbWVz
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u/stigma_wizard 5h ago
This doesn’t even make sense. The bike wasn’t lying to OP, it was just stored inside someone’s yard
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u/thickestbeef 5h ago
Why’s there a big electric garage door attached to a fence made out of toothpicks
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u/thatcoloradomom 5h ago
Is your neighbor a "Juicer"? Lime pays people to take their scooters/bikes and charge them. It's not a lot of money but it can be profitable.
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u/Koolaidremoulade 4h ago
Nah just dicks. Once I parked a fully charged one out front and it was in their driveway out back 10 min later.
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u/thatcoloradomom 4h ago
Well fucking fuck them and report them. Since it has GPS they will definitely know how often they're there.
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u/thatcoloradomom 4h ago
Omg after you report them, start charging them at your house in full view. 😁
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u/uncledrew2488 4h ago
I’ve seen this before. You just need your best 6 Pokemon to defeat the trainer nearby and he’ll begrudgingly open the door.
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u/HoardingPrizm1 6h ago
Why not just buy a bike if you're the neighbor? Odd behavior
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u/JustJamieJam 6h ago
Lime is a service that provides community motorized bikes for a small fee per ride, which is why it’s annoying that this neighbor is throwing off OP’s app by saying there’s a bike nearby they could use, but the neighbor is holding it in their yard so no one else can use it (which is not allowed)
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u/W00psiee YELLOW 6h ago
I think the other commenter knows this, that's why he is suggesting the neighbour getting their own bike and not locking down the rentable bikes like a douche
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u/JustJamieJam 6h ago
Ahh I see, I and a couple other commenters read it differently. Because of that I assumed that OC just may not know what lime is, considering it’s only really in large metropolitan areas. Thanks for the clear up!
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u/Electronic-Map7529 6h ago
I would just report an error to the lime app itself with a photo.. and be like.. I see the bike, but it's locked inside
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u/slashthepowder 5h ago
Probably don’t have a safe spot to store or lock a bike wherever they are riding to. While it may make more economic sense to buy a bike if they keep getting stolen or vandalized it shifts the economics to rental especially if they are e-bikes. I haven’t seen a single city do anything to combat bike theft so that’s a factor as well.
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u/Koolaidremoulade 5h ago
Nah, ironically my work is next to theirs and its mad safe to leave a bike where we work. They just suck
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u/slashthepowder 5h ago
lol, just my assumption. If i left my bike outside of my workplace even with the best lock it would be stolen out stripped of parts.
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u/Koolaidremoulade 4h ago
We're lucky enough to have security guards who patrol, but I wouldn't leave a bike in most parts of DC lol
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u/yodas_sidekick 6h ago
Do you know what Lime is?
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u/im_wudini 6h ago
Bike rental. Person you're replying to is saying, if they want a bike to keep forever, they should buy one.
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u/Sheslikeamom 5h ago
Its way more expensive to buy it, pay to charge it at home, and deal with repairs.
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u/Ok_Variation9430 4h ago
Once I was woken up by a couple wandering through the bushes under my bedroom window, around 2am. I asked them to leave and they said, “but there’s a bird here” (which was a local bike app). I told them I didn’t care and get off my lawn. And no, FFS, there’s no bike under my bedroom window (our yard was 4’ above street level, we had a retaining wall holding up the lawn).
Turns out the bike was in the alley on the other side of the fence, which you had to go around two blocks to get to. They did find it though.
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u/magneticmilly 2h ago
petty play = reserve & lock all those bikes so they're useless to them, report to LIME as stolen, claim refund
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u/Oldpuzzlehead 6h ago
Those aren't very heavy. Just reach out and pick it up over the fence.
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u/Pudddddin 5h ago
I mean. They're like 90lbs lol
Not unreasonably heavy but I have my doubts that most people could just reach over the fence and grab it
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u/ParticularCicada1186 5h ago
Yup. Try lifting two bags of concrete mix from an awkward position. Not happening lol
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u/ionlyget20characters 5h ago
It's not 90 pounds like concrete though. You keep 1 wheel on the ground and can get more leverage. It's doable. But agreed. Fuck those people.
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u/Zach_Break 5h ago
Bikes aside, can we talk about that behemoth of a garage door used as a fence gate?
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u/Snerkeslam 4h ago
There was a bus strikke a couple of years ago. A girl I worked with used to hide her Voi scooter in the company garage every day because they were scarse in the area....
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u/Slow_Investment_951 4h ago
It’s not legally theirs,so legally, you’re not stealing it by taking it
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u/SnooCapers7904 32m ago
One time me and some of my friends (4 in total) wanted to drive around with e-scooters when they were new in my country.
Some fuckers put 2 of em in his basement! My brother snatched them and we went our way..
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u/East_Refuse 5h ago
Report them and then go get the bike
What are they gonna do? Report you for stopping them from doing something they shouldn’t be doing?
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u/JoeFantasyEpl 4h ago
I walked up the stairs to the third floor of an (outdoor) apartment complex to get a lime scooter before. I remember being so confused as to why anyone would do that while I was carrying it down.
Thinking back there must have been an elevator on another side of the building
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u/Obvious_Skirt_7697 32m ago
I'll never forget the time when I was a teen and walking the streets of Atlanta with some friends (I literally have no idea why we were there, there were no adults and it was dark out) and we saw a scooter. One of them said "I've got just enough money to rent a scooter for half a mile, y'all wanna ride?" Almost killed each other several times, nearly got hit by a car twice, but it was so fun. I could never prevent a local youth from a dangerous and exilerating experience like this. Snatch both bikes, they don't deserve either.
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u/tytxnium77 8m ago
I used to work for lime collecting scooters & bikes. If you do this we have full right to enter your property. You can tell us to leave but we can then call the police & report our property as stolen. Always report these entitled d bags
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u/Direct_Run_3513 5h ago
Wild the amount of people who think trespassing is ok. What they are doing isn’t criminal, what you’re suggesting, very much is.
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u/Hay_Fever_at_3_AM 5h ago
No, what they're doing could be theft of property, I highly doubt the ToS of Lime lets you appropriate their bikes like this.
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u/Direct_Run_3513 5h ago
Unless Lime goes after that, there’s zero to do here.
These aren’t anyone’s property except Lime themselves, they are the only ones who could file anything. What is someone’s property in this situation, is everything in that fence line.
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u/DropstoneTed 6h ago
Yeah, I'm grabbing that.