My understanding is that this bikeshare program charges $1200 to anyone who rents a bike and then doesn’t return it. If both people believed this particular bike was checked out in their name, I can see how they would have a vested interest in making sure a stranger didn’t ride off with it. That’s not to excuse anyone’s behavior here, ju…
My understanding is that this bikeshare program charges $1200 to anyone who rents a bike and then doesn’t return it. If both people believed this particular bike was checked out in their name, I can see how they would have a vested interest in making sure a stranger didn’t ride off with it. That’s not to excuse anyone’s behavior here, just one extenuating factor in why this escalated the way it did. “Just turn the other cheek and find another one” takes on a different risk calculus when $1200 is on the line.
My understanding is that this bikeshare program charges $1200 to anyone who rents a bike and then doesn’t return it. If both people believed this particular bike was checked out in their name, I can see how they would have a vested interest in making sure a stranger didn’t ride off with it. That’s not to excuse anyone’s behavior here, just one extenuating factor in why this escalated the way it did. “Just turn the other cheek and find another one” takes on a different risk calculus when $1200 is on the line.
Good point.