What if someone trips over a Scooter on your Property?

No More Obstructions Blocking Customer Access

It seems pretty clear the removal service is targeting property owners, not public spaces.

We have half a dozen smartphone-operated bike schemes on the go. The bikes do literally litter the pavement sometimes. On occasion you have to climb over them (or carry them out of the way). They end up in the river and chucked into hedges. They end up mangled by the side of the road after people try to remove the locks. Some of them do objectively end up as 'trash'.

Yes, the blame lies squarely at the door of inconsiderate cyclists. But I can't help but think that the vendors (and licensing authorities) should have seen this coming. Is it stealing to personally take that rusy Ofo bike from the side of the road and re-use the materials? I think the answer is yes. What would the local authority do if I took it to the recycling station. They probably wouldn't want to touch it. So it's up to to the vendor to clean up their refuse.

I haven't seen scooters first hand, but if they're like the bikes, then I don't think that's a hyperbolic stretch to use the word 'littering'.

Here's a tip: When you have to try and quote literal definitions to make a point, and then get it wrong, you're over simplifying and being dumb. Nuance isn't a vice. Embrace understanding on multiple levels. See the differences and let your mind explore them.

Check.

Also, if you leave it somewhere, it’s discarded. I’m not using that word in the literary sense, so that should make you extra happy.

It was OP that was pissing and moaning about hyperbole, so I was pointing out that it could also be a literal statement.

You seem really bent out of shape about it. You should embrace trying not to be a dickhead.