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In reply to the discussion: Mother Of Teen In Citi Bike Video Speaks Out: 'No One Bothered To Ask Him What Happened' [View all]And in fact you would be acting to try and skirt the rules.
In order to keep bikes available, users pay for any time the bike is not docked and there is a premium for time after 45 min. The young males docked the bikes in order to grab a snack and reset their 45 min timer. In the 5 minutes after that occurred the woman in the video rented the bike.
Most people would have chalked it up to first come, first served and waited for another bike. Others would have gladly given up the bike they planned to use for a pregnant hospital worker coming off a long shift who wanted to get home. But some apparently think the correct course of action is to harass the woman, post a video of it intended to portray her as the one in the wrong to the internet and call her a racist.
I know which person my mother raised me to be...