‘She had the biggest smile on her face’: Retail worker shares wholesome story in which he sold a sweet and excited old lady an electric scooter

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    Old lady bought an electric scooter
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    This is more of a wholesome story which involves no Karen or Chad screaming or having a tantrum. While I have encountered customers like these, that's a tale for another post. I wasn't directly involved in this as I was busy with something else, but I was able to witness the event, and later I was told the rest.
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    I worked at a small store that sold electric scooters. This was back in 2018 when they were still new to most people. At our store we had a couple of demo models that our customers could test ride. We then had an old lady at the store, who seemed to be about 70-75
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    years old, and she had seen another customer test riding a scooter and she was eager to ride one herself. My boss gave the old lady an introduction to how everything works, the brakes, steering etc. The old lady
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    stormed away at full speed. My bosses jaw dropped! Did she just put a weak old lady on a potentially dangerous scooter? Is she going to loose control, crash and get seriously injured or even worse?
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    Luckily that didn't happen. 30 seconds later the old lady was coming back with the biggest smile on her face! "I'll take it!" That's right, we just sold her an electric scooter! (For those who are curious, it's a Ninebot ES1.) We unboxed
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    and assembled her new scooter and helped her get through the required app. She then had us take a picture of her proudly on her new scooter, because she was going to send that to her grandkids!
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    We thanked her for her purchase and waved our goodbyes before she stormed off on her new scooter. And you may think the story ends there. It does not! She had returned a week later to tell us the rest! After she had
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    purchased her new scooter, she had been riding around until she had drained the battery, so she had to call a friend to pick her up. Just to be clear, these scooters do come about 50-60% charged from the factory. She just had so fun, she had been riding around for several hours until the battery was flat!
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    So that was the tale of the sweet old lady, and I will always remember that tale! I ride these scooters on my spare time, and I still meet people who ask questions about the speed, range etc. Often they're telling me these things are for younger people and that they're
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    too old for an electric scooter. When they tell me that, I tell them the tale about the old lady who bought a scooter.
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    Rhypefiepuppyyu 19 hr. ago · In my city, there was an older man I would sometimes see downtown riding around on a segway. It was so cute.
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    Outrageous_Animal120. 11 hr. ago I watched an older man driving down the breakdown lane of a busy roadway on a zero turn lawn mower. He had groceries sitting on the mower deck. About 10
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    minutes later, I saw him on a residential street. I'll assume either...A) he had a DUI, or, B) his kids took the car keys away.
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    Capital_Cockroach611 · 10 hr. ago I am 75f and am on my 5th scooter (drive them til they are not able to be resuscitated & 1 was stolen) Haven't driven a car for 15-20
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    yrs, I carry groceries books rugs plants tools small furniture you name it. People always wave & want a pic (except those who try to run me over). I love the independence & yes I ride year round!
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    licking-salt-lamps - 12 hr. ago I love this so much!!!

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