Who Charges All Those Electric Scooters? Follow A Nocturnal 'Juicer'
Bird and Lime offer electric scooters for rent in cities across America. The companies pay a few dollars a pop to an army of people who prowl the streets for the scooters and take them home to charge.
Some people love electric scooters. Some people hate them. And some people charge them — for money.
By day, Joel Kirzner is a consultant in Arlington, Va. But when he wraps up work in the office, he pulls out his phone and checks multiple scooter apps to see what's available nearby.
If there are scooters low on battery, they'll show up in the map on his phone. And if he can find the scooter in real life (and beat any rival chargers to the punch), he'll earn a few bucks for each one he charges at home.
"It's like Pokémon Go and you make money," he says.
On a recent evening, he sees two
