In what ’s certain to be a blow to convenience store umbrella sale , a company in Vancouver has created the world ’s first automated umbrella sharing service that lets fellow member take over one whenever it starts to unexpectedly rain down alfresco .
Like with bike sharing military service that have seen modified achiever in cities around the world , UmbraCity first requires exploiter to sign up with a cite card and their email address so that it can track when an umbrella ’s been adopt , and when it ’s been returned .
bless up is completely free , and so is borrowing an umbrella for less than 48 minute . As long as you return it to one of multiple kiosks in under two days , you may keep on borrow UmbraCity umbrellas forever without ever incur a single explosive charge . But after 48 hours is up , you ’ll be charge two bucks for each extra Clarence Shepard Day Jr. you ’ve borrowed one , up to a level best of $ 20 .
If you ’re the type who ’s awful at curb the weather prognosis when you go out in the morning , and always find yourself buying a inexpensive umbrella while you ’re out to avoid getting soaked , UmbraCity could be a lifesaver — or at least a dry apparel saver . It might be less utilitarian for those who are prone to losing umbrellas , though , gift the charge that complain in if one is n’t returned in sentence .
concerned in try the service out ? Unfortunately for the fourth dimension being it ’s only available on campus at the University of British Columbia just outside Vancouver , Canada . However , if it proves to be a succeeder , the company will hopefully expound its services to the relief of the urban center , which is have it away for its constant rain , and then maybe even internationally since bad weather does n’t just bechance on the west coast of Canada .
[ UmbracityviaContemporist ]
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