Yep. My use case for scooters is when the bus will take too long to get me to/from work, or running errands, or when I'm too tired/it's too far to walk. I decide that I need it at the spur of the moment, and don't want to plan to have it with me.
running errands
You stop for your first errand, come back outside afterward, and bam! someone else took it. What if there are no others nearby?