New York City mocked for only just discovering wheelie bins
New York City has been trolled online after discovering wheelie bins for the first time.
In order to tackle the "trash revolution", the mayor of NYC Eric Adams announced that wheelie bins will be introduced city wide, instead of the current system which is just leaving rubbish bags on the street.
Despite the introduction of wheelie bins being a great solution for the city's trash and rodent problem, many were shocked to learn that the receptacles don't already exist there.
Introducing the roll out, Mayor Adams began his press conference rolling in a bin and proudly demonstrating how to use it before celebrating with colleagues.
He said “many people thought it was impossible” that these wheelie bins were going to be part of the city’s “trash revolution”.
“We all have one unified dislike, and those are those pesky New York City rats,” Mr Adams said.
“They’re getting more and more bold. They no longer run from you. They just hang out and just do what they want. We want to make sure we change that in a real way.”
NYC department of sanitation commissioner Jessica Tisch described the official NYC bin as a “beautiful, rat-fighting piece of engineering” to conquer the estimated three million rats that dominate the streets.
The wheelie bin announcement, which was intended to impress New Yorkers, has also gone global – with Europeans and Australians baffled by concept of wheelie bins being new.
“Oh my word! Are they seriously showing their constituents how to use a trash can?” wrote one person.
“Huh, they don’t have wheelie bins? What century do they live in?” said a second.
“How the hell is this revolutionary??” agreed another.
“So they finally figured out putting your trash in piles on the sidewalk is not a good idea,” mocked someone else.
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