After the video of uploading money to the Sumatik device, which was shared the other day and went viral on social media, Eskişehir Municipality made a statement on the subject.
Introduced in 2008 and used in many cities today card water metersIt is known that citizens buy the amount of water they will use from ATM-like machines and load it on the card and use the card by inserting it into the counter. This system, which is frequently used in cities such as Eskişehir and Ankara, is becoming more common day by day.
However, this “sumaticA video shot recently about the ” system managed to go viral on Twitter. The interesting part of the video is that the person loading money to the Sumatik card via ATM. the citizen did this process “manually”.
The video went viral days after it was shared
The video, which was uploaded to Twitter about 5 days ago, went viral today and was shared on almost every social media platform. As you can see in the video, when the money loading machine of a citizen who wants to load money into the Sumatik device in Eskişehir extends the money, that someone else inside took that money and loaded it. clearly visible. After the viral video, some users left the municipality. accusing me of irresponsibility Others interpreted the event in a humorous way.
After the video went viral, Eskişehir Municipality announced a explanation during the control of a faulty Sumatik device by broadcasting the video for testing purposes explained that the loading process of a citizen waiting in line to load money was done manually and the machine was tested.
Stating that there was no defamation or malicious intent in the incident, the authorities stated that they met with the citizen who shared the incident and that the citizen although he shared it in a witty language It was announced that he conveyed his sadness due to the negative reactions on social media.
Sumatik became “Shakamatic” on social media
