Story By: Lee Bullen, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
Video Credit: CEN/@khaliduk32
This is the moment a dancing dustman shows off his fancy footwork as he busts a move while collecting the bins in temperatures of around 45 degrees Celsius.
The incident was filmed in the Abu Dhabi, the northern capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where temperatures have topped 45 degrees Celsius in recent day and was shared on Twitter where it has been viewed 360,000 times.
Pictures Credit: CEN
In the footage, the happy waste collector is seen with earphones and a wheelie bin in one hand and a rubbish picker in the other as he bops down the street.
At one point, the smooth sanitation worker stops to shimmy in the middle of the road and he is seen singing along to the music playing in his headphones.
The clip was posted online by user ‘khaliduk32’ where it garnered 25,000 views before being reshared on Twitter by netizen ‘Afra Almarar’, where it has so far notched up 360,000 views.
Almarar said that she reposted the video because she enjoyed the dustman’s happy-go-lucky attitude and “peace of mind”.
After her clip was seen by 360,000 people, Almarar said that she has been receiving messages from netizens all over the world.
According to reports, the unnamed waste collector is employed by Tadweer, the Abu Dhabi Centre of Waste Management.
Netizen ‘Mohmed939’ commented: “The pursuit of happiness is simple, all you need is music and the sky.”
‘Timex902’ said: “How beautiful it is to spread happiness and ignore the stigma of social norms. Look at this man’s beautiful spirit and how happy he is.”
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