Recently, Panama has had great trouble with potholes. They are simply everywhere. With the city failing to fix the potholes, Panama City's most influential news station, Telemetro Reporta (@TReporta) created a very unique solution to help make the city more aware of the problem.
Telemetro Reporta created buttons that send out tweets to the twitter account of Panama's Department of Public Works, @MOPdePanama when they are driven over. These buttons were placed on Panama's busiest streets, which happen to be the worst streets in terms of the amount of potholes they contain.
In addition to creating and installing the buttons, Telemetro Reporta created a special segment of their news show where they present tweets that the potholes sent to city officials during the day.
Here are some of the button's tweets, with translations:
hey @MOPdePanama que hay de nuevo viejo?
hey @MOPdePanama what's up doc?
El @MOPdePanama quiere jugar la escondite conmigo, escondiéndose dentro de los huecos. QUE LES PASA!!!
The @MOPdePanama wants to play the hide and seek with me, hiding inside the holes. THAT THEY PASSED!
Tuve una visión del futuro. En el año 2025 el @MOPdePanama tendrá un rayo laser que repara huecos. Nah, no es cierto, era un sueño ;)
I had a vision of the future. In the year 2025 the @MOPdePanama will have a laser repairing holes. Nah, not true, it was a dream ;)
Me llamaron de Hollywood para protagonizar mi propia peli. Se titula “Lo que el hueco se llevo” El villano es el @MOPdePanama
I called Hollywood to star in my own movie. Entitled "what the hollow took" the villain is the @MOPdePanama
hey @MOPdePanama TE FALTA CALLE
hey @MOPdePanama YOU LACK STREET
Algunos niños piensan que soy una piscina @MOPdePanama eso no me gusta
Some kids think that I am a pool @MOPdePanama that I do not like
Lo sé, a veces soy un poco duro contigo @MOPdePanama no pienses que siempre estoy de mal humor. La gente quiere sus #callesdignas <3
I know, sometimes I'm a little hard with you @MOPdePanama do not think that I'm always in a bad mood. People want their #callesdignas < 3
Hey @MOPdePanama agarra tu tiempo libre para mirar todo mi feed de twitter y apuntes donde están los huecos que debes reparar #Callesdignas
Hey @MOPdePanama grab your free time to look at all my feed from twitter and note where are the holes that you must repair #Callesdignas
Vimeo created a video to give an in-depth look at the button and the people behind it.
To see even more tweets the potholes sent, head on over to their twitter account @Elhuecotwitero
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