Indian Shopkeeper Asks Foreigner To Throw Wrapper On Road In Viral Video, Ignites Big Debate On Cleanliness And Civic Sense

Indian Shopkeeper Viral Video: A foreign tourist’s simple act of trying to find a dustbin in India has sparked a major online debate about cleanliness and civic sense. A video shared by traveler Amina on Instagram shows her politely asking a local shopkeeper, “Where is the bin?” while holding an ice-cream wrapper in her hand. But instead of helping her, the shopkeeper asked her to just throw it on the ground.

Refusing to litter, Amina insists on finding a proper bin. After a few seconds, the shopkeeper finally takes the wrapper from her and throws it under a refrigerator inside his shop. Shocked, Amina turns to the camera and says the shopkeeper “literally throws everything down there.”

The clip, which quickly went viral, has left many Indians feeling embarrassed and upset. People flooded the comments, calling out the careless attitude toward public cleanliness and saying such behavior gives a bad impression of India to foreign visitors.

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The viral video shared on Instagram two days ago received 9.9 million views from social media users. "This is our Culture and tradition, don't question it," a user wrote. "Don’t worry, they’ll put it in the bin later (it will end up in the closest river)," a second user wrote. "He will throw all together later, nobody will keep trash in front of their stores, you gotta chill," wrote a third user.

"Looks like you feel guilty of buying that ice cream. Welcome to my country, where the coming generations are more aware of cleanliness than the older generation. We are working and calling out, hoping it will bring change to this attitude of littering. Good that you posted," added a fourth user. "Can you make a video in India where you can show beautiful things? Are you visiting India to insult the country?" a fifth user wrote.

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"You can take it with you if there is no bin. As usual, common sense is uncommon," added a sixth user. "Always so much going on. There appears to be a random god or idol being carried by a baba behind you at the same time. As with people walking in all directions," wrote another user.