Lots of of bottles of “what seemed to be urine” have been discovered within the Met final evening, in line with the New York Submit—which noted that the museum’s starry Met Gala was “soaked in controversy.”
“The stunning stunt—tied to allegations that Amazon warehouse staff really feel pressured to pee in bottles, relatively than take toilet breaks—comes as backlash over the billionaire’s involvement within the glitzy fundraiser has reached a fever pitch throughout New York Metropolis,” the Submit reported.
Credit score for the protest was claimed by Everyone Hates Elon, an anti-billionaire group that set its sights on an occasion that didn’t lack for billionaires.
In a statement on Instagram, the UK-based group stated it had left the “piss bottles” to name consideration to how “The Met Museum is taking the PISS by having Jeff [Bezos] honoured as their Gala host.” Additionally: “Amazon avoids MILLIONS in tax and Bezos is likely one of the world’s richest males.”
The bottles have been accompanied by textual content explaining the protest. “One significantly inflammatory show labeled a cluster of plastic bottles as a ‘Met Gala VIP bathroom,’ with signage reading: ‘Put in in honor of Met Gala chair Jeff Bezos. Go forward, it’s ok for his workers.’” In help of that show, Everyone Hates Elon wrote on Instagram: “If it’s okay for #MetGala chair Jeff Bezos power his staff to piss in bottles, certain it’s alright to power the Kardashians as effectively..?💋”
The group additionally identified, in a footnote to one in every of its posts: “Not actual piss obvs.”
