Author: Paula Mejia / Source: Atlas Obscura
Earlier this week, several New Yorkers noticed a strangely familiar noise emanating from midtown LinkNYC kiosks. Gothamist reports that as many as ten kiosks along Third Avenue, which provide free wi-fi access across the city, began all trilling simultaneously with the the iconic Mister Softee jingle.
Normally the music is a happy announcement of warm weather and ice cream for sale. But it sounded off and slowed-down from the usual, twinkling song.At first, onlookers thought they might be hearing distant trucks. But locals, such as bike courier Steve Burges, soon discovered that it was indeed coming from kiosks, and that “something was off because of the slow rhythmics [of] the song, and it was really eerie,” as he described to the paper.
The haunting jingle doesn’t seem to be part of a promotion or a prank: On Twitter, LinkNYC assured people that, no, they
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