Pets

You know what I would love for the French people to utilize more than they do? Pooper Scoopers. People had warned me before I came here that there was a lot of doggie doo doo on the ground, but it really is unbelievable how much there is, and apparently it is a whole lot better than it used to be. I just don't get it. It isn't like it is in the grasss or something, which really there isn't much of here, unless you look in the parks, but there are just mounds of it on the streets right where people are walking. Sometimes you can see it has been avoided, sometimes not so much. The real difficulty comes when it is dark outside. We take our shoes off before going up the stairs into our apartment just in case.
Why though, is it such a foreign concept to pick up said droppings? I mean it isn't like it is a revolutionary idea. The little baggies aren't that big of a deal, at least pick it up and move it out of the way of foot traffic or something. No wonder people here always walk with their heads down!