When entering a dwelling, a Russian person always takes off his shoes and puts on house slippers. Almost every hostess has several pairs of spare slippers for visiting people. Arriving in any more civilized country, Russian people are surprised how you can walk in shoes on the streets of the city, and then in the same shoes around your own home.
Compatriots also do not understand how you can lie on the lawn in clothes, sit on the steps or curb of the sidewalk and not be afraid to get dirty. The reason is that even in large, densely populated cities, not all streets are covered with asphalt. Even if there is asphalt, then, looking at it, you might think that several tanks recently drove through it. our cities. Naturally, such equipment is not intended for cleaning on unpaved areas. In cities, only crowded places and the city center are equipped with litter bins. If you go a little deeper into any sleeping area, then in order to throw out the trash, you can look for an urn for about 10 minutes. Of course, there are not so many people who are so patient. As a result, the garbage that did not end up in the trash can simply lies underfoot, and the person carries it into the house on his shoes. There is such a profession in the country as a janitor, but does the janitor's salary encourage labor zeal? And hardly anyone will check the results of work every day, so the janitors are not in danger for unfulfilled cleaning of the territory. Many of them are well aware that there are not so many people willing to work in their place, so the employer does not have to choose. If such jobs were better paid, then there would be many more applicants. However, apart from the meager wages, there are not so many street cleaners in one district of the city. After all, why hire a large staff of workers, if it is still impossible to completely clear the area of garbage. Russian people boldly throw cigarette butts, all sorts of garbage from the balconies and even spit. Moreover, this happens 24 hours a day. Even having a huge staff of janitors, 24-hour monitoring of the appearance of new garbage on the street is unlikely to be within the power. So how can you not take off your shoes when entering the room, if you can bring on your shoes not only dirt, debris, but also the remains of chewing gum, spitting and the like.
