I promise this is coming from a place of genuine curiosity. I'm not trying to shit on Europeans (pun intended (you'll see)), I'm not joking around,I just need to know if I've had a sequence of anomalous experiences, or whether this is a real phenomenon that someone can offer an explanation for.
First time I ever travelled to Napoli, on the way to my hotel, I saw a woman stop in the street – dead middle of the pavement – drop her pants and take a shit. A businessman with a briefcase walked around her and didn't bat an eye, like it was just nothing. Another time I travelled to Spain, I was walking down some steps and had to jump up and skip one – huge pile of human shit on the step. Another time in France, our train stopped early and everyone got off after announcement that someone had defecated in a carriage. Few weeks later, Paris train station, a guy was shitting into his hand and throwing it at people.
I live in the UK. I've never seen anyone take a shit in the street, and I've never found human shit in the street. Am I just… Unlucky? Is this a common experience in continental Europe?