Stepping in gum

I’ll never understand why people are so thoughtless that they will throw used bubble gum on the ground.  I think that people that do that must have a mean streak in them.  I normally don’t step in gum; I tend to be observant enough to avoid them.  But in the last week I’ve stepped in gum TWICE!   Very irritating; that stuff just does not want to come off!  I guess I should just be glad that I noticed it before getting into the truck, or walking into the house.  Getting gum out of carpet is not something I want to have to deal with!  And, I guess I should be grateful that it wasn’t some animal’s scat that I stepped in!