As mentioned before, Pakistanis often think in a short term horizon and are not much into keeping the streets clean. The another reason for this is simple: the concept of Collective (public) property is unknown. What is not mine (I cant sell or buy) is not my business…
But as soon as it concerns some food in the fridge the concept is very clear… What is in he fridge belongs to everybody. To a question: “Why have You eaten the cake?” I got an answer: “We have asked everybody who was present and it was nobodies, so we ate it.” At least it wasnt mine, but I took a bit, and it was really very good… 
Btw, having a taste of Your food without asking is normal, just like dividing the sum of bill into equal parts among all (doesnt matter what You had). What is ours is also mine, isnt it…?
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