Oh, France.  Oh.

Let this not be the end of the beginning you were building.

Yet:

A protest by refuse collectors in Marseille, which has left thousands of tonnes of rubbish abandoned in the streets, is said to have spread to other cities. Reports say the biggest rubbish treatment centre in France, at Ivry-sur-Seine, has been blockaded for the past three days.

If the fuel starts flowing again, let the products it makes and wraps and carries around gather and rot and reek like hell.

A phase shift into decay's comeback.