Suzanne Britt Neat People Vs Sloppy People

Jessica Parra

Dr. Mireille Trokkos

ENGL 68, (30364): Prep for College Writing

01/28/2016

The Truth about Sloppy and Neat

In Suzanne Britt’s “Neat People vs. Sloppy People” she ridicules neat people and defends the ways of sloppy people. Britt states that neat people are in fact meaner and lazier as opposed to sloppy people. Although their may be some cases where neat people are meaner and lazier than sloppy people, in my experience neat people are actually not mean nor lazy at all. For instance my older sister Bertha is a neat person and by far the kindest person I know on the other hand my younger sister Christine is a sloppy person and quite lazy at that. Britt’s view on neat people and sloppy people through out her essay is incorrect

and biased, as she is most likely a sloppy person herself.
With regards to Britt falsely stating that neat people are mean and lazy I can affirm that my older sister Bertha being a neat person herself is the opposite of mean and lazy. In other words Bertha has one of the kindest and most generous souls I know. Britt states “They are so insensitive.”(2) referring to they way neat people are emotionless and don’t care about peoples feelings. However Bertha abolishes Britts’ claim that neat people are not caring due to the fact that Bertha always helps out our family when it’s most needed, whether it’s helping my younger sister Christine with college applications, helping me out with college expenses, or giving my mother advise on certain house problems. Not to mention Bertha is not lazy like Britt claims on the contrary she is very active and enjoys spending her free time running marathons with our family. Britt also states “They are incredibly wasteful.”(2) claiming that neat people throw away perfectly good objects if it makes a mess yet my sister is very resourceful with organizing many things that are sentimental to her. Bertha has never thrown away anything because it makes her house messy like Britt claimed in her statements.
Even more Britts’ claim that neat people are meaner and lazier is inaccurate due to the fact that my younger sister is a sloppy person at heart and is very lazy when it comes to doing something other than watching television.

While Bertha is out running marathons my sister Christine would rather sit at home with a bag of chips watching marathons of her favorite shows on television. Britt states in her essay “Not a paper will go unturned; not a rubber band will go unboxed.”(1) Claiming sloppy people pay attention to detail and make sure everything has a certain place when cleaning. Still her accusations are false when in fact sloppy people like Christine don’t pay attention to every object when cleaning and spend time organizing certain objects together. In reality on the rare occasion Christine actually cleans she doesn’t spend time organizing her things, as long as the mess is out of sight she is done cleaning. For example she tends to pile her clothes and shoes with other random objects that are left laying on her floor or desk in her closet and finishes with closing the door so the mess isn’t noticeable when walking into her room. Sloppy people like Christine are in truth messier and lazier when it comes doing things such as

cleaning
In conclusion bitts argument that neat people are in reality meaner and lazier than sloppy people is incorrect. As a matter of fact neat people like my older sister Bertha are actually not meaner and lazier than sloppy people. Neat people such as Bertha enjoy helping others out and being active throughout their daily lives. Not only are sloppy people like my younger sister Christine really messy but also very lazy. Sloppy people such as Christine would rather watch television after hiding her mess in the closet than actually take the time to sort out the growing pile of junk. In addition I am in fact a bit sloppy myself and I tend to catch my self sticking my mess in drawers when I need things out of the way. All in all neat people attentive and sloppy people are inattentive to their messes.