As I went to refill my coffee yesterday morning I noticed another customer wiping down the counter. I made some kind of joke about having secret wishes about being a maid or some such thing. I accused him of being a neatnik. He said he just didn’t like seeing a mess. I told him I would not have even noticed it. I am afraid I am a messy.
What kind of personality do you have? Some people can’t stand anything out of place. A piece of lint or a gum wrapper can cause high blood pressure. I know teachers who go around the room constantly picking up little pieces of trash. They don’t even think about it. Their rooms are immaculate. They make me look bad.
I am a messy. I really don’t see a lot of the stuff that bother neatniks. I have been known to step over small piles of debris and not even notice. It almost needs to trip me to get my attention. If I concentrate real hard I can notice and police and area but when I do that I forget to button my shirt or something worse.
It isn’t that I trash a place. I don’t. I know what trash cans and shelves are for. I am a messy, not a messer. There is a real difference. I will not mess up your world, I just don’t notice the mess in mine.
Now when it comes to the mess of politics, that is a different matter.
homo unius libri
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