Neat vs. Sloppy People

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I thoroughly enjoyed reading Neat People vs. Sloppy People by Suzanne Britt. By the end of the piece it actually had me laughing out loud at the content. She tries to make you believe that a person who is neat is actually lazy and mean compared to someone who is sloppy. According to her neat people are very wasteful and she makes it seem as though sloppy people are resourceful, though I like to call it being a hoarder. Unfortunately I don’t agree one bit with her comparison of neat people vs. sloppy people. Personally it what she said was true then outwardly I appear to be one of the neat people, but none of the characteristics match with me. I do keep a clean house, I’m always neat in appearance, and I truly believe everything has a place. However, I’m very resourceful and economic. I read the paper, I clip coupons on a weekly basis, it something can be re-used for another purpose then it doesn’t get thrown away, and I have a stockpile of items that we can sustain off of for at least 6 months. According to the author those things would make me a sloppy person which I don’t agree with at all. Based off of Suzanne Britt it seems as though a person can only be categorized as being one or the other type of individual. I do know people who fit perfectly into either category; however I’m just not one of those people. I’m not mean or lazy because I’m neat, nor am a sloppy individual because I know the value of a dollar and clip coupons or that I save all my greeting cards from my parents and spouse (though they do have a folder to keep them neat). 2. This doesn’t mean that it’s not a good comparison and contrast essay. Britt chose to focus more on the contrast of the two objects (neat vs. sloppy people) instead of finding the similarities of the two. I think some of the similarities are meant to be unspoken. We know that both types of people eat some of the
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