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1、NeatPeoplevs.SloppyPeopleSuzanneBrittI’vefinallyfiguredoutthedifferencebetweenneatpeopleandsloppypeople.Thedistinctionis,asalways,moral.Neatpeoplearelazierandmeanerthansloppypeople.Sloppypeople,yousee,arenotreallysloppy.Theirsloppinessismerelytheunfortunateconsequenceoftheirextrememoralr
2、ectitude.Sloppypeoplecarryintheirmind’seyeaheavenlyvision,apreciseplan,whichissostupendous,soperfect,itcan’tbeachievedinthisworldorthenext.SloppypeopleliveinNever-NeverLand.Somedayistheirmétier.Somedaytheyareplanningtoalphabetizealltheirbooksandsetuphomecatalogs.Somedaytheywillgothrought
3、heirwardrobesandmarkcertainitemsfortentativemendingandcertainitemsforpassingontorelativesofsimilarshapeandsize.Somedaysloppypeoplewillmakefamilyscrapbooksintowhichtheywillputnewspaperclippings,postcards,locksofhair,andthedriedcorsagefromtheirseniorprom.Somedaytheywillfileeverythingonthes
4、urfaceoftheirdesks,includingthecashreceiptsfromcoffeepurchasesatthesnackshop.SomedaytheywillsitdownandreadallthebackissuesofTheNewYorker.Forallthesenoblereasonsandmore,sloppypeopleneverget9neat.Theyaimtoohighandwide.Theysaveeverything,planningsomedaytofileorderandstraightenouttheworld.Bu
5、twhiletheseambitiousplanstakeclearerandclearershapeintheirheads,thebooksspillfromtheshelvesontothefloor,theclothespileupinthehamperandcloset,thefamilymementosaccumulateineverydrawer,thesurfaceofthedeskisburiedundermoundsofpaperandtheunreadmagazinesthreatentoreachtheceiling.Sloppypeopleca
6、n’tbeartopartwithanything.Theygivelovingattentiontoeverydetail.Whensloppypeoplesaythey’regoingtotacklethesurfaceofadesk,theyreallymeanit.Notapaperwillgounturned;notarubberband橡皮筋willgounboxed.Fourhoursortwoweeksintotheexcavation,thedesklooksexactlythesame,primarilybecausethesloppypersoni
7、smeticulouslycreatingnewpilesofpaperswithnewheadingsandscrupulouslystoppingtoreadalltheoldbookcatalogsbeforehethrowsthemaway.Aneatpersonwouldjustbulldozethedesk.Neatpeoplearebumsandclodsatheart.Theyhavecavalierattitudestowardpossessions,includingfamilyheirlooms.Everything
