The prompt says, “Can you manage to stay in a dirty environment?” Well, my answer is, “No.” and that will be the answer even if I am asked over and over again simply because I know the effect of staying in a bad environment and how bad it could affect someone’s health.
I used to tell people that a clean environment is a clean mind, but some people don’t seem to understand that because they thought I made that up, which I didn’t. Imagine someone who was raised in a dirty environment where people dump refuse here and there and no one is cleaning it or concerned about it; such a person can never grow up knowing the value of a clean environment; instead, he or she will be a burden to people around who don’t like to stay in a dirty environment.
I have people like that in my compound; they don’t care if what they are doing is affecting people around them. All they know how to do is drop trash everywhere in the compound, and whenever they are told to clean, they start a fight with people in the compound.
I have come to realize that they must have grown up in dirty environments; if not, I don’t know how they can be so convenient seeing their surroundings dirty and still feel cool about it.
So instead of involving myself with them or fighting with them, I made sure to clean my environment; after all, we don’t share the same apartment. I made sure my apartment surroundings are clean, starting from cutting the grass around the apartment, and of course, sweeping it daily is what I love.
Staying in a dirty environment irritates me a lot, so I can’t imagine myself coping with dirt everywhere while I am around, and thank God my husband is not someone who likes to see dirt, so he always cleans with me as well.
There was a time when one of my sisters got married and she gave birth; she called me to come help her with some housework since they were doing the naming in her husband’s family house. I didn’t think twice before going because I was happy for her, but when I got to the environment, the happiness in me reduced because of how dirty the environment was.
I thought I had seen it all with my neighbors until I got to my sister’s husband’s family house. Their house is not dirty; the neighborhood is nothing to write home about. There is lots of refuse at the back of their house, and the water inside the gutters is not flowing anymore just because the refuse has blocked the gutters from flowing. If you are from Nigeria and you have been to the Bariga side, you would understand what I am talking about.
I had promised her that I would stay two days, but after seeing all their environment, I couldn’t stay for a day, so in the evening I told her I needed to do something at home, so I ran back home. I can’t manage to stay in such a place for 24 hours, not to talk of staying there, so my answer is no, I can’t manage to stay in a dirty environment.
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It amazes me how people cope in dirty environments because it just makes zero sense to me. A lot of people know the consequences of staying in places like that and yet, they won't make a move to do the needful.
Let’s just say some of them choose to ignore the red flag until they become sick before they realize that staying in a dirty environment is no doing them any good
It amazes me how people cope in dirty environments because it just makes zero sense to me. A lot of people know the consequences of staying in places like that and yet, they won't make a move to do the needful.
A dirty environment is a no no for me cause no matter what I am doing, I cannot be relaxed, calm let alone stay focus.