Cleaning up other’s spills 🧽

Ay ya yay!!!

My water bottle was sitting near a laptop I was using. I went to the bathroom and someone else a stranger sat down. I came back and they had mistakenly bumped into my water bottle and broken it. 

Shattered ALL over the floor. 

He got mad AT me. 

Huh....

?!?!

...

I did what I always do.

RAN to clean it. 

I cleaned up my broken water bottle that someone else broke and was made to feel bad about them breaking it. Like I purposely put it where he would break it. Huh. 

That part didn’t stun me as much as HOW FAST I TOOK THE BLAME TO CLEAN UP HIS MESS. 

Huh. 

This is always my go-to. 

Be helpful. 

Clean up messes. 

Even if they aren’t mine. 

Scratch that, Especially if they aren’t mine. 

Aye ya yay. 

I’m not upset at him. 

I’m not upset that my favorite water bottle is broken. 

I’m upset with myself. 

How fast I go to accept other people’s mess’ as my own. 

Today, When was the last time you found yourself cleaning up someone else’s mess?!?! Is this your go-to?!! Do people around you constantly have to clean up your mess?! Are YOU the mess starter?!?!

I am so so so sick of this being my first reaction. Hopefully, this will help me next time. To choose to let the a-holes take responsibility for their mess. 

Xo