I've finally figured out the difference between neat people and sloppy people. The distinction is, as always, moral.
Neat people are lazier and meaner than sloppy people.
Sloppy people, you see, are not really sloppy. Their sloppiness is merely the unfortunate consequence of their extreme moral rectitude. Sloppy people carry in their mind's eye a heavenly vision, a precise plan, that is so stupendous, so perfect, it can't be achieved in this world or the next. Sloppy people live in Never-Never Land. Someday is their metier.