"The Help"

While I was attempting to sleep in SeaTac, sometime around midnight, the leaning crew came through. They woke me up, and although people were strewn all over the chairs and floors, they were determined to do their jobs.

Just earlier in the day I was speaking with a friend about how we, as students of colour, and as students in general, need to be more appreciative of how hard the cleaning staff work and be more mindful of how messy we are.

As the cleaning crew @ SeaTac were moving along, I didn't bother to move my bag off the floor, nor adjust my body in anyway. I could say that I was too tired, but I was alert enough to notice that they were there.  I could say that no one else was moving, but I know enough about peer pressure to say i could have moved if I'd wanted. Who's to say I wouldn't have started a trend

But I didn't move. I stayed where I was and I closed my eyes to ignore them.  I'm ashamed I did so. I should know better by now.

One day I will.....