The overwhelming feeling of not being appreciated by the rest of the Lockdown Geng and not being particularly pleased with their approach to cleanliness in the House put Lucy in a state of despair and she chose to rant to a trusted friend.
Feeling unappreciated
With the Wager Task drawing close and preparations in progress, Lucy voiced how hurt she felt that the other Housemates didn't appreciate her contribution to the team. “The worst part is that you are doing stuff and people are not appreciating and it drives me crazy,” she said expressing her frustration to Prince. In his response, Prince told her that she lets her emotions get the best of her and that’s why she's always on the defence because she feels everybody is out to get her. A notion, Lucy didn’t entirely share because she felt things would have been different if the rest of the Housemates saw eye to eye with her and paid attention to her ideas instead of shutting them down with theirs. Prince felt that reason most people didn’t see eye to eye with her ideas was because of how varied their background and thought processes were. “We all have different points of view, so sometimes, you can’t blame somebody for not seeing what you see,” he further explained to her. He did let her know she wasn’t a bad person or had a crappy attitude if those were the reasons she felt the rest of the Housemates weren’t appreciating her enough.
Watch their discussion here
House Hygiene and defaulters
The conversation between Lucy and Prince soon moved to cleaning the House and how disappointed Lucy was with the rest of the Housemates disposition towards this. She complained about their complacency when it came to cleaning and she was also worried that her frequent complaints meant she might not be the viewers favourite. Prince reassured her that they would love her for who she is, and she should learn to ignore things she can’t change. He stressed that the differences in personality traits of people in the House meant they would do things differently even when it came to House sanitation. He cited how he liked to neatly fold his clothes while Neo takes it a step further by ironing every clothing even his briefs. Prince noted she had a compulsive disorder with seeing things clean and it was time she made peace with the situation. He suggested that she should try not to make these things upset her saying “I want to leave here and have no regrets because every single second we have here counts, so why are you stressing about these things?” He reminded her that if she had to do things in the House, she should do it out of the goodness of her heart and not worry about others.
It takes a lot to live with 15 other Housemates and it's understandable if at some point they have issues with each other, but finding a suitable and amicable approach to solve these issues will go a long way in enabling cohabitation. Hopefully, the Lockdown Housemates find a solution that works.
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