How to cd to a directory that contains spaces in the name

A brain dead application has created a directory hierarchy that contains white spaces in the directory path. For example: /first_dir/second dir/third dir/filename.
I want to look at the file from the command line via iTerm/Terminal but I can not get there because the whitespace is interpreted as the end of the text string. Example: cd /first_dir/second dir results in "/first_dir/second no such file or directory"
If I try "escape" the whitespace with: cd /first_dir/second\ dir/third\ dir I get an error that says "/first_dir/second dir/third dir no such file or directory"
How can I change to the desired target directory?
Second question, why do people do such stupid things? Haven't they heard of the underscore "_" for a space??
Thanks

How can I change to the desired target directory?
Drag the file or enclosing folder into the Terminal window instead of attempting to type the path out.
Second question, why do people do such stupid things? Haven't they heard of the underscore "_" for a space?
Because they write applications intended for the majority of Mac users, who only go into the Terminal or similar software when troubleshooting.
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