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the Exterminators are coming tomorrow to get rid of Cockroaches , got a lot of cleaning

to do , i did the floors and toilet and washroom floor , kitchen floor and hallway , still gotta empty my cupboards and clean them out and under the sink , ugh ! so much freaking work and pull the stove and fridge out and clean under them too , i'll have to find out if i can stay in my apartment after or have to leave for 8 hrs , i don't know where to go except to hang out inside the building somewhere

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SW-User

How did you get cockroaches? Or, do I not want to know?

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SW-User

@Stereoguy 😬 Yes. 😂

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@SW-User anyone living in apartments can get them from their neighbors, they can travel through plumbing or air conditioner vents.

FurryFace · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti they are an incredible insect , super fast and hide really good , need very little to live on and dive from walls easily 70 or more times their length to avoid capture or sudden death

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@FurryFace You can bring them home in a bag of potatoes straight from the grocery store. I saw roaches in WM when I was working there, they seemed to be immune to the bait.

FurryFace · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti who knows they coulda been in a bag of cans i left in my hallway before i took em to the store

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@FurryFace Yikes

FurryFace · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti found 2 crickets once in a can , i thought my computer was acting up from the weird noise they made

SW-User

@cherokeepatti @FurryFace I've lived in apartments in the past (in NY) that had them in the building. Once they get in, that's it. I found all the gaps, around pipes, flooring, etc, filled them with steel wool, caulked the crap out of everything, no more problems. Except when I went to do my laundry. They liked having someone to walk around the halls with. 😖

UreBesFrend · M

@SW-User On boats, you are not supposed to bring canned food onboard with the labels attached, they live underneath them.

LoveTriumphsOverHate · 36-40, M

@cherokeepatti I once brought a pack of Pepsi sodas home from Walmart and lo and behold, a giant cockroach leaped out. Thank g-d I was able to track it down right away and kill it.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@LoveTriumphsOverHate a couple in Arkansas went to a Walmart and bought a case of bottled water and brought home a venomous snake. It had crawled inside through the the openings of the plastic shrink wrap and got in the middle of the bottles. They will often store pallets of water out in the garden center and anything can crawl in the doorway of the garden centers.