ewwww! I am sooooo skeeved out right now!!

kaos16 · June 2014

Yesterday while walking down the hallway at work I saw a little black bug run across my path, but didn't think anything of it. I came in this morning to hear from the office gossip that the building is infested with cockroaches!!!! I asked around, since I know how she exaggerates everything, and it seems that there have been sightings. The maintenance crew put out traps.

I texted my dad about it because he works next door at the jail, and he said the exterminator was there today because they have them too!

My skin creeps crawling now and I am getting paranoid because people are saying that they spread really easily. This is not the critter you want to accidentally take home in your purse. I am so skeeved out. Dad said he saw one in his truck on the way home from work the other night. . . pulled over immediately and got him out of there!

I am so grossed out right now!!

JCbride2015 · June 2014

I worked in a public school that was infested. Yeah, they are gross. I once stepped on one in the hallway and went flying like a cartoon character that stepped on a banana peel.

Don't put anything on the ground that you will take home with you (like your purse). They mostly run away from light so you probably will not see them too much. Don't think about it.

pinkcow13 · June 2014

Oh my god those things are my biggest fear.

slothiegal · June 2014

Ugh. In my house in DC, we had an infestation. Our landlords' response was basically, "well, you live in the city, what do you expect?"

The worst was one morning when I found one chilling in my Keirug machine. DO NOT FUCK WITH MY COFFEE, BUGS.

CMGragain · June 2014

If you live in the south, this is very common. I haven't seen one since I moved out west.

Maggie0829 · June 2014

I used to work in a portable classroom, but it was set-up inside as small offices on a military installation. Between mice, groundhogs, small salamanders, a flea infestation and a snake falling from the ceiling, I got out of there as fast as humanly possible.

ShellD13 · June 2014

I lived in an old apartment building in a well established city - read lots of bugs and the occaisional critter. I never saw anything in my condo and when a friend said she had seen them in her place we started researching - evidently one deterrent in catnip....Well I had two cats and plenty of catnip to spare so I gave her a bag and she sprinkled it behind her kitchen cabinets etc and she didn't see anymore of the little buggers. Although in looking for link below I also found a suggestion to make a catnip "tea" and spray it around baseboards and such which might be a bit easier/cleaner. Not that this is a solution for work necessarily but maybe just scatter some catnip around your office.

Organic Cockroach treatment

ETA: I lived in the deep south for a few years - I know the signs of a bug (especially cockroaches) infestation all too well and I honestly think my cats and the abundance of catnip in my condo kept them out of my space from the beginning. Thank goodness cause I hate those little buggers.

Cookie Pusher · June 2014

My lovely upstairs neighbor brought on an infestation a few years ago. It was disgusting, but with the poison and traps, we were clear of the critters in a couple of weeks and haven't had any sightings since. But let me tell you, I slept with the lights on for quite a while afterwards because I was so skeeved!

kaos16 · June 2014

and, also. . . . I just walked into the copy machine room where the girl who told me of the infestation happened to be. . . . in her stockinged feet!!!! I'm sorry, you are going to tell people about a rampant bug infestation and then walk around barefoot, WTF!!!

larrygaga · June 2014

Ewwww

Fun fact: I lived far enough north that I have actually never seen a cockroach before. I am told they exist in detroit, though.

SBmini · June 2014

I was standing outside of a restaurant last night that is on a farm. Pretty cool place- tons of outdoor seating, they grow everything on site, etc. But, it is next to a farm. So we're standing around talking before we go home. I look down at the ground and see not one, but TWO cockroaches roaming around RIGHT NEXT TO MY FLIP-FLOP CLAD FEET!!!

NavyBlue143 · June 2014

We get the occasional one from our gross neighbors on the other side of our duplex. One crawled across my neck the other night when I was in bed! I hunted it down and killed it, but I'm traumatized for life.

charlottesmom0626 · June 2014

I work in a zoo, we put a lot of food out for animals on the floors of exhibits. We can't use pesticides, so yeah we have cockroaches.

I'm extra careful not to take them home, but I also have become less grossed out by the them.

I know they're dirty, but I think the stigma makes it worse. They're bugs.

mellowmarshmallow · June 2014

I can deal with cockroaches, but one of the shelters my agency works with had bedbugs! After three tries, they finally got rid of them and they never made it to our office, but I still itch just thinking about it. Shudder.

mellowmarshmallow · June 2014

I can deal with cockroaches, but one of the shelters my agency works with had bedbugs! After three tries, they finally got rid of them and they never made it to our office, but I still itch just thinking about it. Shudder.

hellosweetie1015 · June 2014

BURN THE PLACE DOWN. Seriously. Just burn it down. Burn it down and condemn the land and NEVER EVER BUILD THERE AGAIN. And then RUN AWAY SCREAMING FOREVER.

Cockroaches and those things people call "wood roaches" which are EVEN BIGGER than cockroaches are the ABSOLUTE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE.

Angusaur · June 2014

One of my friends homes was horrifically infested with roaches. For years, years and years. It probably should have been condemned. As I grew older, I was repulsed and would no longer step foot in her house. (sorry) but when I was a kid, I didn't really care all that much. I remember this time, the tv in the living room was all scratchy and the picture wouldn't come in, but the one in the kitchen was perfectly fine, so it wasnt the cable. One of her brothers pulls the plug from the wall, and about 15 cockroaches come crawling out of the outlet.

Also I noticed EVERYTHING in her house had these little brown splotches over everything. It almost looked like someone spilled a can of coke on everything and left it to dry. I finally said one day, what IS this all over everything?

"Bug shit"

I think that was the last time I went over

ohannabelle · June 2014

I have only seen cockroaches on vacation. (Me, not the cockroaches.) I guess they don't like Seattle weather. Another reason I'll stay here.

PrincessOfHavoc · June 2014

I actually have pet (well, pet ish) roaches. They're cute! As are my pretty girly tarantulas. I let my rats sleep in my bra. I'm weird.

But seriously, bed bugs are worse. Heat and diatomaceous earth are the only effective ways to kill the bastards. A lot are developing chemical resistance. People come in daily to get rid of them I swear. I spread DE monthly just to be sure I've not brought any home.

Creepiest to me however is being at work without your shoes on! That's just disgusting.

kaos16 · June 2014

PrincessOfHavoc said:

I actually have pet (well, pet ish) roaches. They're cute! As are my pretty girly tarantulas. I let my rats sleep in my bra. I'm weird. But seriously, bed bugs are worse. Heat and diatomaceous earth are the only effective ways to kill the bastards. A lot are developing chemical resistance. People come in daily to get rid of them I swear. I spread DE monthly just to be sure I've not brought any home. Creepiest to me however is being at work without your shoes on! That's just disgusting.

I would never dream of walking around this place with no shoes. . . I don't even like taking them off long enough to switch from flats to heels for court! It's an old government building. . . . with contracted cleaning crews. . . . it's dirty here!

hellosweetie1015 · June 2014

PrincessOfHavoc said:

I actually have pet (well, pet ish) roaches. They're cute! As are my pretty girly tarantulas. I let my rats sleep in my bra. I'm weird. But seriously, bed bugs are worse. Heat and diatomaceous earth are the only effective ways to kill the bastards. A lot are developing chemical resistance. People come in daily to get rid of them I swear. I spread DE monthly just to be sure I've not brought any home. Creepiest to me however is being at work without your shoes on! That's just disgusting.

Red: NOPE.

Yellow: Eh. I'm not going to run away from them, but I'm not going to hold them either.

Green: The only reason I don't have a rat is because my mom would kill me, and my cat would kill it. (Interestingly, this is 1/2 of the reason I don't have a snake either. The other 1/2 is that snakes are expensive.)

I guess I'm okay with things that are not SUPER creepy crawly. Except possums. Possums are the bane of my existence.

BlackLace2015 · June 2014

ew I once lived in a pretty nice apt but it was toward the back, and the dumpster was right next to my building. I was on my computer at like 5am one morning and a random roach ran across my foot! it scared the everloving shit out of me. thank goodness it was the only one I ever saw(felt).

arrippa · June 2014

This and the spider thread is why I have nightmares. I blame all of you for my lack of sleep.

slothiegal · June 2014

mellowmarshmallow said:

I can deal with cockroaches, but one of the shelters my agency works with had bedbugs! After three tries, they finally got rid of them and they never made it to our office, but I still itch just thinking about it. Shudder.

Aw shit bedbugs are the WORST. My old roommate was dating some douche who we're 99% sure is responsible for bringing them into our house. Most of it was contained in her bedroom, but I got bitten up pretty badly just by hanging out in the living room after they had spent time there.

I just remember emerging from my basement room one morning and finding her on an air mattress in the kitchen because she couldn't sleep in her room, it was so bad. Ugh. Miserable. I'm itchy just thinking about it.

Chipmunk415 · June 2014

We had a roach the size of a buick in the ladies bathroom earlier this week. It was in perfect position to land on anyone washing their hands. Maintenance was kind enough to smash it and LEAVE IT WHERE IT WAS. I now eye the spot as I dont want it landing on me.

When I was in college my folks let me use one of their cars. Given its Florida and dad previously stored a lot in the car, I vacuumed thoroughly. Didn't matter- a roach crawled into my flip flop while I wad driving. I nearly had an accident with my feet flailing.

AlexisA01 · June 2014

CaitTDid23 said:

PrincessOfHavoc said:

I actually have pet (well, pet ish) roaches. They're cute! As are my pretty girly tarantulas. I let my rats sleep in my bra. I'm weird.

But seriously, bed bugs are worse. Heat and diatomaceous earth are the only effective ways to kill the bastards. A lot are developing chemical resistance. People come in daily to get rid of them I swear. I spread DE monthly just to be sure I've not brought any home.

Creepiest to me however is being at work without your shoes on! That's just disgusting.

Red: NOPE.

Yellow: Eh. I'm not going to run away from them, but I'm not going to hold them either.

Green: The only reason I don't have a rat is because my mom would kill me, and my cat would kill it. (Interestingly, this is 1/2 of the reason I don't have a snake either. The other 1/2 is that snakes are expensive.)

I guess I'm okay with things that are not SUPER creepy crawly. Except possums. Possums are the bane of my existence.

SITB
Ia it their eyes? They are so black and empty looking.

ewwww! I am sooooo skeeved out right now!!

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