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AGH COCKROACH IN THE KITCHEN AM NEVER EATING AGAIN

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[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

*thinks of first NY apartment and mocks you* *(affectionately)*

(1) Pour bleach down all the drains.

(2) Spray the areas likely to host bugs that it's safe to spray, any place dark and damp -- under the sink (drainpipes only!), near windows, near garbage cans, door sill of apartment.

(3) Get those black bug traps, put them in the likely (dark, damp) areas, and replace them regularly. They really do help.

Right now -- end of summer -- is the worst season for bugs; they'll die off in fall and winter.

[spunkybluegrl.livejournal.com]

ROFL! Wonderful welcome, isn't? Except I found three in the bathroom....
@~>~~

[p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com]

Also, you might check with your building's super/management and find out about the exterminator schedule. It's normal for large buildings to have an ongoing insect-control program, and if yours does, they might want to send somebody in immediately to make sure that the problem is contained immediately, rather than wait until the next scheduled sweep. Or if not, they might be able to reassure you that the exterminator will be there anyway next Thursday.

I never had cockroaches in New York when I had cats. But that's an awfully drastic potential solution.

[drmoonpants.livejournal.com]

...I don't mock your pain because my similar pain is in memory too recent. But, uh, the best hope I have to offer is: YOU ADJUST. UM. FAST.

And yeah, all the advice that's gone before is good, we mostly just haven't bothered because we're only here for another three months.

[goddessgrrrrl.livejournal.com]

Eeeewwww!!!!

I have mice, but no roaches, thank goodness.

Good luck...

[shes-unreal.livejournal.com]

WELCOME TO NOO YAWK

Here, have a gross-out masquerading as reassurance

[eibii.livejournal.com]

Could be worse, they could be in the bottom of your coffee cup.

It happened. I was lucky I was drinking it black, else it would have been slightly more disastrous. *wince*

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I hate bugs.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I haven't seen anymore since, but I'm sure where there's one, there's more. Ugh. Bugs! Hate 'em.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

D:

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that whole not-eating plan didn't actually last for long. Turns out that even terrible bugs in the kitchen do not supress the need to eat for long!

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Ew. I don't know which is worse, mice or roaches. Both are pretty gross. And thanks! You too.

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[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

EW OH MY GOD THAT IS TERRIBLE.

I feel so bad for you. I think I'd be scarred for life.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's good advice, thank you.

Cats would be an excellent solution to the problem, if only they were allowed. I've wanted to gets cats for years, but my brother's allergic (not as in sniffles and hives, but as in the way we found out he was allergic was when he was rushed to the hospital after having stopped breathing) and all the other places I've lived didn't allow pets.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'd reacted by putting as much stuff into the refrigerator as would fit and then attacking all surfaces with soap and water, but I suspect your advice is a bit more logical.

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[eibii.livejournal.com]

Yarrgh. Thanks. It kept me off coffee for a good long while, up until I got so tired of the damn things I just poured my morning cup through a sieve to be certain. Caffeine was a must, back then.

There was at least an appropriately surreal exchange to come out of it, though, between myself and my mother.

"We-ll, since cockroaches are related to crustaceans, and shrimp are really just big water-bugs, I think they'd technically be edible."

"But who the hell puts shrimp in their coffee?!"

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[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Hee! Actually, I bet you could find a coffee-and-shrimp meal somewhere. It sounds like one of those weird gourmet foods that seem really gross, until you try a bite and it turns out to be awesome.

...as long as it contains no cockroaches.