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[alexseanchai]

...suggestions for how to de-crawlybug the kitchen with prejudice, without risking Thea?

ETA 4/21 11:15p:

Things I did today:

* load and run dishwasher
* wash many dish
* sanitize sink
* sanitize counter to right of sink
* scrub gunk off stove burners
* soak stove under-burner drip-catcher things
* wipe off and sanitize stove top and oven front
* empty and sweep out cabinet under sink
* sanitize inside of cabinet under sink
* sweep kitchen floor
* take out trash and recycles
* email apartment complex property manager office to say, hey, can maintenance come caulk up the kitchen (see photos of where needed), 'cause we're trying to deal with a bug problem and those cracks are probably not helping

Things I did not do today but need to:

* empty, sweep out if necessary, and sanitize inside of cabinet next to sink
* empty, sweep out if necessary, and sanitize cabinet between stove and fridge
* empty, sweep out if necessary, and sanitize the three drawers above those two cabinets
* sanitize dishwasher front
* sanitize fridge front
* sanitize kitchen floor







Not the world's clearest photos, sorry. Obtained after sister-roommate said I'd better come to the kitchen have a look, and, when I was slow off the mark, told me she was looking at a fuckton of the little fuckers (I'm paraphrasing). Guess I pissed them off cleaning...

She's saying call an exterminator and, you know, that's probably a good idea. Hopefully, however, it is the apartment complex's responsibility to both call and pay for the exterminator!

Comments

[madgastronomer]

Yeah, roaches, but not the worst roaches possible. Dunno what you get there, but at least you don't get palmetto bugs (2" long FLYING roaches that they get in Florida) or Mexican hissing cockroaches or something.

You're quite right it's the apartment complex's job to call an exterminator.

[alexseanchai]

—ugh don't let me think about maybe worse. Last night's dinner was 2/3 a roll of veggie Ritz and some veggie cream cheese spread (scooped directly out of the container with the crackers), because the spread container was tightly sealed and I opened the Ritz roll fresh so I knew the roaches hadn't been crawling on my food. That was very important last night. (Why, I'm not sure, because last night is not the first time I spotted the damn things in the silverware drawer.)

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