Last Dead Mouse

I've found mice poop on my desk for the past week. Until today. Today is the first day in five days that mouse poop hasn't been on my desk or in my keyboard drawer. Needless to say today was a little more exciting than the past four. Plus it's Friday.

There has been evidence of mice for the past two weeks, but last week I was geeking out in SF and didn't have the unabashed joy of finding little mouse pellets on my workspace. But there they were, little chocolate chips of joy left by small furry creatures. Yesterday the pest control company finally came after we called our union about the mess. He left approximately 12 traps in a 1200ish square foot area. I haven't checked the trap next to my desk yet, but I'm hoping that there's a furry little dead dude in there. (And I don't mean Robin Williams). Now for those of you who think this trapping and killing of mice in my workspace area is wrong. It's not. This is the most right thing that you can do. They're obviously lost and can't find their way back outside where they belong, so to keep them from being more miserable, we remove them from the building. Then they're free to never bother me again. Plus, poop is gross. In no way is it not gross. Having little pee spots next to your keyboard in the morning also isn't the best way to start off a day of work. Trust me on this one. It's not. Thank God for bleach. Of course, the smell of that is a bit pungent, but it's way better then poop pellets. Way better.

The pest control dude was supposed to come back here at 11 this a.m. and here we are at 15 after and still no sign of him. I shouldn't be surprised, after all it took 8 days of calling to get them here once.

I am going to invent a new type of mouse trap, like a little electrical dog fence, except for mice. It's going to detect something small, and poopy walking over it and when it does, it will let off a small 1.21 jigawatt shock, thereby knocking the little bugger off it's feet and probably a good 30-40 yards up and or backwards. I'm loving that visual. Little mouse comes pooping along and walks across the MouseZapper3000 and SQEEEEEEEEEKK!!!! across the room it goes, slamming into a wall and dropping neatly into a disposal unit. No muss, no fuss. The patent has been applied for.

A disclaimer, if you don't like reading about mouse destruction, don't read the above post. Thank you.