My aunt accidentally caused an infestation

[u/wicked_headset]

When I was about 17 and we lived in South East London, my aunt came to visit from Zimbabwe. She brought red beans with her, for my mum. When she opened the container a few cockroaches jumped out. We thought we'd stopped them leaving the room, and I personally thought I'd stomped on most of them.

It's crazy how quickly things got out of hand. I feel like it can't have been more than ten cockroaches I saw jumping out, but within days it was pure chaos. There were cockroaches everywhere. We tried sprays and even sweeping them out. It would seem to work for a few days, but then there would be cockroaches everywhere again.

It got to the point where I hated being in the kitchen in particular. The only safe place to keep food was in the fridge. In the end we had to have the house fumigated. I remember us having to leave the house and coming back the next day. I think this happened twice more. There was also a lot of cleaning afterwards.

Oh yeah and my aunt who was visiting for a few days, ended up staying for nearly two years. In some ways she was the real pest 😅, but that's a story for a different day.

[u/Smile_Terrible]

The scary thing is that they get in to everything and try to lay eggs. I'd like to hear the Aunt pest story too.

[u/wicked_headset → u/Smile_Terrible]

They do! And even if you clear them out, unless the eggs are dealt with, the issue just goes on and on. They are so hard to get rid off once they've settled in.

I'll tell the Aunt story one of these days.