Landlords, Insects, Capitalism and Scary: Social parasites

Social parasites

By wasp infestation - 03/10/2016 04:54 - United States - Aurora

Today, the owner of the house I'm renting said he doesn't want to pay $4000 to fumigate the home, and that he'll take care of the issue himself. I have killed 30 angry wasps in the last hour. There are thousands living in the walls, but I think their favorite place is my bathroom and my bed. FML

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By UniverseHatesMe - 26/05/2016 10:04 - United States - Cuyahoga Falls

Today, my neighbor kindly set off a bed bug fogger rather than getting an exterminator, which we'd even offered to help him pay for. We have baseboard heating in our condo building. Guess where the parasites crawled to now. FML

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By OhWait - 23/10/2015 00:18 - United States - Schenectady

Today, after six weeks of dealing with various exterminators, my roommate and I were about to toast to what we were told was a wasp-free room. That's when we noticed several much smaller wasps flying around. Not only is our wasp problem not solved, but our room is a wasp breeding ground. FML

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By BearGrillz - 17/08/2009 23:40 - United States

Today, there were some wasps getting in my bedroom from a hole in the frame of my window. I went outside with some spray and took out their entrance. What I didnt know is that when you spray wasps, they go the other direction. I now have 60+ wasps flying around my bedroom. FML

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Collect the set

By Anonymous - 20/04/2022 12:00

Today, some spider must have had babies somewhere in the walls, because every five minutes I seem to find yet another spider on my ceiling, in my cupboards, under the furniture, everywhere. I’m so fed up of smashing them, I’m thinking of getting the house fumigated. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/06/2013 17:51 - United States - State College

Today, I was going to set up my air conditioner in the window. As I opened up the window, I must have disturbed a wasp nest, because a dozen wasps flew in and several of them stung me. The rest are now somewhere in my house with my terrified girlfriend. FML

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By anonymous - 29/06/2016 03:11 - United States - Charlton

Today, for the third day in a row, I have been volunteered to kill and dispose of the bugs entering my apartment. I live with two "manly" men who can't use a flyswatter. FML

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Buggin' out

By Anonymous - 01/09/2023 14:00

Today, my husband warned me we had a yellowjacket swarm move into our basement. He wasn't kidding. I'm phobic after I was swarmed as a kid, I'm watching our bug zapper literally smoke with how many it's killing, and my can of wasp spray seems woefully insufficient. They can have the house! FML

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Thanks, I hate it

By Anonymous - 26/05/2009 09:18 - Greece

Today, I hired an exterminator to get the roaches out of the house I'm renting. I came back from work and went to my bathroom, noticing that he used the plunger to unclog the toilet after he took a dump. After $150, there was shit all over my floor and plunger, and roaches still in my kitchen. FML

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Bee Movie 2: Electric Boogaloo

By Anonymous - 22/08/2020 23:02 - United States - Santa Ana

Today, I woke up to the inside of my house covered in bees. Hundreds of them. I have been complaining about a bee problem to the HOA for two weeks, and their response has been, “The hive was taken care of." Well, a few hundred bees inside and a few thousand on my outside wall beg to disagree. FML

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By Anonim23 - 15/08/2019 20:00

Today, the spiders in my house are so big that they catch wasps in their webs. FML

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TheHcwalker 20

Monday 3 October 2016 13:15

Maybe sit down with all the wasps and find the source of their anger, maybe their parents weren't there for them, maybe they were bullied in wasp school, a conversation is all you need so nobody else has to get hurt.

TXfmylifer 10

Monday 3 October 2016 12:06

Does your contract cover pest control, or is there a state requirement for landlords to provide it for certain murderous pests? If so you might have a case to bring it up or allow you to break your lease and move somewhere else.

Comments

Sharall 10

Monday 3 October 2016 14:21

Only upside is our area is starting to get pretty cold at night and they will die off soon. Sorry about your situation.

evilplatypus 38

Monday 3 October 2016 16:06

Depending on the type, they may simply go into hibernation mode.

trucker2 33

Monday 3 October 2016 14:37

The house next to mine- sits empty for that very reason, the nest is so big, the siding is bulging, and I'm allergic to the damn things

bythewaybetch 16

Monday 3 October 2016 14:38

what the ****, I would be in a gas mask so fast.

kikimiko 7

Monday 3 October 2016 14:57

Call a lawyer and figure out your options!

Talis99 26

Monday 3 October 2016 15:37

Reread your contract to see what kind of options you might have signed away. Ask to leave. Advise you'll go to the media. Or a lawyer if you can afford it.

caliguy08 17

Monday 3 October 2016 15:48

You are definitely not the reincarnated queen from Jupiter Ascending....

BioShock13 4

Monday 3 October 2016 16:56

I liked your comment because that was a good movie

Shay_Shay97 23

Monday 3 October 2016 16:17

That's probably illegal, or at the very least breaches the lease. I mean, that's just not safe. And if you have somebody over that's allergic to bee stings? Forget about it, that would a lawsuit waiting to happen. You have to bring this up with somebody, OP. Damn, now I feel like I just went in a rant.

JillianJuneBug 39

Monday 3 October 2016 16:25

Yikes! I think I'd rather sleep on a bench than in a house surrounded by thousands of those things. Even if they are in the walls, that just really gets under my skin

DanielleinDC 33

Monday 3 October 2016 16:43

I would refuse to pay rent until he gets the issue resolved, but talk with a lawyer first about it. That is a dangerous situation, rendering your home uninhabitable.

unwantedforlife 14

Monday 3 October 2016 17:40

It doesn't matter what is stated in the lease, that is a dangerous situation and is making your house uninhabitable. Contact a lawyer immediately to get yourself out of this mess and the landlord to fix it