I Fear We're Losing The War

[said_scarlett]

Alright. That's it.

I have come to the conclusion that there is something supernatural about the ants that plague us.

Why?

Well, two trips by the exterminator in as many weeks, plus our constant spraying of heavy duty poison has done nothing to deter them. On top of that, they have a habit of going for nothing but what we want to use, when we want to use it.

I kid you not.

I had a pie crust (packaged and unopened) that had been sitting on the counter for days, and was returned to the cabinet yesterday. I actually took it out less than an hour ago, because I needed to move it to get to my soup. And as I picked it up, I looked down at it thinking 'I have pie crust and chocolate pudding mix, I can pick up milano cookies, oreos and gummy worms, and make a cemetery pie for Halloween!'. I put it back, made my soup, had my soup. This took all of maybe fifteen or twenty minutes.

Maybe ten minutes later, nijawial commented she was craving something chocolaty. Since I'm going to the grocery store Wednesday, I suggested I make a chocolate cream pie. she grabs the pie crust for me and...

It's suddenly teeming with ants. Covered in the suckers. They'd somehow gotten into the packaging. They were on nothing else. Nothing at all. Just the pie crust.

Cue a Chewbacca-style wail of frustration.

We're at a loss. The exterminator has used the strongest poisons available. And to no avail.

I do not want to go through taking everything out of the cabinet and leaving it out and then putting it all back again. Not after I spent all afternoon yesterday reorganizing the kitchen.

Comments

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

It's a ridiculous pain in the ass, seriously. That will go on the list of things to try, thank you!