The next day...

Later Thursday night, after the exterminator had sprayed all my belongings, I had to go around the house killing things that didn't happen to be in the direct path of his extensive floor-spraying. Two bizarre black beetles were mating in the bathroom while I was trying to do the dookie, I was swatting mosquitoes in every room, and the Giant Honeybees which have taken up residence in on the building across the courtyard seem to be actually attracted by the poison because they are squeezing their way around screens and under doors to get in our house.

But not to worry. As if to emphasize the utter uselessness of the exterminator’s activities, our housekeeper fastidiously scrubbed and mopped away any traces of his poisons less than 12 hours after his visit. Unfortunately she cleaned it all up before any insects had a chance to stumble inadvertently into the poison puddles.