Had an interesting visit (announced) by Akron Pest Control. Got to me around 11:30. 3 guys show up armed with flashlights. Start looking, asking about if I'd seen any mice. Had me get off the gray chair & soon it dawns on me they're not here to replace bug traps or preventative spray. They're checking for other bugs. Bedbugs. I've been clear of them for at least 3 or 4 years now. I explain to them how that happened & maybe I should have gotten a new mattress when I moved up here.
They check the red chair & it's clean. I never thought to check the gray chair... Guy flips it over & there's signs they got under the one cushion but it's all dead. And my reaction is at first "oh shit" then "oh I didn't think to check there."
MEANWHILE, as 2 guys are distracting me, the 1 guy who went to check the bedroom proceeds to rip nearly all my bed stuff off my mattress without warning or saying he was going to. I WOULD HAVE LIKED A WARNING! Because even if they were doing their job, coming back into my bedroom & seeing a naked bed was alarming & irritating (having to put things back was irritating).
I think same guy checked out my closet... 😀 one guy had to comment about the maid outfit.
But in the end, I was proclaimed Clear of bugs. It helps I found the UV LED bug catcher on Saturday & managed to finally deal with those annoying sink flies. They confirmed with me I knew how to recognize signs of those bugs & oh yes, I certainly knew... 😰
And with the relevation of the chair cushion, I made sure to unscrew & remove it, vacuum what that 1 guy found, spray down with bed bug killer & 91% alcohol, & reglue the bottom paper back on. Chair cleaned. It's a good thing I had done all that other cleaning for stuff, like under 1 bookcase a few months ago.
Maybe now I can ask for reinstating of my laundry room privileges.
