A critter invasion of the weird kind.

kraphti

Cathlete
I keep a food stash in my drawers here at work. (Cheaper and healthier that way.)
I came into work last Thursday an opened my drawer. There was oatmeal all over the place, I looked a little closer and
saw brown spots all over everything in the drawer. I was like "eeeeek a danged mouse has been in my drawer!!!!!! I threw away everything in the drawer Canned goods, coffee cup, can opener...I mean everything. I was on my hands and knees scrubbing with bleach water, listening to my co-workers gag. The little bugger ate:
2 packs of oatmeal, 1/4 pack microwave popcorn and 3 packs Taco Bell fire sauce (that is one bad mouse.)

In the mean time the some folks on the other end of the hall came down after they heard what was going on and said they had been invaded earlier in the week. So, I'm thinking "why didn't someone give the rest of the floor some kind of warning?"
So we get to comparing notes. From them he ate:
microwave popcorn
cookies
jello cups
packs of salt
chocolate anywhere he could find it and..
Neosporin. Nope, I didn't stutter...Neosporin and half a tube at that.

We talked to the facilities folks and they said we need to start storing our food in storage boxes, preferably metal if possible.
Also we need to get rid of any cardboard boxes that our computers and parts are shipped in. Mice apparently like to eat the glue on the boxes.

Fast forward to today. I open the draw I keep lotions and stuff in and that little bugger has been there too. The mouse has some kind of
wicked drug addiction. It ate my cough drops! Ate most of one of them and nibbled on quite a few more. This started another cleaning frenzie, people were throwing away all food and drugs.

So I'm like, should I be scared? After all there's a hot-sauce eating mouse running around here high on glue, with the munchies eating every
piece food in sight and he's probably pretty buff since he's hopped up on steroids. Doesn't Neosporin have steroids in it? Even if it doesn't the danged thing is self-healing after
sucking down half the tube.
x(
 
I though so too. But I really think I should be worried. After all tonight he won't have any food or drugs. I suspect he's gonna be pretty PO'd and will waiting for me tomorrow morning.
 
A mouse going cold turkey into withdrawls....you might call in sick. I woudn't want to be around for that nonsense!
 
ROFL, sorry but it's funny I wouldn't be too scared mice eat about anything, but I would make sure you tucked your pants into your socks when you sit down. You never know where it is. Also toss some moth balls into your desk, most aminals hate those things and will leave your stuff alone. But I hope someone has call a mouse catcher, so it can be taken care of and not run around until there's nothing to eat and starves to death.

Kit
 
I have not seen any sign that the little critter was here last night. Not sure if it's because I no longer have any goodies for him or if it's beacause of the Mouse Trap board game that one of my co-workers left for me yesterday.
 
[the Mouse Trap board game that one of my co-workers left for me yesterday.]

LOL! Good one. I didn't know they still made that game.

Kathy
 
Desi, I'm sorry, but this is funny! I also think it can't be only one mouse. And they're all junkies haha!

Seriously now, I hope you get rid of all of them. Nothing's worse than having to hide stuff in your own home.
 
LOL

We had a mouse (or mice) in our office about a month ago it ate some crayons that I had in the supply cabinet. And some nuts from my co-workers drawer - there were droppings everywhere.

We never caught ours even though maintenance set traps. Hopefully you'll get your critters.
 

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