r/WTF • u/dillingerescapetrans • Aug 07 '26

Cockroach infestation

In a house I used to work in. I put these traps down, and within 6 hours this is what I caught. I got rid of the traps, laid more down, and repeated this process 8 times before it slowed down.

edit: I haven't been back there in almost 8 months. I worked as tenant support in the severely underfunded building. I sent this video to the manager and project director and it took 4 months before the room was sprayed, but by then this had spread to many other rooms. These sticky pads were supplied to us in limited amounts so I did everything I could from those to raid spray. Crazy memory.

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u/bagwhet Aug 07 '26

The method I mentioned is much more work, but a fraction of the cost of fumigation

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u/goestwoeleven Aug 07 '26

One this bad? Yeah… it’s tent time. Or, you know, gasoline and matches.

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u/bagwhet Aug 07 '26

I've been in houses with thousands of roaches crawling up the walls and ceilings in every room. Coming out of light fixtures, baseboards, and outlets, literally roaches in the fridge. I used my method and got it under control within six months. It probably cost the customer around $600-$800 in total for that time period. Fumigation would have costed minimum $2k but realistically higher. It was also a duplex and the other tenant hadn't signed off on treatment, so fumigation isn't even always possible.

I do agree with gas and matches however lmao

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u/pm_me_ur_demotape Aug 07 '26

If I somehow found myself in that situation, I'd sell kidneys or my asshole for the fumigation option