Diary 22nd And 23rd August 2018
@arthurchappell (44941)
Preston, England
August 23, 2018 1:10pm CST
Diary Wednesday 22nd August 2018
After a routine day of job searching I went to put some rubbish in the wheelie bins only to find one of the bins was swarming in hundreds of maggots. It was quite a sickening sight. Undoubtedly some bags of leftover food had spilt open and flies had laid eggs.
I looked online about the best ways to deal with such a crisis. On the online reccomendation I poured several full kettle volumes of boiling water into the infested bin and sprayed it with bleach. I checked the bin later and there appeared to be no survivors. I guess this makes me guilty of chemical warfare and genocide.
Diary Thursday 23rd August 2018
Another day of fruitless job searching, and being given a free pork pie as the community centre cafe had more than it could sell. Fortunately a maggot free day.
Arthur Chappell
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Maybe you could get a job doing that.@Courage7 (19626)
• United States
23 Aug 18
@arthurchappell I´d say so. They are so smelly.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
23 Aug 18
@Courage7 yes the smell was revolting
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@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
23 Aug 18
Bleach will kill just about anything. So will nail polish remover.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
23 Aug 18
@thislittlepennyearns the bleach did the job for sure
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
24 Aug 18
@thislittlepennyearns yes, getting experts in to deal with it could have been expensive
@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
23 Aug 18
@arthurchappell glad it did. That is never a fun problem to have to clean up..
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
24 Aug 18
@LadyDuck there was a Doctor Who story with giant maggot - I figgured it was best not to take any chances
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
24 Aug 18
@arthurchappell You never know, those things are disgusting.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
24 Aug 18
@jaboUK not much choice really
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
24 Aug 18
@JESSY3236 I keep nervously checking they don'come back
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
24 Aug 18
Pest control is very important. You had no choice.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
24 Aug 18
@asfarasiknow mentioned it to a neighbour who told me he noticed the maggots three days before. As we all collectively use the same bins I am amazed he just left the situation alone and never warned everyone else. I took action right away.
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