A mouse brings down a major supermarket
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (367706)
Rockingham, Australia
December 21, 2025 2:54am CST
The photo is of a guinea pig, not a mouse.
I heard a story today that I found amusing. The country town where we both grew up has two major grocery stores, Coles and IGA.
A few months back, a naughty mouse chewed through a cable and brought Coles to a complete standstill. The tills wouldn’t work; there was no lighting, and power in the freezer and fridge units failed resulting in the loss of hundreds of items.
Word spread quickly and by the end of the day, IGA had completely sold out of everything. And all because of the power of a little mouse! I wonder if he knew what power he had.
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@LindaOHio (208711)
• United States
8h
They are very destructive and carry a lot of diseases. I finally had to call Terminix and pay big bucks to have them trap, etc. They seem to be staying down the basement now. Knock on wood.
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@arunima25 (92733)
• Bangalore, India
13h
The might of a tiny mouse 
. Very interesting! Coles need to go for a good pest control, so do others in the neighborhood. Little mouse gers the headlines 
. Very interesting! Coles need to go for a good pest control, so do others in the neighborhood. Little mouse gers the headlines 1 person likes this
@BarBaraPrz (50962)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6h
Let's see... you used a photo of a guinea pig because when you tried searching for a pic of a mouse all you got was pictures of computer mice?
@snowy22315 (200325)
• United States
12h
Seems hard to believe Mice can really be destructive at times.
@FourWalls (81165)
• United States
6h
Not to mention how they stop women in their tracks. Can you imagine how much money that cost to repair? I had to have the wiring in my car repaired because the annual checkup I do at the dealership found evidence that they’d been nibbling at the wires. They fixed it AND put some deterrent on the car wires. Makes me think that feeding the neighborhood cats is an investment!!!
Can you imagine how much money that cost to repair? I had to have the wiring in my car repaired because the annual checkup I do at the dealership found evidence that they’d been nibbling at the wires. They fixed it AND put some deterrent on the car wires. Makes me think that feeding the neighborhood cats is an investment!!!
@LooeyVille (50)
• United States
12h
So people came and bought everything so it wouldn't go to waste?
