Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33002749-20180627054604/@comment-33002749-20180716015854

To be truthful I guess I should have expected something like this, but I was hoping not to have to deal with it. I moved into an older high rise building, basically made of cinderblocks and bricks, there is no drywall anywhere in the building. I'm not sure if it is plaster or what, but in the hallway you can see they just painted the cinderblocks. Anyway, it is low income housing, it is what I can afford right now.

Unfortunately, the guy who lived here before me was basically filthy from what everyone tells me, and even though it was cleaned and debugged before I moved in, you know it takes forever to get rid of them. I have recleaned everything before putting things away. I clean the sinks after each use and plug them up so there is no water source for them. I keep any food garbage in the freezer till the little bag is full and then I take it to the garbage chute. I even got a wax warmer and am using scents that they are supposed to hate, which I actually really like.

I know they will eventually be gone. I know they are not my fault. But I hate them. I did read that they will eat the remains of their dead so I no longer smash them. I keep 5 inch pieces of packing tape all over the apartment so that when I see one I can put the tape over it and make sure it is stuck. I then pull the tape off with the roach and fold the tape over it and squish it so I know it is dead and throw it away and clean the spot where I killed it so there are no remains. At least I don't have to touch them that way, lol. I take such great pleasure each time I get one, lol. Diane