# Exterminator Question!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exterminator-question/182925>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 19, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exterminator-question/182925 "2003-06-19T14:35:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exterminator-question/182925/1 "2003-06-19T14:35:41Z")

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Last night I had the battle of the roach in my townhouse last night. I got up to get a drink of water and there on the cieling of my kitchen was a nasty roach!!!

Now, it was not as big as the ones I used to get in Florida, those suckers were as big as your hand, but he had to die anyway. I sprayed him with some Raid and after he fell to the floor I snuffed out his remaining life with one black stiletto heel.

Now I need to call an exterminator because roaches cannot live in my house.

How much is this going to cost me?

Is this something a landlord should pay for?

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**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exterminator-question/182925/2 "2003-06-19T14:38:06Z")

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:smack:

Yeah, spellcheck…

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**Author:** ![bayonet1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exterminator-question/182925/3 "2003-06-19T14:42:07Z")

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> \*Originally posted by tramp \*  
> **…I snuffed out his remaining life with one black stiletto heel.**

Yes, your landlord should pay for it, call him and let him know. But what I really wanted to say was, black stiletto heels? and named tramp? How YOU doing?

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**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exterminator-question/182925/4 "2003-06-19T14:49:26Z")

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'Round these parts (where we have giant flying roaches that will carry off the young 'uns…), you can get a one time pest control treatment for about $50. Usually the companies run coupons in the papers. I would go ahead and pay for the one time treatment and simply send the receipt to the landlord/lady with a deduction off your next rent check. (Clearing that with said landlord/lady beforehand).

Secondly, I highly recommend steel-toed Doc Martens for future impromptu roach battles!

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**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exterminator-question/182925/5 "2003-06-19T14:54:41Z")

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Ugh, I just called my landlord and he told me that they only pay for extermination for termites… Jerks…

I disagree about the Doc Martens, the heel of the stiletto went right through the little bugger. It made a disgusting,wonderful sound.