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I HATE THEM WITH A PASSION! To me, a good roach is a dead one. Three years ago, I wrote a post, Who Let the Bugs Out? talking about my disdain for those fast scurrying little disease-ridden pests running across the floor like they stole something, and were heading for a getaway car. Okay, so I am being a little dramatic about the getaway car part, but I am not far from the truth.
So here’s the deal. Over the weekend, I loaded my dishwasher with our dishes, and pots after dinner. When I went to start my dishwasher it wouldn’t start. So, my husband and I went through the typical troubleshooting steps, like hitting the breaker switch that powers the dishwasher and that didn’t work. We did a reset on the appliance, but it didn’t work. We made sure the switch on the wall was on and the door was shut tight. Still, nothing worked.
So, we called a repairman to come check it out. Of course, whether or not we got the appliance repaired we still had to pay a service fee. No problem. After he went through all of the diagnostics, I of course, was observing what he was doing and saw some debris in different sections of the door when he unscrewed it to look at the motherboard. Well, honey, the next thing he told me made my jaw literally drop to the floor, and I began to feel wheezy, like throwup kind of wheezy! And then, I got pissed in like zero to two seconds.
The debris I saw…are you ready for it? Was roach feces! EWWWWWWWWW!!! 😝 In my freaking dishwasher? Those little S.O.B.s short-circuited my motherboard and left evidence of it. These waterbugs love any area where there is a water source especially (bathroom sinks and toilets, kitchen sinks, refrigerators, and yep, dishwashers). And get this, the repairman said, oh we see this all the time. Oh really?
Hence, would you believe that buying a new dishwasher was cheaper than trying to repair it? It seems that these nasty little ‘road-running roaches’ love circuit boards too, even in TVs. Are they trying to be the super-villan of insects? I cringe at the thought of them squirming around in the door panels of my dishwasher, especially when I thought I eliminated access to their supply source a few years ago. Of course, I didn’t see as many as I once saw before we took to caulking around the open spaces near the pipes, but spotting one is one too many for me.
But now, with hundreds of dollars we had to cough up for a new dishwasher, parts, installation, and delivery charges, I am one mad sistah on a mission to pull out my flame thrower of annihilation for these suckers! I try to keep a spotless house, and I scratch my head when I see a bug or two after turning on the lights late at night, as they make a mad dash to find a quick hiding spot when they get caught red-handed, doing whatever they do in the dark. However, no matter how clean you keep your home, those little buggers always find some way to get in and creep you out.
So now, I’m packin’ my special homicide shoes, that got almost an inch of sole and some extra-strength indoor bug spray that will make them wish they were dead because guess what? They will be! UGH! Just when I thought I had the upper hand on this situation, they are now getting extra superpowers from the motherboards of my appliances, while turning themselves into the mighty Mutant Ninja Roaches. Oh yeah, I got your Cowabunga dude. I say to those bold little pests, “Be afraid…be very afraid! I will find you and I will kill you.” (channeling my inner Liam Neeson from the movie Taken).





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