Our Little Friends
Welp, the squirrels are back. We can hear their tell-tale skittering over our heads in the space between the second and third floors of my office. It sounds like this: skitter, skitter, skitter, clink, clink, clink, skitter, skitter, clink... (recessed lighting). We thought at first that it might have been mice, so we called the exterminator recommended by our condo association guy. Yeah, that was a smart move. We payed $150 for some guy to put out little black rodent-death-boxes all over our office. We told him, "No, you don't understand. They don't come into the office; they are between the floors." And his oh-so-helpful reply: "Well, there's nothing I can do for in-between the floors." Granted, his expertise was sufficient to tell us that it didn't sound like mice, but rather squirrels, and that they were "just playin'." Thanks, bub. We left the little boxes out (all 150 bucks worth) in case any animals ever did come into the office. But they didn't.
I suppose they went somewhere else or hibernated or did whatever squirrels do in the winter, but now that it is warm again, they're back like unwanted relatives. It adds a real air of professionalism to our business, when clients come here for a meeting and hear the critters scampering overhead. "Wheeeeeewwwww dawgies! Looks like them thar varmin are at it agin. Now shush, y'hear, 'fore I come up thar with mah shotgun!"
There is an albino squirrel who lives on the mall, he's cute!
http://www.amanita.net/images/animals/park/albino-02.jpg
Posted by: Derek on March 31, 2003 05:10 AMYou wouldn't be making fun of your friends from down south, would you? Like say, from Texas? Just wondering. =)
Posted by: Ashley on March 31, 2003 08:01 AMHeh heh, no... Don't forget, I myself have ties to Alabama. But my cousin and I are no longer dating.
Posted by: Meredith on April 4, 2003 06:06 AM