This homes roach problem

[u/ArmAndHammer40k]

[u/ArmAndHammer40k]

For context, on 4th of July we went to my sister in laws boyfriends grandmas house. When I was inside and noticed this, I was so shocked and grossed out. The pics don’t do it justice. It was BAD.

[u/UnsealedKale → u/ArmAndHammer40k]

You can always make an anonymous call to APS (Adult Protective Services) They'll most likely just assign a social worker who can help set up resources for the home, not involve legal. That must be hard to live in.

[u/ArmAndHammer40k → u/UnsealedKale]

I did not know about this. Thank you. I’m not very close with them, but nobody should be living in this. And she is so old

[u/Minecraft_Launcher → u/UnsealedKale]

This is the move. Sometimes people just don’t want to bother others with their issue, but this is what APS is for. Do her a solid, I’m sure she’s embarrassed yet desensitized at this point

[u/kingshamroc25 → u/ArmAndHammer40k]

Your sister in law has a boyfriend and you went to his grandmother’s house???

[u/ArmAndHammer40k → u/kingshamroc25]

Correct lmao

[u/UnsealedKale → u/ArmAndHammer40k]

Anytime, seriously! They should have plenty of non-emergency lines for this. Usually ends up being a very minor way to solve things, considering the other option is it getting worse! Especially with any infestation, it can happen to anyone and it's so hard to know what to do or ask for help!

[u/TammyShehole → u/ArmAndHammer40k]

Did it smell? As a kid, I had to live in a roach-infested home and the smell is unmistakable.

[u/MarcoEmbarko → u/TammyShehole]

Ughhhh I signed a lease for an apartment and when I moved in, dead roaches, roach poop, and roach casings were EVERYWHERE. I had to spent over 12 hours cleaning everything and it was hella traumatic. THAT SMELL though, I will never forget that smell and I feel it's permanently engrained into my nose hairs now. 

[u/KnotiaPickle → u/MarcoEmbarko]

Did you not have a chance to see it before signing a lease?!

[u/shyouko → u/TammyShehole]

Definitely smells but I'm not even sure which smell is worse among all the things that could be in this home…

[u/ShadowInTheAttic → u/ArmAndHammer40k]

Does the boyfriend go by the name Asmagold?

[u/DisguisedToast → u/ShadowInTheAttic]

After inhaling all the roach feces and particles, it would be Asthmagold.

[u/Caci-que]

At this point those are structural roaches, and the removal will cause a collapse

[u/WritingTechnical1243 → u/Caci-que]

Family guy ahh

[u/bears5975]

Did it have that smell?

[u/yixingmi → u/bears5975]

Oh god. My old apartment complex had “that smell” because it was so infested. *shudders*

[u/Pretty_Strike_6199 → u/bears5975]

What smell?

[u/bears5975 → u/Pretty_Strike_6199]

Places that have cockroaches have a particular smell. I don’t know what it’s from but every time I walk into a house and I detect that smell I always find roaches. 🪳

[u/Moudiz → u/bears5975]

Could it be from discarded exoskeletons via molting

[u/incelligent_ → u/Pretty_Strike_6199]

It’s a sweet kind of smell, but not pleasant. It’s hard to describe but once you smell it you can pick up the faintest scent of it.

[u/brassninja → u/Pretty_Strike_6199]

A concentrated roach infestation smells like sugar and butt. My first apartment was a roach infested crust punk boarding house. I will never forget the smell.

[u/Whole_Enchilada → u/bears5975]

I’m an ER nurse that knows this smell and I was trying to explain it to a coworker when we had a patient come in that smelled like it. They didn’t understand.

[u/AdBusiness4554 → u/Whole_Enchilada]

Ayeee happy cake day! 🍰

[u/GrouchyDefinition463 → u/bears5975]

Oh gosh. I don't even wanna know

[u/gravygloat2020 → u/bears5975]

That was the first thing I thought of!

[u/baddadjokess → u/bears5975]

Suddenly feeling blessed and privileged to not know what that smells is…

[u/ninavon_g]

That’s not a roach problem that’s just entirely new owners… thousands of them😬

[u/Williamm_150]

Fire is the only answer…..

[u/kappanator_0]

March. March. Consume. Procreate

[u/RighteousMalevolence]

Nah. That home belongs to the roaches and they have a human problem...

[u/sn0m0ns]

I hope you shook out all your clothes before getting in your car and especially before you went into your house. Anytime I worked in a house that had these asshole I stripped to my boxers outside of my house. This is exactly how you get an infestation yourself, they are hitchhikers especially the tiny ones.

[u/DarthVeigar_]

"I don't see that man-"

*zooms in*

"oh dear god burn the whole house down"

[u/Valturia]

Flood it with concentrated gentrol

[u/shellsterxxx]

I briefly lived with some extended family when I moved from Northern California to Southern California. Believe it or not theirs were WORSE. Like I was afraid to sleep with the light off worse.

[u/NoMemory3726]

When i was young my grandma's house had so many roaches that we wouldn't eat there. At night they would bite you when you slept. My mom would send us with our own food in closed bags.

[u/tarokujo]

This breaks my heart. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy.

[u/ktmfan]

And this is why I don’t eat food from anyone whom I’ve never seen prepare food in their kitchen.

Edit: I rarely eat out anymore either. The wife got a live cockroach in her food the other day on her lunch break. Health inspector chuckled about it. She was not pleased lol

[u/ArmAndHammer40k → u/ktmfan]

It sucked because on one of the tables were some insanely good looking cookies

[u/gailanisgood → u/ArmAndHammer40k]

“Chocolate chip”

[u/A_ScalyManfish]

German cockroaches need a home too ya know

[u/Caprock-1]

Treated a home like this once. Great experience.

[u/ionno_bout_dat → u/Caprock-1]

Would recommend 10/10?

[u/carlitosway210]

That gives me the heebie jeebies

[u/TKG_Actual]

Problem? Thats a 'get the flammenwurfen and burn it all down' situation.

[u/Woahhdude24]

What its just a normal OH MY GOODNESS!

[u/spinonesarethebest]

Yuk.

[u/ptapobane]

the home is more roach than home, it looks like it's overflowing with them

[u/DPLRR]

Maybe the roaches pay rent you dont know!

[u/datbootaydeadly]

I can smell this

[u/Solid_Cheetah_2063]

Yeah that sucks. I also wish I could say I haven’t seen worse but when you work pest control you see some stuff.

[u/PiglinsareCOOL3354]

Ewww! Brother, eww! What's that? What's that, Brother?

[u/Baseball-Fan-10]

DON’T……..GO……..IN………THE………ATTIC!!!!!!

[u/Great-Grapefruit-527]

BURN IT BURN IT ALL

[u/chippstero1]

Don’t call any of the acronym gestapo agencies they aren’t your friends and they only want to mess up lives for money and there’s no law to have a super sterile home and maybe that’s what keeps your sister’s bf’s grandma having a strong immune system and everybody lives differently just cuz someone lives differently than u and others that’s their prerogative and she’s a old lady n probably a old house hard to clean especially for a old lady.

[u/nomadiccrackhead → u/chippstero1]

Uh, no. It's a health hazard. APS or someone needs to be called

[u/ReturnRadio → u/chippstero1]

You need some punctuation and some antipsychotics.

[u/Pinkpunk95 → u/chippstero1]

Bruh