The Cost of One Mistake
The extermination process was a nightmare. It wasn’t just a few sprays. They had to use bait gels, growth regulators (to stop the babies from becoming adults), and dust in the wall voids. Mark and his family had to vacate the house for a day for the intense treatment. It was a massive disruption to their lives.
As they sat in a hotel room that night, Mark couldn’t stop thinking about that single moment with his boot. It had felt so satisfying at the time. A split-second decision. The cost of the exterminator was nearly $500. The cost of the hotel was another $150. That was one expensive cockroach. If he had known then what he knew now, he would have handled it very differently.