Post by lookingup on Sept 17, 2015 15:48:42 GMT -5
OMG you guys. Yesterday afternoon I was about to start getting ready for work when I went into the bathroom to pee. Then I lifted the toilet lid to see a black nasty tail. I wasn't sure for a millisecond what I was looking at, till I tilted my head to see A FUCKING LIVE RAT IN MY TOILET.
I slammed the lid down and it screeched like a freaking banshee. I didn't have anyone to yell at (because finding a rat in your toilet is a very emotional experience) so I just ran around the house yelling for a few minutes because I didn't know what else to do. My cat obviously was not helping at all, so at one point I just sat on the couch yelling "WHY IS THERE A RAT IN THE TOILET?!"
Then I remembered that I rent, so I called property management to come fix it. An hour later it took two men with a garbage bag and a litter scoop to get the thing out. I asked one of the guys if it could have come in from the toilet (because I always keep the lid closed since I have pets, and I would have heard it if it lifted the toilet seat at all). He said no, but I had to look it up to be sure.
So I googled it. Google helped me confirm that it was indeed a rat, not a mouse, and that they are capable of swimming up from the sewer into toilets. I even watched a video!
And then I cleaned the entire bathroom, even though I had just cleaned it the day before. Because sewer rat.
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.” - Natalie Goldberg
Then I remembered that I rent, so I called property management to come fix it. An hour later it took two men with a garbage bag and a litter scoop to get the thing out. I asked one of the guys if it could have come in from the toilet (because I always keep the lid closed since I have pets, and I would have heard it if it lifted the toilet seat at all). He said no, but I had to look it up to be sure.
Also this is making me laugh so hard. The image of a rat lifting a toilet seat Opposable thumbs be damned!
I will never be able to sit down without checking ever again. Now I'll have to turn on the light for MOTN pees.
Yes! This is what I'm most pissed about. The lights in my bathroom are so bright! But this morning I forgot to check before sitting down and I jumped right back up. I can officially never go in the dark again.