Pest Cemetery

For me it seems like just last month I was waking up every morning and scurrying across the still sleeping city of Baltimore on my way to my first of 20 accounts. With my B&G in one hand and my big stainless steel box in the other I would be met at the door by a man with shaving cream on half his face or a woman in her robe and undoing her curlers. “A mouse in the basement and some bugs at the back door” were the instructions I’d get as they quickly walked back to the bedroom to finish getting ready for work. I only had about 20 minutes to get the job done before they’d be pacing by the front door anxious for me to ‘get out’. That was Ok with me because my schedule at that time was on the 1/2 hour and just down the street was another half shaven man expecting me promptly at 6.
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My all time favorite quote in life is;

“ON THE SANDS OF HESITATION, LAY THE BONES OF COUNTLESS MILLIONS. WHO AT THE DAWN OF VICTORY Sat down to wait, And waiting—died!”
– Evangeline Wilkes

In my little way I like to think that pestcemetery is helping people all over the world with their pest control needs. I am just a miniscule amoeba in this great big world wide web but I have a voice and my work matters. On some nights I do not have this attitude as the frustration of writing to an unknown audience takes its toll. Does anybody care? Can anyone hear me? Just about the times when I am lowest I will receive a nice note or a thank you from someone whose question I answered saying their problem was solved or that my writing is something they look forward to. That is my reward for now and that keeps me going. This is not a how to article or a bug article at all but it is dedicated to those who feel this way in whatever endeavor they find themselves in.

The following is a summary of notes from seminars I’ve been to and although the words did not come from me directly, I have made them own. It does not matter if you want to start a business, be a better father or any other worthy undertaking, you need to take action. No one will do it for you but many good hearted people will inadvertently hold you back. Take heart, have hope and take charge.
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Every three months I get a notice of every registered ‘chemically sensitive’ person in my state. The list includes what pest control ingredient(s) they are sensitive to and how far away from them I can be before I need to alert them of my treatment. Some are adjacent only while others need to know even if you are a 1/4 mile away. The list is about the same as when I first started receiving them over the years but an unfortunate few are added from time to time. I have no reason to doubt these people because of the consistency of the list and to be honest I feel for anyone who has their quality of life hampered by everyday products that seem so trivial to the rest of us.

At least 5 times per month however, I’m put on notice from a customer or person who’s in my treatment vicinity that they too, are chemically sensitive but they usually approach things in a whole different way and it’s with these people, I have an entirely different attitude.
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You ever wonder how they come up with names for bugs? Usually names for things come from the people who invented or discovered them. For instance; John Crapper has been credited for the, em em, John and while everyone knows what a Ford is, you seldom think there was once a man named Henry who started the whole thing so many years ago.

With so many kinds of bugs and different species etc. the formula today has to do with latin and may describe the bug by its features. A house fly is actually Musca domestica diptera which literally means fly house two wings. Odd, but it makes sense because only two wings on an insect is quite unusual, most flying bugs have four.
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