Recently a co-worker of mine (we'll call him "Joe") came in the office and was distraught about his weekend mover-in. On his counter he noticed a banana with chew marks through the skin. Immediately, Joe noticed a trail of evidence that led to a gas line behind his oven and down to the unfinished basement.
Joe did some thinking and realized the mouse must have made his grand entrance into the house when he built his new deck, making it a direct step in; before you had to "step-up" to get through the door.
So, Joe headed down to the store, and since this was his first mouse confrontation he wasn’t sure what the best route to go was. He looked around and decided on the "latest and greatest" contraption... so he thought.
When he came home, Joe had the trap all set up with some nuts on the tripper (there wasn't any cheese in the house so that was his next best option). The next morning, he anxiously woke up and hoped to see that his new house-guest was taken care of. Much to his dismay, no nuts, no mouse in site. The mouse STOLE the nuts and didn't even set the trap off!
Now what!?
He came in flustered that morning; unsure why the trap didn't work. This mouse has got some serious skills. At lunch he headed back to the store and grabbed not only one but TWO other mouse catchers; a sticky pad and the good old wooden trap. Up to his house he went and got all three traps ready to go and thought to himself "this mouse has no chance this time". Before Joe left work that day he was quite confident in his capture method. He couldn’t wait to get home and see the little creature wriggling in one of his three traps.
The next morning I could tell by the look on his face that something went wrong…
Will Joe capture the creature? Stay tuned for Part 2!
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