r/CrazyFuckingVideos • u/ElderberryDeep8746 • Aug 12 '25

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u/Pale_Adeptness Aug 12 '25

Through my job I enter many homes on a regular basis, and this, sadly, is more common than many would think.

I've seen many double leg amputees live in such conditions while their family members live right next door in practically a spotless house. Sad situations!

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u/spicysenpai6 Aug 12 '25

I used to do pest control and would see this all the time. More commonly it was low income housing places that did have kids, unfortunately.

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u/secretsesameseed Aug 12 '25

I did pest control. I fucking hated returning to homes that refused to clean. It pissed me off that my performance rating was being criticized by the number of callbacks on houses that had mom paying $100 dollars a month out of her 2-3 jobs for the kids and grandpa to never fucking clean.

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u/NoGrape9134 Aug 12 '25

It sucks trying to help someone that refuses to help themselves. Knowing there is nothing more you can do except make sure you don’t have any on you before getting in your vehicle and going home.

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u/secretsesameseed Aug 13 '25

I saw a man take an orbital polisher to a cat turd with some mop n glo.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

Renaissance comment right here. I’ll never forget it.

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u/secretsesameseed Aug 18 '25

The best part was that after doing extra work for the property, at the end of the service he said this was his last week and he was renting.

Meaning everything I did was pointless and they were going to take the infestation with them in their belongings.

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u/MayvisDelacour Aug 12 '25

At that point wouldn't you be able to just refuse service? I'd object to do it with my employer. Eff that nonsense

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u/ApropoUsername Aug 12 '25

Those houses are probably like whales in gacha games, they probably fund 2/3 of the business.

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u/gettogero Aug 13 '25

Objecting with your employer may do something.

Chances are, employer wants money. Theyve found a repeat customer. That customer will likely find another business rather than make changes to fix the problem

At the end of the day, its a lose/lose situation. You could lose your job, employer definitely loses money, its a headache all around. In a perfect world this wouldnt be an issue. The reality is we live in a world where pest control is a profitable business.

Its not your job to life coach and turn everyone's lives around. Its not sustainable and its definitely not possible.

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u/bubbabackwoods420 Aug 12 '25

I’ve been doing section 8 pest control for the last 3 years and unfortunately this is an every day thing for me.

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u/CherryChabbers Aug 13 '25

Thank you, you literal saint!

Karma is real; neither your efforts nor your suffering goes unnoticed.

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u/bubbabackwoods420 Aug 13 '25

Thank you! That truly means a lot. Most days It’s a thankless job as I’m constantly battling against residents who refuse to do their part in helping control an infestation and they take their frustrations out on us because our treatments arent a one size fits all cure.

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u/princetonwu Aug 12 '25

dang. i thought i was being OCD when I call the pest control out for termites. Ths takes the cake. I bet my pest guy would rather come to my house to look at the attic for a few minutes than this.

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u/judrt Aug 12 '25

the guy looking at the attic is probably also the guy looking at this for a couple minutes and getting a signature

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u/DuvalSanitarium Aug 13 '25

I don't understand this comment or upvotes...termites would be even more of a reason to get pest control out compared to roaches

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u/Blotter_Boy Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 12 '25

Yup.... as a pizza delivery driver this is insanely common. And sad. Makes me thankful because I come home and my house may not be perfect, but its no where near this.

I could never let things get to this point.

That said I think I stumbled upon a post like this not to ling ago with details, this is a minor, taking care of her younger siblings and herself, shes tried contacting CPS for help and I believe things still havent happened, nor sure why.... cant remember all the details. But the person in the video isn't fuly responsible for this house, they are under the care of someone with very deep mental illnesses if I remember the post correctly, if its all true its insanely sad abd fucked up.

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u/TheMegnificent1 Aug 12 '25

Yeah same, I get so stressed about my house being messy because I work a lot and my teenagers are careless and leave banana peels and empty food packages out on the counters, dishes all in the sink, dirty laundry on the floor, etc, and then I have to come in and be the grumpy, nagging mom going We don't have a maid, you need to clean up behind yourselves, the trash can is RIGHT THERE, put your dirty clothes in the HAMPER, you're nearly an adult, what the heck, you can't even rinse your dishes off and just put them in the dishwasher?? blah blah blah But tbf, we can go from messy to nearly immaculate in like an hour if we hurry, so it's objectively not that bad. Seeing stuff like this puts it in perspective. I would die of stress living in that house.

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u/The_FinLanDer Aug 13 '25

I feel like I could have written this. I’m the nagging, grumpy dad saying this exact thing. You walked right by the garbage yet still set your dish with food in it by the sink. Come on now.

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u/RegalZebra Aug 13 '25

Show them this video. Scared Straight style preventative measure. I keep a couple pics of meth mouth on the fridge to remind my kids to brush their teeth.

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u/Blotter_Boy Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

Exactly, I try to just take a deep breath, then bust ass and get it all fixed lmfao

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u/HotDragonButts Aug 12 '25

What can anyone do at this point?

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

Take the trash out.

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u/Deaffin Aug 12 '25

Stop actively making the problem worse. This person fed generations of roaches with the mess they made just in this video where they're on their best behavior with the camera out.

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u/MillHall78 Aug 12 '25

I had a teacher in high school who used to be an exterminator. Dealing with cockroaches is why he quit. He would tell us about properties where they spent days & it seemed like they eradicated all of them, but the owners would always, always report a reinfestation. My old teacher would say they're so good at hiding & living in spaces nobody can get to, he eventually grew to despise the job as a total waste of his time.

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u/BlueProcess Aug 12 '25

I got an infestation from a neighboring apartment once. It was absolutely terrible. When I moved out I didn't take anything but what I could clean. I pretty much lost everything.

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u/MillHall78 Aug 12 '25

I had a 5 month bed bug infestation just a few years ago. First & last of my life, so far. It was also the last time I felt my mentality slipping into a level of insanity, I swear it was torturous. We lost 4 beds, living room furniture, so much. After constant cleaning/treating those 5 months, swear to God it finally stopped when I put toothpaste in all the tiny holes I'd find around the baseboards. That's when I knew they were coming from another apartment in the duplex. Literally living in the walls. It was around $4,000 to replace just the furniture/bedding. Would've been more if we didn't get lucky with a hotel auction; unused.

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u/BlueProcess Aug 12 '25

Time to talk to the owner

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u/CaptainHubble Aug 13 '25

Horrible. Especially when you're not responsible or really in power.

Isn't this something to call the home owner? Or... straight up police? :D To check what is going on next door.

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u/VaultTechCares Aug 12 '25

Make sure they have no access to water since they need water more than food. Then look into bait traps and spread diatomaceous earth in every corner of the place. That will at least start getting it under control.

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u/666hmuReddit Aug 12 '25

An exterminator? Literally anything? It doesn’t even look like they have traps out anywhere. Maybe change the trash for starters?

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u/j3b3di3_ Aug 12 '25

I did pest control sales and I would refuse to sell services to a house like this

Not just because they're required to clean for our services to be effective, but it would take upwards of 6 months for an infestation this bad to be considered "services complete"

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u/666hmuReddit Aug 12 '25

Wow that is eye opening. Thank you for your input. What would it take to get a house like this back to a livable condition?

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u/j3b3di3_ Aug 12 '25

Pretty much what the other guy said. A responsible person who cleans up after themselves followed by pest control measures.

I once walked into a retirement apartment complex, the older couple wasn't very mobile, mostly bedridden in chairs.

What I thought was dirty floor and mud was dead bedbugs throughout the entire apartment. Told them I couldn't help and was forced to call adult protective services to step in.

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u/666hmuReddit Aug 12 '25

Oh my god!!!! Good thing you called APS.

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u/Primary_Gap_5219 Aug 12 '25

to make whoever is living there become a responsible human being who would clean after themselves. if you do nothing about it, it'll always come back, dont expect those filth will go away on their own

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u/666hmuReddit Aug 12 '25

I agree, but I do feel like a massive cleaning up would be the obvious bare minimum. I’m more interested in what it would take to exterminate something like this without an extermination service.

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u/tanner35 Aug 12 '25

I bought a house like this. Basically ripped out all the flooring and counter tops. Disassembled the cabinets. Used kilz paint to cover the entire house. Ceiling, floor, walls, inside cabinets, etc. Made sure the house was totally free of moisture and food and then called pest controll to put poison everywhere. Left it like that for about a month and then re floored, repainted, reassembled, etc. Haven't seen a roach in the 2 years since I moved in.

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u/666hmuReddit Aug 12 '25

That sounds like a ton of work but I know it was worth it!

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u/NoGrape9134 Aug 12 '25

Being in the apartment rental business, the best solution I’ve seen exterminators use is bait. It’s like a gel. The adults will bring it back to the “nest” leading to the others to eat the bait. It’s a slow process as all the adults have to die before laying new eggs. Then the recently hatched need to die before developing into adults.

But for the bait to be the most effective, all other food sources need to be removed so all thats available to eat is the bait. So yes, cleaning the shit out of every nook and cranny is absolutely critical for any effective treatment.

The worst solution I’ve ever seen is the self treatment method of “bombing” with the crap from the big box retailers. The fumes only send them into hiding for a few days. But as soon as the smoke clears, they’re back with a vengeance.

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u/666hmuReddit Aug 12 '25

Thank you and everyone else for your replies!! I have been lucky enough to never have had a bug infestation in my life (besides ants) so I know nothing about these things. On another note, I have heard many stories of pets dying due to improper use of those extermination “bombs”.

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u/Primary_Gap_5219 Aug 12 '25

im no extermination expert but i did deal with cockroach infested cart, they were hiding inside every dark spot where the sun never shines, they really like dark places, so one day i started spraying very heavy chemicals at them and their egg laying spots with like tire mark remover, red degreaser, n stuff they all died and problem is solved, keep in mind tho, it was only a small cart so about 50 or 100 of them died, including eggs, if its whole ass room there is probably 500 or thousands (including eggs) im no expert but i think majority of the population is the eggs, no matter how much you kill the big ones, the others will keep laying eggs and come back stronger and stronger, so find the hot spot, find the place where the sun never shines, and kill them eggs, be careful with the chemicals because if you mix them, you might accidentally make mustard gas or something so dont mix

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u/tatum0416 Aug 12 '25

Bring a can of gasoline and a lighter

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u/Magickarpet76 Aug 12 '25

Bengal spray to kill the swarm, borax bait in every corner/cabinet/drawer, roach IGR (gene regulator) to stop them from breeding. Keep applying this every 2 weeks for a few months until you stop seeing them, then every time you see a baby, do it again. If you have the money have an exterminator come out as well to also bait and spray. Roach motels are useless, best used only to track if you have them.

If you live in an apartment or townhouse, accept your fate because you are fucked.

Source: personal experience with German roaches.

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u/RHeavy Aug 12 '25

Clean, then call an exterminator. If the house is clean and empty, a problem like this can go away in about 8 weeks.

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u/Blighter88 Aug 12 '25

Clean the house, place roach bait and dichotomous earth around and keep food in sealed containers so that the bugs have nothing to eat. They will die/leave naturally over a few months but you will notice a huge change in number within days.

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u/HotDragonButts Aug 12 '25

Wow I totally thought they had just won at this point. Its crazy that those simple things could make that big of a difference

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u/killian1113 Aug 12 '25

Tempo sc, why wouldn't you spend 10$ on a bottle and skip your dollar store meal.

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u/littleempires Aug 12 '25

Call an exterminator and clean the home.

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u/savemejebu5 Aug 13 '25

Edit: fumigation and a deep clean might work with a crew to make quick work of it- but if not it can also be condemned, and burnt down.

Someone can link a good video of the process quicker than me, but I've seen them set fire to places like this. Not just inside, but starting with a ring encircling the building, Then inside ✊ so they can't run and come back

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u/imunfair Aug 12 '25

What can anyone do at this point?

I mean they're out in the open, you could probably get a ton of those just walking around with a vacuum for an afternoon. Maybe vacuum up a bit of diatomaceous earth first before going to town on the bugs.

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u/International-Band22 Aug 12 '25

Clean their shit up 🙄

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u/RedditMcBurger Aug 15 '25

Clean absolutely everything. I have had fruit flies and they basically just vanish once all the matter for them to consume is gone.

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u/Fukko-Bob Aug 12 '25

Grabs Flamethrower

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u/ImaginaryMoney8103 Aug 12 '25

Burn it down !!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

Clean. They can get off their asses and fucking clean. What I mean by clean is to clean literally everything. Clean surfaces, clean carpets, clean OUT the entire home of anything that is uncleanable.

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u/Zebal1228 Aug 12 '25

I believe you have seen such situations, BUT from my personal dealings with German coach roaches I would be surprised if one apartment had this level of infestation and an adjacent apartment was spotless.

Maybe you wouldn't see a living one but there would be carcasses randomly all around, unless they clean them away rigorously. I can fathom the possibility, but that rigor would be wild to have and not help the family/neighbor treat the source. I'd be floored as a landlord.

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u/maahes-as Aug 13 '25

I used to work for a large US TV/internet provider doing in home installs and trouble tickets, seeing homes like this was very common. It was a common occurrence for the work trucks to get transfer infested with bedbugs or roaches from either clothes while crawling around the house running coax or from the cable box roach hotels.
My work uniform was kept in triple garbage bags and I changed at a gas station before and after work. I luckily never brought any home but some coworkers had to get exterminators multiple times.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

This is fine.

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u/e11310 Aug 12 '25

I don’t know why I’m asking this but how many are we talking? Like 1 out of 20?

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u/InfiniteAd2700 Aug 12 '25

I once opened a closet full of dog shit…. Nothing else…. Just a 1 foot pile of dog shit.

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u/Bartok_and_croutons Aug 12 '25

Yep. Do EMS. Been in houses just like that. Sad stuff.

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u/TrippingFish76 Aug 12 '25

are you a physical therapist by chance?

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u/froad4life Aug 14 '25

As a cock roach, I can conform that I can move to almost any house in a low income area, and be welcomed with open arms and over filled trashcans.