Thereby hangs a tail

[Dark'n'Stormy]

Interested to read recent posts on dissatisfaction with Massey. Here's why I recently ditched them.

While out in the garden I noticed a rat that had died trying to get up to the roof. At that moment Massey arrived to do quarterly pest control so I left him to it without saying anything.

Having "swept the exterior of the home for wasps and spiders" I asked him about the rat. He hadn't spotted it! There it is, bold as brass, in the underside of the roof which he, purportedly, had just swept.

[Byte1]

How about that, a rat that was so depressed it committed suicide by hanging itself.

[metalic]

How about that, a rat that was so depressed it committed suicide by hanging itself.

Maybe Massey drove him to it :icon_wink:

[Two Bills]

Ratricide.

[badkarma318]

Ratstein didn't kill himself . . .

[JMintzer]

Ratstein didn't kill himself . . .

:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

[fdpaq0580]

How about that, a rat that was so depressed it committed suicide by hanging itself.

The notorious gatoroni mob is running amok and lynching defenseless rats, cats, little dogs and old bat's. (No humans were harmed in the making of this silliness.)

[La lamy]

Whoa, what a crazy circumstance. Hard to understand how that rat got stuck, and shame on that worker for not dealing with it.

[Josephjmarchese]

Two rats. The rodent and th Massy Guy who didn’t see it sweeping the area it was dangling from!

[ThirdOfFive]

Interested to read recent posts on dissatisfaction with Massey. Here's why I recently ditched them.

While out in the garden I noticed a rat that had died trying to get up to the roof. At that moment Massey arrived to do quarterly pest control so I left him to it without saying anything.

Having "swept the exterior of the home for wasps and spiders" I asked him about the rat. He hadn't spotted it! There it is, bold as brass, in the underside of the roof which he, purportedly, had just swept.
A perfectly RATional reason for ditching Massey.

[bwasman]

After I politely dismissed Massey after their contract they kept billing me. A second and third call to them and resultant agreement...they still keep biilling me! Delete..delete.

[DeeCee Dubya]

Full Marks!

[Rodneysblue]

Willard, noooooo

[MrFlorida]

Maybe they thought a dead rat wasn't a pest anymore .

[The Chipster]

I grew up near the Everglades, and was exposed to rats in my home, yard, school, etc. When a rat dies, it usually does so in a very isolated corner of a structure, or outside under leaves. I have never seen a rat hang itself. Are you sure this wasn't staged?

[RUCdaze]

I've tried Massey twice, trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. Both times I've gotten burnt. My complaint is with their lawn care. They show up once a month; spend five minutes sprinkling some pixie dust on my grass, put down a lawn sign, and they're gone. I've called and written them that I want to be home when they come so I can see what they are charging me $61.00 for on each visit. After several calls and a letter, I finally fired them. I'm looking for a small, botque-type service, that will give me some personalized service.

[Dark'n'Stormy]

I grew up near the Everglades, and was exposed to rats in my home, yard, school, etc. When a rat dies, it usually does so in a very isolated corner of a structure, or outside under leaves. I have never seen a rat hang itself. Are you sure this wasn't staged?

I don't expect it deliberately hanged itself. It was trying to get onto our roof by climbing up a downpipe. It looks as if, in order to get to the gap, it had to jump across at the top of the pipe but then couldn't get a grip on the metal to either pull itself further in or give up and push itself out. Very unlucky that its head got stuck.

Believe me, I don't go handling rats in order to lie about a service provider.

[Bellavita]

[my friend had Massey he was snowbird from England. While back home his sprinklers were broken Massey said they came out and fixed them. We went and checked and they were not fixed. He fired them and I got our sprinkyguy to fix them. Never Massey.

I agree with you.

QUOTE=Dark'n'Stormy;2200356]Interested to read recent posts on dissatisfaction with Massey. Here's why I recently ditched them.

While out in the garden I noticed a rat that had died trying to get up to the roof. At that moment Massey arrived to do quarterly pest control so I left him to it without saying anything.

Having "swept the exterior of the home for wasps and spiders" I asked him about the rat. He hadn't spotted it! There it is, bold as brass, in the underside of the roof which he, purportedly, had just swept.[/QUOTE]

[Whitley]

How about that, a rat that was so depressed it committed suicide by hanging itself.

More likely to believe that vs Epstein.

[Whitley]

I grew up near the Everglades, and was exposed to rats in my home, yard, school, etc. When a rat dies, it usually does so in a very isolated corner of a structure, or outside under leaves. I have never seen a rat hang itself. Are you sure this wasn't staged?

Are there many rats in the everglades? I use to spend time in Everglade City late 70's early 80's. I didn't think it was an issue.

[Arctic Fox]

By the looks of the picture, your neighbors must be totally thrilled being near you. It appears the house is in dismal shape.

I suppose it's easier to hurl insults behind a pseudonym than to drive round neighborhoods with a clipboard.

You must feel very proud of yourself, midiwiz.

[matty8]

It sounds like you need one of those Florida Pythons to get rid of your rats, including Massey employees.

[MrFlorida]

Don't put out feed for birds, and give them a water source, they usually come for the food and drink.

[Dark'n'Stormy]

...did you have any type of structure nearby he could've balanced on to reach where he is now (in the pic).

No. I assumed he climbed up the downpipe and got wedged going up, but it's possible he was in the gutter and got wedged going down. He couldn't have been dropped there by a bird as it is covered above him by the roof shingles.

[fdpaq0580]

Don't put out feed for birds, and give them a water source, they usually come for the food and drink.

Don't we all?

[metalic]

I really don't think your focus is correct. You'd rather nail Massy rather than answer the most obvious question..... why is the rat there??? A rat is your largest problem not Massey.

Surely if Massey are being paid to do "pest control" then the fact that there IS a rat on the property is because Massey are not doing their job?

And the fact that their technician ignores a rat hanging from the eaves (which he has just swept) is further proof of that.

I think Massey deserves to be "nailed" for taking the money and not delivering the service.