Mouse Hunt

"What 650 rupees to drill a hole through..."

" Yes Sir, as a policy, we charge Rs 650 for a field engineer visit ".

"But it is just a damn hole that he has to drill through a window frame...it wouldnt cost half of it to rent a drilling machine!!.."

I am actually helpless Sir..for any queries you can contact the series of phone nos ..you can fight your way through the IVR and register a complaint...

"Dude..listen!!!..it is just a hole you have to drill through..Your guys did an improper installation of the Set Top Box because of which my house has become a mess!..And i want you to fix it because you are the culprits..All that you had to do was to ensure you pass the wire properly instead of just letting it out through the window opening such irresponsibly.."



"what ever it is Sir..it is a fixed cost that you need to pay for a field engineer visit.."

"Alright then..I guess I am wasting your time convincing you that the fault is yours...any ways..thanks for the fanstastic service".. "THIK"...the worst possible way i ever cut a call on the mobile..

The (w)hole point of calling the above human trained to give mechanical answers was because of the window which was left open for the cable wire to pass through, and providing a grand entry to the Mouse community which came along with the famous Nov floods into my shared apartment in Chennai..



One bloody such creature (which i killed later..more details later) never left anything soft rubberish type of stuff without nibbling and chip it into bits and pieces...Shoes, Sandals, Chappals, Cricket Balls, Water bottles, nothing was spared..

And the worst part was that it used to shit around in black solid pellets...the entire collection by the night used to be around 500 on an avg which was swept off religiously so that it could begin it all over again..

The 1.5 kg creature venturedin the night..when all would be asleep...during the day..when we were busy doing our daily chores...during the evenings when none of us would be there..(i wanted to convey my frustration that it was more of the bandicoot's house than ours) and make merry shitting around..

All methods to lock the window without causing damage to the wire passing through did not materialise..

Oh forgot to tell you...the wire was its daily break fast..eating it as if a kid would rip pieces from a sugar cane...

After a few attempts to close the window by taking pro help did not work out (650 bucks you see!!!)...I then made a resolution on dec 31(BTW, this was during the Dec 08 - Jan 09 season of misadventures) to put an end to this menace..

I guess you are now familiar with the Ghajini's killing style....the villain Ghajini bangs an iron rod on the head repeatedly to kill Asin...

It was a similar situation i captured the bandicoot in my room( purely by chance..it happened to be there just when i entered my room late in the night)...i banged a make shift cricket bat right into its head twice....not satisfied by the simple way it got killed in seconds i hit it again to break its face and teeth...Blood OOzed out and i just loved it..

All the 400-500 odd shit pellets along with the pellet maker were swept off..and i sanitised the entire place...Relieved finally that the mess maker was dead, i slept contented...

The susbsequent weekend we found an electrician who drilled a hole for us and inserted the wire through for 30 rupees!!
Prevention is better than a hole You see!