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| - Four months I spent in a war zone (my house) with 460,000,000+ intractable ants. Four months!
I was determined I could beat them back with my Pinterest arsenal of natural treatments. Yes, I'm one of those, I weep when I hear about what apple cider vinegar can do..Early on, I was a pacifist and wanted no anthropod casualties. After a couple weeks of grim battle, my weary husband and daughter were begging me to call for the professional troops. Undaunted, I patiently waited for one concoction after another to do the trick and convince them to depart, one way or another.
Instead, they were thriving on the diet I fed them. Apparently that approach was not only creating a breeding frenzy- hence exponentially producing more ants, but was actually endowing them with super powers as well! My family was openly hostile, after many months, not to the ants, but to me. At this point, I wanted no human casualties. So they forced me to call the pros.
I was somewhat embarrassed to confess to the havoc I had wrought when the tech arrived and saw the invasion, but thankfully he was non-judgmental and kind, and just got right to it. From the inside to the outside of our home, he was exceptionally thorough. Very impressive!
So I was stunned a few days later to see the ants had returned! A quick call, and the tech on the white horse (possibly a white truck) showed up again to do battle. He was amazed at the sheer numbers of these resilient creatures, if not their brazen behavior. No extra charge to wipe them out. I no longer felt guilty about casualties, they had been warned.
Less than a week later, I had to make another emergency call when what to my wondering eyes did appear...you know who..yet again! It was like being in a bad late night horror movie. But Elite didn't give up on me, and once more, rushed right out. The tech found this even more unbelievable than I did, but jumped into action yet again. I guess it's 3 strikes and you're out for some intrepid ants, and they had certainly waged a holy war, but in the end, were no match for Elite.
I'm grateful for Elite's willingness to go the extra mile and not give up, and to be gracious and supportive while doing so. It can't always be easy to be more persistent than a determined bug!
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