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Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 20:56

I've just vacuumed. I was in the kitchen and saw what looked like a bundle of hair on the floor - or a spider with very long legs.
So,💡 I crouched down and blew on it 🌬️ to determine which 🕵️ and it went shooting into the corner under the counter. I blew again and it bundled up. 😳

That's what prompted the big guns vacuum coming out. 🙄

Now, I'm in a bit of a pickle because I have a canister vacuum and have to figure out how to safely open it to empty. 🤔
I figured vacuuming after sucking up the hair/spider would sandwich it in between dust and dirt, effectively trapping it. 🤗

But, I am not looking forward to opening the canister trap door and potentially having an angry spider jump out. 🙈😫

I'm also wondering how intrepid the spider is 🦹 and if it will try to escape the vacuum. If, of course, it is a spider. 🤔

I should add, normally I use the "large cup or jar and sturdy paper method" to catch spiders and release them outside. I'm not a monster.

AIBU to throw the vacuum into the garbage and buy a new one?

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Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:50

definitelynotAI · Yesterday 21:45

Can you not just throw out the vacuum cleaner and buy a new one?

Obv. 🙄🥱

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JoshLymanSwagger · Yesterday 21:49

Thinking about it, their eggs are really tiny - so if it's a female about to lay, you wouldn't know and your vacuum cleaner might actually be infested in a few weeks with a whole new colony.

Sleep well.

JustWalnut · Yesterday 21:49

Where do you live? I quite like spiders, I'll come and rescue him. He can be company for the one that's living in the corner of my kitchen.

Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:49

Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:37

Clever! 🤠

What happened @JoshLymanSwagger ????

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JoshLymanSwagger · Yesterday 21:46

Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:44

JFC.

Oh FGS don't encourage her!

Those things can bite and sting you know.

definitelynotAI · Yesterday 21:45

Can you not just throw out the vacuum cleaner and buy a new one?

Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:45

Bunny44 · Yesterday 21:42

If you leave it a few days it should be ok 😬.

Should????

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Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:44

Conniebygaslight · Yesterday 21:39

I’d have just picked it up with my hands….but I’m a badass

JFC.

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JoshLymanSwagger · Yesterday 21:44

Conniebygaslight · Yesterday 21:39

I’d have just picked it up with my hands….but I’m a badass

Weird - hell yes.
Badass - debatable.

BlueandtheGodofMischief · Yesterday 21:43

😂🤣😂

Bunny44 · Yesterday 21:42

TheSunIsAlwaysThere · Yesterday 21:40

Experience tells me this is not always the case 😭

If you leave it a few days it should be ok 😬.

TheSunIsAlwaysThere · Yesterday 21:40

OriginalSkang · Yesterday 21:16

If you vacuumed it its definitely dead

Experience tells me this is not always the case 😭

JoshLymanSwagger · Yesterday 21:39

Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:36

I see you have been navel gazing back of class. 🙄

Per my OP (ahem):

I should add, normally I use the "large cup or jar and sturdy paper method" to catch spiders and release them outside. I'm not a monster.

Oh.
I'm the stamp up and down on it, or scream for DH to suck the fucker up with the Dyson kinda girl.

Sorry.

I thought we were closer than that.

Conniebygaslight · Yesterday 21:39

I’d have just picked it up with my hands….but I’m a badass

Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:37

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Clever! 🤠

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Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:36

Lifejigsaw · Yesterday 21:33

You could try not hoovering up living creatures?

I see you have been navel gazing back of class. 🙄

Per my OP (ahem):

I should add, normally I use the "large cup or jar and sturdy paper method" to catch spiders and release them outside. I'm not a monster.

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JoshLymanSwagger · Yesterday 21:36

Lifejigsaw · Yesterday 21:33

You could try not hoovering up living creatures?

Bit late for that.

JoshLymanSwagger · Yesterday 21:35

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Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:34

Lifelover16 · Yesterday 21:30

Throw the whole vacuum cleaner in the bin and buy a new one.

We're kin. 👯‍♂️

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Lookatmelookatmedontevenlookatme · Yesterday 21:34

Leave, OP. Leave, and never look back.

Lifejigsaw · Yesterday 21:33

You could try not hoovering up living creatures?

FortyFacedFuckers · Yesterday 21:33

I hoovered up a spider and became so concerned it would be able to climb back out I ended up throwing my hoover into the garden until I could get someone to empty it 😂

Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:32

Wynter25 · Yesterday 21:20

Dont hoover him up.

Just ask him to pay more rent?!

Might leave you alone.

I think I might be have created a hostage situation. Do you really think it would be receptive to me asking it to pay me at this point? It will either seek compensation or retribution. I'm hooped.

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Lifelover16 · Yesterday 21:30

Throw the whole vacuum cleaner in the bin and buy a new one.

JoshLymanSwagger · Yesterday 21:30

Mumtobabyhavoc · Yesterday 21:27

That's what I'm worried it might come to.
Am I spiralling? 😨

Little bit, yeah.

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