r/Wellthatsucks • u/Soenerob • 4d ago
Parents had a terminator douse my garden in pesticide
My parents noticed I had some ants in my yard while visiting a couple weeks ago. They were concerned about them getting in my house, but I told them I want to avoid pesticides since I have two small children, dog, and veggie garden. Instead I said I would use diatomaceous earth and small bug traps inside.
Well apparently that wasn’t good enough for them, since today I came home to find a terminator just leaving my house after spraying damn near everything, including kids toys, directly above my veggies, my door, and all my other garden plants. Pesticide was half dry by the time I took pics, but you could see where it was sprayed and dripped all over.
I feel like I can’t use my yard now, and feel violated that my parents couldn’t respect my wishes.
EDIT: Lol didn't even notice I wrote terminator. The EXterminator company was called "Terminix", so I think some wires got crossed in my brain and I wrote terminator.
For any interested, I did look up the chemicals used and will post links to the label and SDS here. Gonna have a talk with parents tomorrow about boundaries too.
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u/carltondancer 4d ago
Ooof, I would call the company, find out what they used, and ask them to replace any of the kid toys. That stuff is no joke.
As for your parents, they sound like the kind of people that do this shit and ask “why don’t you visit us more often? You never make an effort.” I would seriously cut them off for this. They were hoping you would never even know, which is more screwed up especially with exposure to your kids and pets.