Exterminator Composes Self In Driveway So Kids Won’t Know He Saw Cricket Die At Work Today

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KANSAS CITY, MO—Inhaling deeply while suppressing the horror of what he witnessed earlier that day, exterminator Paul Young took a moment Tuesday to compose himself in the driveway so that his kids would not have to deal with the fact that he witnessed the death of a cricket at work. “This is my burden to bear, not theirs,” said Young, attempting to banish images of the cricket’s twitching body and finals moments on Earth from his mind before sitting down to dinner with the wife and kids who, Young hoped, would not notice their father’s brittle temperament. “I really lost it and yelled at my son for something like 10 minutes straight the other day, but I know I did it from fear of losing little Jalen just like that cricket. Every time I look into his eyes, I can’t help but see it, legs scrabbling in the air, body twitching, fast at first, then more slowly, then…nothing. Just nothing. God, I’ve got to figure out a way to not bring this home with me.” Young’s son was later spotted sneaking halfway down the stairs in the middle of the night and sitting there listening intently as his father sobbed quietly in the living room.

 

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Dale Gribble would be disappointed...

Be strong

No one understands what this man has gone through.

In Seattle, I imagine

Sethfrederick2

It will be so quiet in his home that all you can hear are....oh wait never mind.

I understood that as the sport... Not the insect. In my mind all I could imagine was a man crying as he saw 'Cricket is officially over' with American Pie by Don McLean gently playing in the background

I thought the sport died... But then, no one would get that emotional if there was no more cricket.

'You're fine. You got this. The kids don't care.' Excited kids: Dad, you want to hear us sing 'When you Wish upon a Star'? *Single tear rolls down his cheek as he adopts a thousand yard stare*

I feel like someone (maybe me?) needs to write a dead-serious take on this scenario: veteran exterminator nearing retirement has seen one too many dead (insect) bodies. He's beaten down and ready to retire, until one last case tests him to his very limits.

I remember having to do this many times when I worked in that field. It can be hard at times!

I understand completely. Crickets are good luck and untimely death? Uh-oh.

This message is massively unappreciated

No exterminator dresses like that.

Poor buddy. I'm so sorry crickey

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