A Mighty Little Creepy Creature

A few days ago, I spotted, on my desk of the state of art corporate office, a living cockroach-like insect. It moved in and out of my sight a number of times. I had enough in me to bear but not enough to nip it. Not saying a word, I decided to leave it alone... Later on that day, my colleague, a 6-foot guy came over and screamed at his discovery of the same thing. I laughed it off.

After a weekend and well into this week, one afternoon, I uttered, as if to myself, "Hey, my little friend is out for a walk again." That certainly drew attention to me and the cockroach, still alive. From there, my colleagues had determined that their existence were threatened by this alien and they held me responsible to contact the building management. Nobody however considered my proposal to eliminate as an option. Even Miss Courage shook her head. She is the one who would go watch an open heart surgery at a heart beat when such an opportunity presents itself.

Under pressure, I wrote an email to the management before I went home... Then, pest control took over control of the situation. Somebody came and put something delicious on the side of my desk, hoping that creature will go to sleep after the meal. I have not seen it again. Maybe it did go to sleep. Maybe it escaped it's fate by climbing into my purse and came home with me... After all these, I start to wonder about it's power over us people.