A truly horrifying story.
This morning, as I was sitting at my desk, drinking my coffee and working on some important library things, I began hearing . . . a noise. A noise coming from the trashcan. I tried to ignore it. I thought, “Surely there is nothing in the trashcan. La la la la la. Nothing in the trashcan.”
And then I looked down at the trashcan and I saw something move. I went out into the library and proceeded to freak out in front of my assistant, a parent, and a student. (I later offered the student a bribe so that he would never tell anyone what he had seen.)
My assistant, who is nicest person at my school and awesome in every way, took charge. She put a board over the top of my trashcan and went to the office to get someone to page the janitor. Then she came back and talked me down. When the janitor came in the library, I went out. Because I DID NOT WANT TO SEE WHAT CAME OUT OF THE TRASHCAN. I went to the front office, where they made fun of me and also commiserated with me about the freakishness of it all. The janitor proceeded to take care of the situation. I saw him in the hall and he said that everything was taken care of. And then he walked away in his cowboy boots. It was like a scene in a movie. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly right there in my school.
So, do you want to know what was in my trashcan? A SPIDER. A GIANT SPIDER GIANT ENOUGH TO MAKE RUSTLING NOISES IN A TRASHCAN. In a lot of ways, that seems worse than a mouse. At least mice are supposed to rustle. SPIDERS SHOULD NOT BE LARGE ENOUGH TO RUSTLE PAPERS. My assistant and the janitor made shapes that indicated that the spider was as large as my hand. And also they told me that other spiders have been sighted in the school. Giant spiders. Taking over my school. You can imagine how happy this makes me. If you don’t hear from me again, it’s because giant spiders ate my face.
October 6th, 2008 at
I may not be able to sleep tonight. I’ll pray for you and your school. Although no one should be expected to work under those conditions.
October 6th, 2008 at
oh my gosh, that “game” you linked to is TRULY horrifying in the immediate sense, just as your story is horrifying in the “i really can’t imagine what i would do if that ever happened to me” sense.
October 6th, 2008 at
Spiders…the spiders! They want to me tap dance! I don’t want to tap dance!
Hehehe.
October 6th, 2008 at
Just remember to check your grapes before you reach in there.
I’m just sayin’.
October 6th, 2008 at
I thought you were going to say it was a mouse…as I have them on the brain since we just found one in our house! But, I think a giant spider is worse then a mouse…I’m not squeamish, but there is just something about spiders…they bite!
October 7th, 2008 at
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!
Great. Now I won’t be able to sleep. THANKS.
October 7th, 2008 at
Who do you think would win if there was a mouse battling a spider in your trash can?
October 7th, 2008 at
Roger, i think it would depend on what kind of spider.
also, i’m sorry for the giant spiders taking over your school. maybe they should change y’all’s mascot to the Spiders.
October 7th, 2008 at
Not gonna lie. I didn’t click on the link. I’m afraid of spiders. Although I seem to be the resident bug-killer in my house. Seriously, the man calls me in to kill bugs. Maybe I shouldn’t have shared that.
October 8th, 2008 at
*shudder* That scares me that a spider could make a rustling sound! And then I had to click on the link even though I hate spiders… ack! I clicked the back button VERY quickly!
October 9th, 2008 at
total body chill when I read the spider in the trashcan part. How can I go to work now and sit by the trashcan under my desk…focusing not on work but on blocking scenes from Aracbnaphobia out of my head! EEk!! And it was rustling around - chills…
October 10th, 2008 at
OH. MY. GOODNESS. That was just crazy! It was big enough to rustle around in there making noise? I did click on the link and it was pretty cool-my three year old little boy laughed and laughed as I was dragging the spider all over the place and making him flip around and such. Fun!
October 19th, 2008 at
Question is, what ever happen to the spider, Did he kill it?