Spiders

We were watching the news last night when Kellie suddenly gave a little yelp and jumped back.  An enormous spider, probably the biggest non-daddy long legs, non-tarantula spider I have ever seen, was crawling across our kitchen.  This was not the first spider we had encountered, but it was by far the largest, and like a good and dutiful husband, I dispatched the creature with haste.  Naturally, this incident led to a hasty and parnoid search of the flat for more spiders, which fortunately proved fruitless.  Nevertheless, neither Kellie nor I wanted another spider encounter, especially not one of this magnitude, so I emailed the flat manager to request pest control.  Under the circumstances, this seemed to me a reasonable request: spiders are indeed a pest, and there is no reason why I should expect to have them crawling about.  Plus, we don't know which species are poisonous and which ones aren't.

The response I received, denying my request, is perhaps the most unintentionally funny email to ever grace my inbox:

From: XXXXXX
Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Subject: RE: Pests
To: Brian Dees

Dear Brian

Unfortunately we do not consider spiders to be a pest nor something that
Pest Control would deal with. Spiders are common throughout all properties
and as they do not present any risk or danger to everyday life they are
something that we all deal with in our own individual way.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

Regards

I am going to spend the rest of the day in quiet meditation, trying to discern my own individual way of dealing with spiders.  Peace.