Comment on Average Landlord/Tenant interaction
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I may be wrong here, but I think the tenant is trying to report an invasive pest infestation, and idiot landlord instantly assumes they are pets.
Like uh, lets go full Dale Gribble:
rodentsolutioninc.com/…/ultimate-guide-to-gecko-p…
Not 100% sure about the precise accuracy of this, but it seems like various kinds of geckos are fairly common in the southern US, either more arid climate variants, or tropical/subtropical
These lizards are everywhere in the south. There's rivers of them sometimes.
You just grab them and put them back outside of they get in. They're a zero issue species, except for maybe the tails they leave behind.
There's also no evidence this meme has a landlord in it. Anytime could be talking on the left side. (It's a joke, it's not a serious photo)
I would like to see a river of geckos some time in my lifr, that sounds fascinating haha!
As to whether or not its serious… I dunno, sure yeah, could be fake, could be real, no real way of knowing, but interacting with an asshat of a landlord has been a pretty common occurence in my life, seems at least plausible to me.
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yeah, those are Mediterranean house geckos, and they’re everywhere in the south. They’re not that hard to catch and release outside.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Ah, I’m an elf from the woodlands (rainy part of PNW), not familiar with them personally.
I did once trek east toward Mordor and freeze up and slowly retreat from an aggregated rattlesnake in the badlands… can’t say I ever saw a gecko though.
… But I have seen a good number of newts back home. They can be … mildly neurotoxic, but they thankfully tend to stay in their bogs and such.
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You mostly see them in the evening on houses near light sources (because bugs). I used to always enjoy watching them on my bathroom and kitchen windows as a kid. Now I get to save the babies from my cats on a regular basis.
It’s fairly uncommon for adults to make it inside, so I’m betting OP’s biggest issue is an insect infestation.