Bugging Out Over The Job

(I have lived in the desert for three years, but one day recently I found my first scorpion IN THE HOUSE! The next day my husband goes into the housing office to schedule the bug man to come spray our house. This is their conversation.)

Clerk: “So what are they going to be spraying for?”

Husband: “Everything.”

Clerk: “Everything?”

Husband: “Yes, my wife is horribly scared of bugs and she found her first scorpion yesterday.”

Clerk: *shutters* “Ugh!”

Husband: *holds up two fingers an inch apart* “It’s okay, it was only about this big. It would have felt just like a bee sting.”

Clerk: “Well, I don’t want to be stung by a bee!”