Lemon Grass - 20100526

Our office has been harassing by flies. The suspected cause should be colleagues plants.

Those flies, very small in size, would create no noise while hanging around. However, just like every mundane office, as the surrounding is either on white or light grey, while flies pass by, it is in no doubt an eyesore.

Being annoyed, many colleagues have voiced out their dismay in different ways. Say, some of them would mumble on those moving black spots. Others would compete to be "butcher of the day", and my personal high is 3.

This kind of flies could be vanquished effortlessly. I like to bring it down by swirl. Waving a file strongly, the fly could be anaesthetized and then laid dead on the desk. I once transformed the tiny creature into sample, sticking it by transparent tape. However, nobody accepted this gift.

Some of the plant owners have been alerted. Normal ones would check their plants frequently, to ensure that they are not the source of trouble. However, one of them, I would call her "Genius", tried something exotic.

By giving no notice to anybody, Genius sprayed lemon grass gas (or oil?) around. The strong smell of lemon grass has been lingering in our office for 3 days. By then, we were too shy to ask where the smell came from. Some of us suspected that maybe a colleague had a sprained knee, or sort of, and had to do some massage. I thought maybe one of the ladies has put up some newly created perfumes. Anyway, we just acquainted the truth this morning, as Genius admitted her act, when so many of us were on the brink of breakdown.

Nevertheless, the effect of lemon grass to kill flies is dubious. As I still demolished one yesterday, easily.