Rats

First call of the night.

Caller: I no you can’t help me but I have a rat in the house can you come and remove it.

Me: Sorry we don’t look after pest control matters, is it a council property.

Caller: No it’s my house, who should I contact.

Me: Your best bet is to contact a pest control company in the Yellow Pages etc.

Caller: Will I have to pay.

Me: Yes I would of thought so.

Caller: Oh I won’t bother then, what is the phone number of the Council.

Why do people spend the time finding a phone number for an organisation that has no mention of pest control in the title calling it then when they find out that there could be a cost involved “say I won’t bother then”, then take a phone number for the Council who will not be open and will also charge for the service.