Mouse in GC North tonight
Oct 19, 2017, 2:02 pm
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Mouse in GC North tonight
Apparently there is a mouse loose on the terraces section tonight. Jerry better watch out for Tom tonight as attempts are to be made after everyone has gone.
Oct 19, 2017, 2:16 pm
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To be honest, there are more mice than Prems at T5 on any given day...
Oct 19, 2017, 2:26 pm
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Oct 19, 2017, 2:29 pm
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This is a clear opportunity for teaming across functional units to improve service quality using existing resources: put in a call to the Animal Reception Center and ask them to send some of their more mobile carnivores over to get themselves a snack.
Oct 19, 2017, 3:17 pm
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I wish people would be a bit more selective as to who they guest into the lounges and not just leave them to run around the place.
Oct 19, 2017, 9:21 pm
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For many airports, LHR included, rodents are a significant issue. Once they get onboard aircraft, with their miles of wiring, that significance goes to an even higher level. And since rats and mice are fully commensal, you can't easily keep humans and rodents apart. There are about 10 million rats in the UK and a higher number of mice, so while the phrase "you're never more than 6 feet from a rat" is probably an urban myth, still there will be thousands of mice inside the LHR perimeter. Moving from science to opinion, until HAL introduce cats to the terminal buildings, logically all you can do is partly control them: cats and mice move a habit from commensalism to amensalism, humans do the opposite.
In the meantime, adding the blighters to the spicy "chicken" stew in GC seems to me to be a win-win situation, though perhaps not for the mice.
Oct 20, 2017, 12:20 am
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Absolutely definitely the case.
For many airports, LHR included, rodents are a significant issue. Once they get onboard aircraft, with their miles of wiring, that significance goes to an even higher level. And since rats and mice are fully commensal, you can't easily keep humans and rodents apart. There are about 10 million rats in the UK and a higher number of mice, so while the phrase "you're never more than 6 feet from a rat" is probably an urban myth, still there will be thousands of mice inside the LHR perimeter. Moving from science to opinion, until HAL introduce cats to the terminal buildings, logically all you can do is partly control them: cats and mice move a habit from commensalism to amensalism, humans do the opposite.
In the meantime, adding the blighters to the spicy "chicken" stew in GC seems to me to be a win-win situation, though perhaps not for the mice.
For many airports, LHR included, rodents are a significant issue. Once they get onboard aircraft, with their miles of wiring, that significance goes to an even higher level. And since rats and mice are fully commensal, you can't easily keep humans and rodents apart. There are about 10 million rats in the UK and a higher number of mice, so while the phrase "you're never more than 6 feet from a rat" is probably an urban myth, still there will be thousands of mice inside the LHR perimeter. Moving from science to opinion, until HAL introduce cats to the terminal buildings, logically all you can do is partly control them: cats and mice move a habit from commensalism to amensalism, humans do the opposite.
In the meantime, adding the blighters to the spicy "chicken" stew in GC seems to me to be a win-win situation, though perhaps not for the mice.
I am sure that the catering facilities have plenty of control measures, but this is not enough. I am sure cost rears its ugly head again on this one and competitive tendering is sure to be to blame.
Cats in the terminal, that would be fun. Can you imagine the chaos that would follow with people putting them in hand luggage, taking them on planes, allergies from pet hair & then cat fleas everywhere.
As you said it is common to have mice in public buildings and we will just have to accept it as part of life and just hope those responsible do what they can and show 'due diligence'
Oct 20, 2017, 12:43 am
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Och aye the noo! A moose loose aboot that hoose. Burns said it best:
But, Mousie, thou art no thy-lane,
In proving foresight may be vain;
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
But, Mousie, thou art no thy-lane,
In proving foresight may be vain;
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!