I’m generally quite helpful around the office, and I’m always quite happy to help my colleagues solve interesting problems.

Like the other time when we tried to remove the cork from the wine bottle without a corkscrew…

But this time, the problem was more serious (or was it?) - we had worms (or whatever you call them) crawling into our department area from the main door, to everywhere else in the department office.

Even the toilets, which I discovered one day when I was having some private time by myself in a cubicle there. I soon learnt that those worms could float on water…

Anyway, some of my colleagues decided that they had enough. Spraying insecticide didn’t help; they didn’t want to pour sulphur all over the floor, so they decided to stick some duct tape to cover the gap under the door (where the worms entered through).

That was when I arrived at the scene.

“Why not we just put a sign on the door that says ‘No Entry to Worms!‘ or ‘Warning: Worms that enter may be killed without warning!‘?”

I felt like I was ignored.

*Sigh* I’m probably the most creative problem-solver in the department and they’re ignoring me.

“Or how about we put duct tape on the carpet - one strip facing up so that the worms crawling over it will get stuck on it, and 2 red strips on both sides to secure the whole thing down and so that people won’t step on it.”

They finally noticed my brilliance.

Worms on Duct Tape
Taken by a colleague about half a day after they put the duct tape.

Update:
I’m thinking of collecting a jarful of them, and preserving them to decorate my cubicle. Anyone any idea how to do that?