The Only Good Ant is a Dead One

One morning just prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, I came in that Monday to find that my entire workspace had been overrun by ants. They had made a new home in one of my plants. After squishing a couple hundred by hand (yum!) I called my dear friend in Facilities to save me from the invasion. (I watched Ants! as a child.... I know what they are capable of.)They decided not to spray, but to place two bait boxes strategically in my area. The next day, my desk looked like a mini Pompeii. The poison stopped many ants in their tracks. I felt like the gods in Clash of the Titans... looking down at the poor mortals from above. So I joyfully swept up the carnage. Since then I have seen signs of ant life, but it has been fairly minimal and is trumped by continued piles ant corpses. So far I am winning this battle... but only time will tell.