The Exterminator

How does one become an exterminator? If your father was one, there might be a chance you will too. The fellow who came to my house to do some pest killing and prevention of all those little critters that find their way into the inner sanctum of my home was a nice guy. I didn't get the opportunity to ask him how he became a master bug hitman. I know if I had this job, I would be having nightmares of spiders crawling on me. They would be coming after me for all the carnage I inflicted on his friends.

This exterminator could have chosen any career on the planet, but he took the path of pest control. I acknowledge its value as a profession and should not be judged as a lesser of choice, but it seems odd to find oneself doing the job. The choices we make are so finely diced between the paths we take. The difference between an exterminator and an entomologist or the crime scene cleanup crew and a detective and yes...a peep show operator and movie director can be separated by only one choice which gets made in a lifetime.