The Dallas Morning News, next door to the newly revived Statler Hotel building downtown, has rats. So many rats, in fact, that employees have started three Twitter accounts — @stat_rat, @boo_ratley and @StatRatcliff — to chronicle the rodents' adventures ransacking the paper's headquarters.
As you can see from the pizza and this tweet below from City Editor Rudy Bush, the rats aren't having any problems finding sustenance left behind by the Morning News' digital ink-stained wretches.@Boo_RatIey Tonight we shall feast! #statratpack pic.twitter.com/BfF1iXOuj3
— Daniel Ratcliffe (@StatRatcliffe) December 15, 2017
The Morning News sent exterminators in after the poor bastards, but the rats just laughed and continued eating the company-provided snacks.Good news @stat_rat. Investigative reporter @stevesthompson has rolled out the buffet. pic.twitter.com/Sdo4uCZ41f
— Rudolph Bush (@DallasPolitics) December 8, 2017
— Stat (@stat_rat) December 12, 2017
— Stat (@stat_rat) December 15, 2017The rats, it seems, enjoy themselves on the weekends, when there's less foot traffic to chase them away. Going back after Christmas should be fun for the DMN staff.
Looking forward to an empty office this weekend. I'm sure there will be lots of good snacks around. #ratsnacks #statrat
— Boo Ratley (@Boo_RatIey) December 15, 2017