I'd love to see how many offices in London have mice infestations to a point employees could notice it.
I was of the opinion that the western world took hygiene quite seriously.
The mice would come out in the evenings. You'd know because first you'd hear one of the salespeople scream. Then the more macho traders would rush around banging on desks, trying to flush out the by now petrified mouse...
The trading floors also had small cafes ('trader delis'). One day I found a dead mouse on the counter next to the cafe's credit card machine. I took a photo as I knew noone back on the trading floor would believe me.
At that point, the cafe was closed for the day and thoroughly cleaned. The cleaners also started removing all food from people's desks.
The best solution imo would have been cats...
:)
Where do you work in India?
If your office infrastructure is so broken that you could have mice infestation, you definitely have far bigger problems than eating at your desk. In fact at this point in time, I'd like to think you have a mice infestation already.
At almost any major tech park that I've worked in Bangalore, I can't recall even single instance of even seeing a fly or mosquito in office. Let alone see a rat.