Spiders!!

Random funny story:
Alyssa, my roommate, and I were doing our online summer course homework today in the basement. Alyssa's boyfriend had just called and they were talking when all of the sudden Alyssa gets up. She takes one look and runs over to a little rocking chair that is about 6 inches off of the ground and stands on it screaming "Spider!" She hung up on her boyfriend saying "This is serious! I have to go." I couldn't see it; it blended in with the carpet. Either way I went to get my tennis shoes. We kicked stuff around looking for that ugly creature until we found it. After that it was an extra dead spider. I made sure of it by hitting it with my tennis shoes quite a few times. We were then left with a dilemma, how do we get rid of it? Neither of us wanted to carry it outside or to a garbage can. Alyssa had an idea, and she went to get the vacuum. It is brilliant. We could make sure that it was gone, but at the same time we didn't have to get too close to it.