Today, one of my employees called in after his 8-hour shift, explaining that he had bed bugs at home, found one on his shirt, and thinks they are in the store. I own a mattress shop. They'd spread. FML
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Today, while working the graveyard shift at my hotel, it felt a little chilly, so I grabbed a blanket out of the box we usually store old blankets in. Twenty minutes later, the live-in maintenance man casually remarked that those blankets are all infected with bed-bugs. FML
Today, after being moved to three different employer-provided apartments because they all had mold and electrical problems, I requested a bigger bed. The bed they delivered had bedbugs. FML
Today, I discovered I have bed bugs. I have nowhere else to sleep and I won't be able to afford a new mattress for at least a year. I'd better get used to these giant welts. FML
Today, after three visits from exterminators and another from a steam cleaner, I still have bedbugs. FML
Today, after taking my jacket off at work, I found a large faint stain all across one side of my shirt. Turns out that my fiancé had used it to "clean up the bed." I am the manager of a supermarket with 40 employees. It was pretty obvious what it was. FML
Today, I discovered that my bed has a flea infestation. I discovered it after sleeping naked in it for about an hour. FML
Today, I noticed a rash of insect bites on the backs of my thighs and buttocks. Upon further investigation, it appears that the inside of the chair in my work cubicle is infested with bedbugs. I'm too paranoid to sit in any work chair now. There are 12 hours left in my shift. FML
Today, I was training a new volunteer at a clothing donation center. While explaining how to sort donations, I reached into a garbage bag full of clothes and something on my hand caught my eye. It was a bed bug. The bag was full of them and they sought refuge up my arm. FML
Today, my wife’s unending cheapness and need for a “deal” has bitten us in the ass. Literally. She accepted a bag of clothes from a coworker and yup, you guessed it, it was infested with fucking bedbugs. Now our whole house has them, and all she said was, “At least the clothes can be washed.” FML
Today, I woke up to something crawling on my leg. Thinking it might be a spider, I jumped out frantically to check. The good news: it's not a spider. The bad news: it's a bedbug. My apartment was just treated for them. FML
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WhiteCrimson 23
Call the exterminator! FYL OP that sucks. Sorry
TylerAnderson98 10
I'm sure he didn't intentionally bring them into the store. Just call an exterminator, and you should be fine :)
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FMLkoala 28
Is there a spray to get rid of them or you can call the exterminators?
blackonblight 32
Bed bugs are all but impossible to get rid of, according to what I've read. If a single bug or egg is left behind, you have a full infestation all over again, the sprays that kill bugs do nothing for eggs which can get anywhere and survive insane conditions just waiting around dormant for ages, then when the environment is right again, hatch and bugs EVERYWHERE.
Lrigglez 7
To get rid o bed bugs you have to have people come in with huge heat machines for each room and then they heat your house up to 200 degrees. Then u get the leaser of staying away for a day and coming home to a house thats still 130 degrees. Its such a dream come true then you get to fork up $2000 yep yep hura.
gc327072 30
54- what the **** are you even trying to say?
Meettitan 14
Bedbugs are sensitive to heat, he was saying most exterminators no longer use pesticides on bedbugs because of ineffectiveness. Most of them actually bring in heaters to heat up your house including all those little nooks and crannies, killing all stages of bedbugs.
Kukua 5
55 - it seems pretty clear to me what he was saying. Try reading the comment next time.
naiveprophet 15
75 - I believe 55 read the comment, and was responding to the awful spelling and grammar.
derpyshy 16
I've had the reversal. Instead of working in a pet store and bringing fleas from home to work, work brough the fleas home.
Lemou_fml 25
What kind of fleas?
ninjuh_wingman 29
At least he called to let you know. But seriously call an exterminator as soon as possible.
snippit 18
Hopefully they are plastic wrapped :)
Wakachulak 22
**** the exterminator, just put the AC to sub-zero. Cold kills them.
ghil15 8
goodluck with that specially if OP lives in arizona! lol
Caitie_kid 8
Heat kills them. At least that's what the show "infested" said.
blackonblight 32
Yeah but it has to be a really high heat, iirc 112f min and maintained for at least a week.
rocketiquette 20
It can be extreme heat or extreme cold, both are hard to maintain, but both kill them. They can also survive up to a year without feasting. I hate those damn things. They are worse than cockroaches.
TheDrifter 23
115 fahrenheit for 2 hours kills all stages, -20 for 30 days does the same, that's why they use heat, cold takes too long.
iajm02 13
Took some bravery to confess... Go easy on him.
DocBastard 38
Those little ******* can be hard to eliminate. Trust me, I've tried. You can try stomping on them, spraying poison, getting other people to do it... It's just really hard to get rid of employees.
perdix 29
#18, Doc, if you live in one of the Orwellian-named "Right to Work" states, it's much easier to get rid of employees than bedbugs. I wouldn't be surprised if some genius in Texas hired his bedbugs to work for him, just so he could dismiss them without cause. Gov. Rick "Three Agencies" Perry would be proud!
karmachameeleon 13
Concidering the employee works in a mattress shop, you would think that the employee probably got them from a matress that a customer was lying on. The likelyhood of the employee introducing them to the store is far smaller than any of the hundreds of customers doing so. It's probably worth having the other employees check for bedbugs in their own home.
ravenevercross 19
I live in a right-to-work state. It sucks balls. Being able to be fired for no damn reason without being able to do anything about it isn't a very stable atmosphere. It's worse for people who work retail/fast food here. OP FYL. My friend had a bed bug issue a couple months ago in his room. He paid $400 to get them taken care of, then a couple weeks later he found a bed bug in his daughter's room. He had to pay another $400 to get that room taken care of. Good luck OP. hopefully things work out better for you.
ChibiChibi_fml 27
Right to work are the laws that prevent you from being forced to into joining a union. What you mean is that you live in a place with At Will Employment laws. At Will Employment laws are the laws that state that you may choose to quit your job at any time without legal repercussion from the company you left. The flip side to that is said company may also dismiss you from your job for whatever reason without legal repercussion so long as the reason is not a legally protected issue.
TheDrifter 23
They're also often the same states, but "right to work" is the progressive buzz word, as unions have much better lobbyists than individual employees. Unfortunately, buzz words and sloganeering lead to people being uninformed on the real cause of their woes.
perdix 29
Tell your customers, "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite." If they follow your instructions, everyone will be happy!
elcee1987 18
Does insurance cover loss due to bed bugs??
Trinidad727 9
Burn the store down ASAP!
vanity113 9
That escalated quickly...
blackonblight 32
I'd say nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.