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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fooltemptress 36
At least the employee told you! Before you totally freak out, call an exterminator and make sure they're really bed bugs. Sometimes people mistake other insects for them. If you do have them, see if insurance will cover any losses you have on the mattresses.
jondillboy 17
Ouch, sorry OP. Call the exterminator quick then. That would be awful for business.
reeane 10
Holy crap! I had bed bugs before and they werent easy to get rid! You have to keep hunting for the main spot they give birth at and keep a tight watch on them.
caramelie 7
53, if he knew his home had bed bugs, and he went to work. He might not have deliberately caused epidemic, but caused he did. Mrs O' Leary 's cow didn't mean to cause the fires in San Francisco , but she did. Allegedly.
worldclassrager 39
If he knew that why did he come in the first place? That's common logic...
RayneSmytson 24
He found out when he got home...
pedinhuh 23
KILL IT BEFORE IT LAYS EGGS!!!
Stumphumper 0
59 it was Chicago. Mrs o leary's cow started the great Chicago fire
caramelie 7
Dang, ok the Chicago fire. Point still made, even if I was wrong about city.
Taurus_ChicKa 36
So, we have an employee who came to work when he shouldn't have, and we have employees in the world who should come to work but come up with an excuse not to? Work ethic. You're doing it wrong. Seriously though OP, call an exterminator immediately. I'm not sure how to get rid of bed bugs, but I assume that's a logical first step. Unfortunately, if they've spread that badly, you may have to close down the shop until the infestation is handled, thus resulting in a loss of money. I hope you somehow reprimand the employee too. Unless, of course, he noticed the bed bugs after he got home from work, not before he went to work. I guess it depends on the circumstances, but either way, FYL.
Scynistr 20
Wow.. I'm a business student and I can only fathom how bad this could possibly be.. For all the things to happen to a mattress store.. Bed bugs has got to be the worst. Good luck.. Maybe they didn't get to the store... Who knows?