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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, three days after finally having a bed to sleep on, I woke up with multiple bedbug bites. I can't use my blankets, wear any of my clothes and it's back to sleeping on the floor for me. FML
Today, something flew up the back of my shorts while I was at work. I now have itchy hot welts the size of my palm coating the back and inside of both my upper thighs. FML
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
Today, after finally going to therapy for anxiety like everyone wanted, I discovered the itching feeling that kept me awake at night was actually caused by a bedbug infestation. 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
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, it's my birthday. What did I get? A 12-hour work shift, after spending an almost sleepless night in a computer chair because my bed is infested with bed bugs. FML
Today, I realized just how sedentary both my work and home lives are after I went to the doctor with a rash on my butt and he diagnosed it as bedsores from near constant sitting. FML
Today, I found out that the little red dots all over my body aren't some horrible disease like I originally thought. They're bedbug bites. I've managed to not notice a huge infestation for 5 months. FML
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hasooon 24
The real FML is you are working more than 12 hours a day.
Neesalun 20
I really hope you've reported this to your work. You could carry them back to your place and then you're in for a costly de-bugging.
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Comments (82)
drunkturtle 14
If your chair is infested, it's more than likely the whole office is infested, tell your boss and get the place checked out by exterminators. For the meantime, stand, it's healthier than sitting anyway
Isandri 29
Depends on what kind of job you do. I can't imagine standing up my whole shift in my office job. In the meantime, OP can just put some foil over the chair and seal it. But the problem should definitely be reported to boss !
tomvertigo 17
Not jecessarily. I do this stuff for a living and it is all situational. OP could already have them at home and only just be noticing it, if it's a "shift" cubicle and it ends up being shared the posters cube-mate may be transferring them in, the chair might be rented by the office and a lot of tikes you get them from rented furniture or, like you said, a full infestation. What is important is that it is handled like a full infestation and that OP heats their laundry to 160 degrees for 45 minutes killing mature adults, nymphs and eggs.
cleio81 5
if its bed bugs you need to through everything fabric that went with you into the highest temp wash you can to make sure they dont spread to your home. and i do mean everything, even your purse or wallet. they will hide in everything snd are near impossible to get rid of once you get them.
beantownchivette 8
They would probably be better off incinerating the chair and getting a new one at that point
venomousflower 24
You should tell your boss. He/she can get sued for something like that
Jujuboo_3 25
I got way to excited that this fml had no you deserved it(: But I'm sorry op
PlasterBlaster9 13
A perfect excuse to lie down and sleep away the shift. ??
Makko 20
Only 12 hours? That is enough time to have them get you a new chair or quit!
hailzz_96 18
Does that qualify for unsafe working conditions? Sue em
GeorgiaBea 28
It depends on where you work... I work in a group home- but since I am the supervisor, I spend most of my day at my desk. Bed bugs are pretty common in this setting. We haven't had them, but other homes have and we have to do a monthly sweep of the house to be sure...
okaydisarray 17
No. Bed bugs technically don't pose any real threat to a person's health since they can't transmit diseases. That's why nothing is really being done about them. They're considered a nuisance, nothing more.
echarlotte 19
Time to buy a new mattress
okaydisarray 17
Good plan! That way when the bed bugs living in other places in her bedroom reproduce they can infest the new mattress too! Throwing away money is great fun. No really, bed bugs live in anything from your furniture to your walls, from your clothing to your books. That's why they're such a nightmare. If it was as easy as replacing a mattress they wouldn't be a problem for most people.
wackyducky0 2
Please read again. It was a chair at workplace, not a mattress.
Silk_Routes 14
Swap your chair wid ur nearest colleague..
LOLouis_fml 24
With your* New to FML? (:
VeganVampyre 27
That won't do any good, their chair is more than likely infested too.
DocBastard 40
I know you're freaked out now, but I bet a good night's sleep will make you feel much better. Sleep tight! Don't let the... Wait...