Today, after being nearly homeless and couch-hopping for the last few months, I finally signed a 1-year lease. When I got home, I was surprised to see a picture of my new complex on the front page of the newspaper. It turns out that they are fighting a serious bedbug infestation. 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, my girlfriend and I moved back in after over a month of couch hopping and $2,000 of heat and chemical treatments for a chronic bedbug issue. I just found bedbugs on my legs. We've used all our favors and have nowhere to go. 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, my pregnant girlfriend and I moved into our first home together, signing a 1-year lease. Less than 12 hours later, we've discovered that the place is infested with cockroaches and we have a mouse. The landlord won't let us out of the contract. FML
Today, my boyfriend finally moved in with me, after being long distance for months. Our apartment just became infested with mice. FML
Today, I just moved into my second apartment after the first one was infested with fruit flies, which were coming out of cracks in the floor. We discovered they had tried to cover this fact up so we'd move in. Guess what this new one has? Bed bugs. I asked if there was a history of bug problems and they said no. Lies. 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’d been dying to escape my dreary hometown, but had panic attacks at the thought of being on my own, but at last, I'd found a place I could afford. Turns out, the guy I was going to rent from was just arrested for murdering his last tenant. 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, I signed the lease on my first apartment alone with my boyfriend. We've lived here a month before we got to sign. Today is also the day my neighbors decided to show how they're night owls: all I hear is banging on the walls and them loudly talking and yelling. This will be a long year. FML
Today, I signed the lease for a flat that a mate and I decided to move into. About five minutes after leaving the renting agency, I received a text from my mate saying he couldn't move in with me after all. I am now the happy tenant of a large inner city flat that I can't afford. FML
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warturtle 14
Sleep tight.
MisterMichael 9
...Don't let the bed bugs bite
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toddin 7
Welcome home! Talk about a house warming gift!
feelingold 18
Not to worry OP. I've got a couch. And a bed. Make yourself at home...
warturtle 14
Sleep tight.
ThePsyche 9
I subconsciously finished that phrase and chuckled delightedly to myself at the irony.
Catkam623 27
I laughed when I saw #3s comment was the rest of the phrase.
MisterMichael 9
...Don't let the bed bugs bite
sapphiregirly 11
and if they bite, squeeze them tight, so they won't come back another night!
nissa0909 16
Or. 'And if they do, take a shoe and beat them 'till they're black and blue!'
rodgersfan 6
There are 2 kinds of people...
wjh100 13
and I hate both of them
iLike2Teabag 27
Well now you know why it was a bargain. If it's too good to be true, it's usually not true.
Not_Impressed13 9
At least you should be able to get out of the lease. Non-disclosure of such a problem is a serious breach of contract by the landlords.
noelasis94 18
This is horrible man, but this could be swung into profit with a little number called the couch hop. Just hold your head up it'll get better.
bobbington9298 10
And no one one told you about this before you signed the two year lease? Damn, the world is a tough place.....
29dear 16
it was a 1-year lease.
oj101 33
At least you have a roof over your head. That is, if you don't mind sharing your apartment.
perdix 31
I'm so surprised that a complex that caters to hobos and transients would end up infested with bugs.
TheInvisibleOne 31
Do you think you could possibly be any more of a condescending douchebag?
perdix 31
#14, no, I think I nailed the "snooty douchebag" attitude just about perfectly.
Catkam623 27
Perdix it caters to almost homeless people.
SrakaSrakasta 20
Oh my, you told the truth! How DARE you!
Fmeonce_shameonu 15
Fact: Hospitals are the most common facility to find those buggers.... And we know how much time the homeless spend at hospitals... Along with schools, public transit and hotels. It's actually way more unlikely for homeless to have them seeing as they mostly avoid those places...besides buses. Even the cleanest people get them. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
TheDrifter 24
Not sure where you find your "facts", but hostels and low budget inns are in fact the most commonly infested. Hospital cleaning routines most often kill any bedbugs brought in on patients and staff before they breed.
jeepers_1 21
Anybody, even the cleanest person can get them, they could be on a bus seat or something like that, and then attach to your clothing and end up at your house where it lays eggs and burrows into your couch or bed
Fmeonce_shameonu 15
#34. Read the news paper. Hospitals are having MAJOR issues with bed bugs. You're welcome for the free education. Glad to learn you something your obviously having trouble learning yourself. Hostels. LOL. Thanks for laugh.
Smashhoof 15
Perdix, hobos prefer to be called vagabonds. Don't be so rude.
maosquare 18
40, I strongly believe that in order for you to insinuate that someone's unintelligent, there is a need to display some sense of brain activity. From your comment, I highly doubt that much is working up north. Notwithstanding your spelling/grammar, your logic is highly flawed. Your supposed newspaper articles only claimed that hospitals were having make problems with bedbugs. How you linked major problems to number one infestation site bemuse me completely. Moreover, I'm sure we all know that newspapers are th most reliable and unbiased sources of information known to mankind. Just remember, before you go on a major bitch out at someone, denying them of the basic respect they deserve, remember there are others who too have the capacity to verbally abuse you.
FitForFun 11
I see this as an opportunity to get on your feet, and every morning when you wake up you will always be itching to get going and be productive.