Today, my neighbor kindly set off a bed bug fogger rather than getting an exterminator, which we'd even offered to help him pay for. We have baseboard heating in our condo building. Guess where the parasites crawled to now. 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, the owner of the house I'm renting said he doesn't want to pay $4000 to fumigate the home, and that he'll take care of the issue himself. I have killed 30 angry wasps in the last hour. There are thousands living in the walls, but I think their favorite place is my bathroom and my bed. FML
Today, after three visits from exterminators and another from a steam cleaner, I still have bedbugs. 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 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, 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, I hired an exterminator to get the roaches out of the house I'm renting. I came back from work and went to my bathroom, noticing that he used the plunger to unclog the toilet after he took a dump. After $150, there was shit all over my floor and plunger, and roaches still in my kitchen. 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 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
Today, an exterminator sprayed for cockroaches in my dorm room. After classes I got back to find three large cockroaches on top of my bed. Now that the exterminator has sprayed everything, all the cockroaches are coming out. FML
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lexiieeex3 32
At this point, it doesn't seem like they care or want to dissolve the problem using the resources available. It sucks beyond belief, but just now rather than paying for them to get an exterminator, you have to pay for yourself to get one. Nonetheless, it allows you some control of the situation, regardless of how awful it is.
SegaTortoise 12
have them pay for it or put a wasp nest in their place
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will968 15
I bet that bugged you out
MrSassypants 34
Then set up a bed bug fogger and let them crawl to someone else's bed. Then they can set up a bed bug fogger and let it crawl to someone else's bed. Then they can set up a bed bug fogger and let it crawl to someone else's bed. Then they can set up a bed bug fogger...
Ambitiousmould 8
Set off your own fogger and send the ******* back.
racejunkie 4
Sue. They are responsible for properly clearing out any infestations.
engineerosaurus 26
This is one of those limited situations where suing is completely appropriate. Not only to make the neighbor pay for the likely huge cost you're going to have, but also getting court orders to compel your neighbor to properly handle any recurrences. Also, I feel like this needs an FML x10 button. I wouldn't wish bedbugs on my worst enemy. Hope you're able to deal with them quickly. Be very vigilant.
rampatmonkey 7
talk to the condo association. typically pest control fall under their umbrella anyway.
mariri9206 32
Even if it doesn't, in this case, they definitely have cause to evict the tenant who refused to get rid of them the proper way. If they do both, you'll be getting rid of two pests.
Fenbrae 17
Sounds like you have a great neighbour that really cares about you. That was sarcasm by the way.
LennyComa 39
Set off a fogger in your place and they will be trapped.
peckerbeak22 14
Bed bugs are the WORST!! I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy...definitely sue your neighbor because bedbugs can and will be costly to get rid of. I had them once and luckily for me it wasn't an infestation. We couldn't afford an exterminator but we got a bag of Diatamaceous Earth and sprinkled it around our bed frame and the legs of the bed. Then we got sticky pads that they make for mice and pests and placed those on top of there. We burned our old mattress. Got a new bad, new blankets, new everything. Also got bed bug spray. It took a month or so but we finally got rid of them. I am allergic to their bites and I had a severe reaction, I was hospitalized. So I feel for you. Hope my advice helps! Good luck, OP!
DoomedGemini 38
We took in part of our family that had them(swore they hadn't brought anything from where they'd been we didn't think they had anywhere else to go with two babies) and then decided to do nothing and leave us with the issue. We just got some diatomaceous earth to try since our funds are limited.