Insects and Work: Invaded

Invaded

By icanteven - 12/09/2013 01:12 - United States - Florence

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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By Anonymous - 23/06/2013 04:10 - United States - Seattle

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

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By Juanald - 05/11/2017 05:00

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

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By krushr - 23/01/2011 05:32 - Canada

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

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By Anonymous - 27/05/2021 02:01 - United Arab Emirates - Dubai

Today, after three visits from exterminators and another from a steam cleaner, I still have bedbugs. FML

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By grimatwork - 01/11/2010 17:24 - United Kingdom

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

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By Anonymous - 22/12/2009 18:02 - United States

Today, I discovered that my bed has a flea infestation. I discovered it after sleeping naked in it for about an hour. FML

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The invasion begins

By Anonymous - 28/06/2015 15:00 - United States - Cincinnati

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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By Anonymous - 24/06/2018 15:00

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

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Exterminator

By being cheap is expensive! - 25/11/2021 05:01

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

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By Elgrin - 17/06/2016 18:03 - United States - Fort Worth

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

Thursday 12 September 2013 12:09

Call the exterminator! FYL OP that sucks. Sorry

TylerAnderson98 10

Thursday 12 September 2013 12:11

I'm sure he didn't intentionally bring them into the store. Just call an exterminator, and you should be fine :)

Comments

MRSFMYLIFE 9

Friday 13 September 2013 4:20

I hope business insurance covers this!

Gangsterrface 10

Friday 13 September 2013 4:20

Well...at least he was nice enough(a little late though) to tell you. Most people I know wouldn't tell their boss.

ViviMage 38

Friday 13 September 2013 5:30

Burn the mattresses, the bedding, the clothes and the employee!

thecrazymancan 17

Friday 13 September 2013 23:19

I've got an idea! Just use posionous gas/radiation to kill all the bed bugs in the store! Then you might be able to still sell the beds! :P

someonehere11358 2

Friday 13 September 2013 23:30

You should know that bedbugs only feed at night on blood, of people sleeping in the bed, which is the only reason they are associated with beds. Even if one got in there, it wouldn't stick around.

humanityislost 5

Saturday 14 September 2013 3:42

Maybe he was just ******* with you. I hope it wasn't a teenage stoner pulling one over your eyes.

Sh3lbs 6

Saturday 14 September 2013 18:43

Hopefully it gets treated soon! Awful to imagine from an unknowing customers point of view :S

alley410 11

Monday 16 September 2013 9:44

You can only see bed bugs through a microscope... You can't just find them on your shirt with plain eye

debster592 9

Friday 28 February 2014 2:18

#88, bed bugs certainly can be seen with the naked eye. I know, my neighbors upstairs had them and we got them. Luckily, the exterminator did an awesome job and we haven't seen any evidence of them in over a year (I evidently am seriously allergic to bedbug bites).