Cutting Student MetroCards: Vote Delayed
Ugh. Just get it over with already so we can go on with our lives realizing that this is not the end of the world. This is a followup to SUBWAYblogger’s recent post on this subject that became quite the source of debate. The vote to cut the program has been delayed. However, there are [...]
Read MoreBed Bugs Attack in the Subway
As if we don’t have enough things to dodge in the subway, like homeless bums. Now we have to watch out for bed bugs.
“…reported seeing the bugs on wooden benches at the Union Square and Fordham Road stations in Manhattan and The Bronx, respectively.”
I generally avoid sitting on those gross wooden benches on the platform, but now I definitely will. Bedbugs are being found on the benches.
In case you don’t know, all it takes is one of these little buggers riding home with you for your entire home to become infested. You might as well say good bye to every bit of fabric and furniture you own!
And they bite like crazy while you sleep.
I’d imagine that the bed bugs will easily spread via homeless people sleeping on he benches. They move around from place to place and spread the bugs. The fact that the benches are wood probably doesnt help the situation either.
Eeeww…now I’m all itchy.
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ReplyGod dam hipsters.
Replythat is just so, so, so gross. i will never sit on one of those benches ever again (not that i did it so frequently to begin with…).
ReplyI saw a cockroach take off and fly down the platform at Grand Central on my first day in NYC. I screamed like a little girl.
I’ve been skittish of bugs in the subway ever since.
ReplyYou’re right… They do come home easy and they do multiply quickly.
If you see a bed bug in your apt., prepare to dig in and fight them to the death. You’ll need to become a completely obsessed bed bug killing machine!
They’re the nastiest nocturnal flesh-eating mini-monsters I’ve ever met. Well, possible exception for a tryst with a guy named Doogs back in the 80s, but you know what I mean…
Kill! Bed Bug Evil Must be Destroyed!
ReplyThe bedbug epidemic is DEFINITELY thanks to the transplant hipsters who share, buy, sell, swap furniture all year long. There are tons of articles related to bed bug infestations in North Brooklyn. It’s obvious it’s the hipsters fault. I’m dead serious, don’t get too close to someone on the subway with messy hair, tight jeans, chunky glasses, or chuck taylors as there’s a good chance a bed bug will jump on you. If the hipsters actually decide to wear shorts this summer you will see the bite marks.
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Replyok, this just confirms my recent move to California.
ReplyI lived off the L train for the last five years and got
the things twice. I def remember seeing one on the
train once. Run for your lives!!!!!!
Ugghh… “In case you don’t know, all it takes is one of these little buggers riding home with you for your entire home to become infested” …that sounds really scary, I’m going to be careful from now on. I hate bugs like this!!
ReplyIf you ever had bed bugs invade your living space you know how it put you on an emotional roller coaster. They not only disrupt lives but put on a sleepless strain for the entire family. We all need to be aware of the habits, signs, prevention and how to get rid of bed bugs…
ReplyI had never heard of them living outside on park benches, but if the benches are being used frequently I guess that is an easy source of food (blood) for the bed bugs. Because they are so small it would then be easy for them to attach to someone and get an easy trip right into their home. Once there the the battle to kill the bed bugs is just beginning.
ReplyWell it’s even worse now. Become a bit of an epidemic here in the States. I guess all the people shifting apartments, buying 2nd hand furniture and taking stuff out of dumpsters!! But in the subway??!! Don’t sit down anywhere dark and damp.
ReplyI love NYC but thank god I don’t live there. I have a hard time believing an epidemic can be pinned on hipsters but still, it’s pretty funny to rag on them regardless. And they love the attention in that “ironic hipster” way.
ReplyI live in Brooklyn, last year my home was infested with bed bugs, I had no idea where they came from, at first I thought they were bites from flies when I sleep, after about a month, since I never saw a bug, I still assumed it was flies biting me at night, Then one night I felt bites on my arm, quickly cut on the lights and saw 6 bugs biting my arm, I had bumps all over my arm, this was the end of my apartment, I lost the carpet, bed, some clothes, books, anywhere they could hide was now garbage. The bed bug exterminator sprayed the ceilings, walls, floor, every crack of my apartment, the moving of belongings out of the apartment, spraying them then the apartment and moving things back in, the days off from work, and just understanding that all it would take is just one, only one bug to infest my apartment all over again is mind blowing.
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