That viral article claiming bed bugs only hide in dirty homes had me fuming for days

I literally caught them crawling out of a brand new mattress at a clean office building in Austin last month, so where did that reporter even get their sources from?

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nancy_wood2d ago

Oh, the "only dirty homes" thing makes me laugh every time. Last year my coworker bought a brand new couch from a big box store and we found bed bugs nesting in the foam within a week. I've basically accepted my fate as the human sacrifice to bed bugs at this point. I must have "bed bug bait" written on my forehead in invisible ink. So yeah, that article can take a long walk off a short pier.

green.noah2d ago

Honestly that invisible ink thing hits close to home. After I got them from a hotel I tried everything and what finally worked was getting a steamer and going over every single seam and crevice in my mattress and couch like three times in a week. Also bought those mattress encasements that zip all the way around, not the cheap ones that rip after a month. Tbh you might want to check your coworkers car too because I found out later they can hide in vehicles and just keep coming back. The whole thing is a nightmare and I don't blame you for feeling like bait.

susan812d ago

That couch story is wild but honestly not surprising. My aunt got a "hand sanitizer station" at a garage sale last summer and turns out the dispenser was packed with eggs. She thought she was being safe with the sanitizer but nope. I swear bed bugs are like ninjas with a grudge. Sometimes I wonder if they're just farming us at this point.