I’m a pacifist, and I run a blog that’s a “foxhole” in the “war” on bed bugs. These bugs really, seriously change your perception of things.

While I usually find American criticism that my country is “soft on terror” to be completely unfair, in this instance it’s spot on. Come on Canada, let’s nuke them!

Yes– I was so caught up in addressing the horror that I forgot to laugh! No seriously, that phrase “preventative spray bottles” caught me off guard too.

Now, if they were preventative spray bottles, I would hope all the students, professors and administrators would have one. The time for prevention is when you don’t have an active infestation, n’est-ce pas?

I am thinking maybe the spray bottle had some Kleen Free or something (which is not preventative, really), but the mind does boggle. I dread to think the kids were walking around spraying Suspend, but you never know
Perhaps the bottles were filled with magic potion (ie water), because the authorities secretly think that bed bugs are in the imagination, and that this water will have a placebo effect.

And if the admin seriously thinks bedbugs are real, then they’d better get real serious about their treatment protocols… Reading our FAQ would be a start.

There’s one thing in this article that I found incredibly amusing despite my horror, and it’s that Ms. Mercier, the Administrative Coordinator for Student Housing, admitted that she had given the infested students “preventative spray bottles.”

Guys, what the heck is a “preventative spray bottle?” THIS is what she was telling worried parents? That she gave the students “preventative spray bottles?” The ignorance is just breathtaking, isn’t it? I’d love to know where I can get myself one of those “preventative spray bottles” to use here at home and in my car and on the train and at work!!! I might just contact her and see where she purchased these miracle bottles! Guys, I think we may be saved by “preventative spray bottles!!!!!” Forget the Suspend SC, Gentrol, Drione, DE, Kleen Free and Murphy’s Oil– we’re going to get some PREVENTATIVE SPRAY BOTTLES!!! Ahahahaha!

Jess