Any So. Cal bedbug sufferers out there? I’m working on a television news story about Los Angeles area bed bugs and would love to hear from locals who are battling these beasts.

Oh. My. God.

We need something. A book, a movie, an HBO special.

This kind of insanity has got to be exposed!

The solace I’m taking right now is that The Consumerist is a huge website. When I went on, the story had been read by over 2,500 people. Probably a big bunch were business travelers, too.

So hey. At least the word is getting out.

It is so fascinating to watch this all unfold.

Hi this is “anonymous”

Jess if they did bring them home do you think they were in a suitcase?
Or in a Jar in a suitcase with lots of plastic wrapped undies???
Whole thing though was not funny–the story I mean nor the attached story. Aren’t we learning in the forums that some poisons lain down take up to two weeks to work … and then there are the eggs to have to DEAL with…
Sounds like a room and all adjacent rooms should be taken out for 4 weeks, so 2, full sprays can be done in all the rooms. Then a check for hatchlings can be done. IF found–that room should get another spraying.
In the long run–hotel could advertise as virtually bed bug free or your money back–they could also triple their rates by doing so.
God … if I only had the capitol….
Willow
(that time I did cut and paste)

Hi this is “anonymous”

Jess if they did bring them home do you think they were in a suitcase?
Or in a Jar in a suitcase with lots of plastic wrapped undies???
Whole thing though was not funny–the story I mean nor the attached story. Aren’t we learning in the forums that some poisons lain down take up to two weeks to work … and then there are the eggs to have to DEAL with…
Sounds like a room and all adjacent rooms should be taken out for 4 weeks, so 2, full sprays can be done in all the rooms. Then a check for hatchlings can be done. IF found–that room should get another spraying.
In the long run–hotel could advertise as virtually bed bug free or your money back–they could also triple their rates by doing so.
God … if I only had the capitol….
Willow

In a word or twenty: this article makes it obvious that so many people remain uninformed and uneducated about the spread of bedbugs, which is an epidemic in the city of New York, and will be at that level throughout the country pretty quickly if CRAP LIKE THIS DOESN’T STOP HAPPENING.

Finally, I really hope Lex and Jeremy didn’t bring bedbugs home with them. I’m sure that if they did, we’ll hear about it.

Sounds like this guy Robert is a schmuck and that the room was not prepared well for treatment. This is the what leads up to a lawsuit! Someone should stay in the room, claim they got bitten (probably will anyway) and then sue them for millions of dollars.

Nomo’s link will take you to it or just go to the current page of Lex’s blog.

I love this story!

Also check out the public record link for the manager. You could write a sitcom about this clown. He was previously convicted of harassing a guest with a car stereo. He was sentenced to anger management and hard labor community service. This guy could be a poster child for sociopathic management practices.

This is the perfect example of how not to treat a guest! An excellent example of why we should check out hotels on trip advisor.com

Doug Summers MS