And we have heard of other tenants from San Francisco’s residential hotels.

We have heard some good stuff is being done in San Francisco, but clearly, many landlords and hotel managers are letting residents suffer.

Due to the high rent prices that exist in SF and my complete exhaustion of living with insane roommates I moved into a residential hotel. I actually had a double room and had set it up really nifty. I had DSL, Satellite TV, a rather large mini fridge, an industrial microwave oven. It was the best way to live in the expensive North Beach part of SF.

Then the bed bugs came.

I don’t remember exactly how I first figured it out (I attribute that to PTSD).
I reported it to the front desk who had an unusually un empathetic response (slumlords). I was told to go to a hardware store and buy some spray product until exterminators arrived.

Well this went over like a lead balloon with me. Being that these little beasts looked like ticks I thought sleeping with INSECT REPELLENT might help. And I was trying to sleep with all the LIGHTS ON because I knew these worthless creatures didn’t like lights.

N O T H I N G W O R K E D

My room was “treated” by exterminators. That helped for about 24 hours then the little scum came out of their hiding places only to get into my chairs, climb on the walls, etc etc IT WAS INFURIATING.

I finally HAD MY FILL. I was renting a room in a non infected place down the block so I hadn’t paid my rent in the “Beg Bug Hotel” in about 2 weeks. When the guy in charge of the place finally came knocking on my door wondering why I hadn’t paid I WENT BALLISTIC I CHEWED THIS JERK OUT 67 DIFFERENT WAYS AND SLAMMED THE DOOR IN HIS FACE SO HARD IT CRACKED THE PAINT AROUND THE MOLDINGS.

I THEN felt NOTHING but a desire for REVENGE. Since these places don’t require you to sign a lease, when I was packing up to move I TRASHED THE PLACE – I WAS HURLING GLASS HEINEKEN BOTTLES AGAINST THE WALLS and just went apes**t.

I could write a book about this and I could probably qualify as a really GOOD bed bug exterminator but I don’t EVER want to see any of these USELESS insects again in MY LIFE.

I wear my hair rather long and I STILL JUMP when one drops on my leg because I think it’s a F$#king BED BUG.