Moviegoers Getting the Bite from Bed Bugs?

[LouCipherr]

A) Go during matinees. Far less people and they usually aren't the kind to yell shit out or use their phone. B) Go to a local independent theater. In my experiences, the only people that go to these theaters are fans of cinema. The kind that won't effect your experience at all. They respect the experience as much as you do. A) There's still people there, and in case you haven't noticed I have an extreme adversion to the general public. B) There are none around me, only "big chain" theaters.

[krakenslayer]

Who cares? Everyone is such a paranoid pussy these days.

[bassman]

Who cares? Everyone is such a paranoid pussy these days. Well aren't you mr tough guy. I care. No way would I be bringing bugs back to my home. I imagine its a bitch to get rid of those things...

[DjfunkmasterG]

That is cause they don't have a bedbug problem in Scotland

[AcesandEights]

Who cares? Everyone is such a paranoid pussy these days. Ah, I see...

[SRP76]

Ah, I see...   Well, that makes for an interesting choice. Would you rather be dirty, or bug infested? Both suck, but which one to choose?

[krakenslayer]

Ah, I see...   Nail > Head

[MinionZombie]

I always go to matinee performances on a Sunday. It's not crammed, but it's usually not void of another soul either. Sometimes it can be very quiet (like Cop Out - small screen, not that popular, bright sunny day) and other times it can have a decent amount of people there but with tons of space around you (like seeing The Other Guys in Screen 6 - which is one of the biggest screens). I never put my head on the chair though, and like to have clothing between the arm rest and my arm. The cinema I go to is always clean though, except the carpets in the foyer and halls which are as sticky as the boxers of a 13 year old boy and then some ... not spotless, but clean enough. What wasn't clean though was my off-campus accomodations for two years. I must have been totally switched off at the time, but my bed had bed bugs and I'd always have bites on my arms ... it wasn't a massive issue, so it never really registered ... I guess when you're living in a kind of mucky place you don't register these things so much. Only my arms and only sometimes, you know. I also didn't put two-and-two together between all of our coughs and the mould all over the bathroom walls. Yeah ... off-campus accomodation is a grotty, grotty thing ... but then again I didn't pay an awful lot of attention when I was that age. These days I'm far more particular. If I've been somewhere a bit grotty I always wash my clothes afterwards ... I can just feel the grime on the clothes afterwards, if that makes sense. I do hope this bed bug thing doesn't traverse the pond though.

[MikePizzoff]

I imagine its a bitch to get rid of those things... I've heard that in order to be 100% sure you got rid of them, you'd need to get rid of all furniture and carpeting in your home.

[AcesandEights]

I do hope this bed bug thing doesn't traverse the pond though. Uh oh... This really is just like a zombie outbreak in the movies!

[LouCipherr]

The cinema I go to is always clean though, except the carpets in the foyer and halls which are as sticky as the boxers of a 13 year old boy and then some ... MZ, have I told you that you have a hell of a way with words (this week)?

[DubiousComforts]

Who cares? Everyone is such a paranoid pussy these days. Move Over, Bedbugs: Stink Bugs Have Landed Now see what you've done with your poo-pooery?

[blind2d]

Well hey! I've got these at my summer home (aka, my mother's house)! Cute lil' fuckers. It's fun vacuuming 'em up off the windows and screen door. Shoop! Just like that! Gods, I'm lonely... Hey though, this is good! I already know how to get rid of them, so no problem!

[MinionZombie]

Aces - goddamnit! Well I'd better not get them. Just got myself a brand new bed with all new sheets and pillows and duvet and everything. Fortunately my area of the country seems relatively low ... not like London which is, unsurprisingly, infested by the looks of things. Grotty stuff. Interesting that I was just reading about The Plague and how the second break out occurred in London (reading about it the souvenier handbook from The Dungeon - Edinburgh branch, fyi) and I was thinking about this whole bed bug thing at the time, now it turns out that it is over here causing trouble in some areas. ... Lou - I have been known to drop one or two zingers in my time.

[JGEnviro]

the problem is its not about keeping the home clean! Bed bugs are not directly associated with dirt! more information on the pests here- bed bug pest control Now that public places have been infected it is a real battle to fight the bugs. not only are they so easily transmitted but they are so damned hard to get rid of. the other problem is that even getting rid of your mattress/ bed frame you still haven't got rid of the full problem, all it takes is a few eggs to be in the floor boards, skirtings or carpets and in a few weeks/months a whole infestation could re-occur.