Bedbugs At The Pavilion?
Does the Pavilion, the thoroughly-unmodernized multiplex at 188 Prospect Park West have bedbugs? According to a report on The Bedbug Registry, it does. “A few days ago I was leaving the Theatre with my girlfriend at around 11:55 pm when I saw a bunch of men with large crates and hoses in the lobby, I…
Does the Pavilion, the thoroughly-unmodernized multiplex at 188 Prospect Park West have bedbugs? According to a report on The Bedbug Registry, it does. “A few days ago I was leaving the Theatre with my girlfriend at around 11:55 pm when I saw a bunch of men with large crates and hoses in the lobby, I asked what was going on and he said that Bed Bugs had been found in all of the older theatres with the Purple seats,” goes a posting on the site from Saturday. “Then I was at the Windsor Cafe Yesterday when I overheard some people saying that even more Bed Begs were found on the first floor of the building.” Yikes!
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Rob, have you dealt with bedbugs before? Actually seen them?
actually maybe they were flea bites.. bedbugs mostly bite your midsection dont they?
anyway this thread is making me itch
*rob*
it’s funny i was walking down the street the other day and i noticed this chick had bedbug bites all over her legs. i kinda wanted to say something, but i was like eh, probably best not to even go near her.
*rob*
another tip, if you are out and about with someone coming from a known bedbug hotspot, check each other for bedbugs. it’s easier to have someone else check than do it yourself.
*rob*
um tybur, people bring bedbugs into their home because a bedbug has crawled into the folds of their clothes… will eventually bite them, but bedbugs are very slow and plan their meals with the utmost of care. so you might not even get bitten on your way from the theatre to your apartment, but when you put your clothes in your laundry basket, guess where that bedbug is? now the little critter is like damnit and has to make another long slow journey to feast on your blood.. it may take a few months but that’s okay because they can live up to a year without eating. but they will eventually migrate to where you are, they will find you and they will bite you, and they will breed like Candy the stripper in a trailer park.
you can avoid all of that if you shake out your clothes after youve been to a known infested area. why is that hard to comprehend?
*rob*
DH — it’s not just the lack of DDT that is causing the resurgence of bedbugs. Even though they are tough little fuckers, their population was held down by old-style bug spraying and bug “bombs” that aren’t used anymore. Insecticides are now very targeted… roaches and ants are baited, not indiscriminate spraying.
The poisons in roach and ant sprays aren’t ideal for bedbugs, but they still had a HUGE impact. Now we aren’t do that sort of poisoning anymore, they’re back!!
(And it takes a little more than a quick shake of your clothes and “tight fitting shoes” to prevent them from hitching a ride…. why can’t the bugs just be ON your shoes? Why do they have to climb inside?)
By dirty_hipster on July 19, 2010 10:30 AM
Why don’t they just unban DDT?
That’s EXACTLY why this problem exists. So say all of the authorities on the problem.
Hmm… Rob… you’re bedbug prevention tips above are almost as good as your notion that hand washing makes dishes cleaner (more sanitary) than a dishwasher.
Why don’t they just unban DDT?