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So you found a bed bug on a transit bus. What do you expect? How many people take the buses every day? And not one of them will have any cooties of any kind? Maybe you’re the one who brought it on, ever think of that? You could have them for years in your home, bed, sofa, books, et cetera and not know it. And as far as Transit saying that the health and safety of riders and it’s drivers is top priority is bullshit. Ever take a good look around the inside of a bus? Look everywhere and you will discover oodles of dirt, dust and crap all over them. They do not clean the buses as they say every day. That’s a load of bull they are giving you. The public and the drivers are lucky if they get cleaned on the inside twice a year. They don’t get cleaned daily. It’s bullshit, just like everything else Halifax Transit says to protect itself. They really don’t give a rats ass. —One Who Knows
This article appears in Jan 21-27, 2016.
I’m surprised someone hasn’t come up with a SPCB: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Bedbugs.
Someone can bring them to your home as well. There was a young man who lived in an apartment building who visited a few of the single ladies in his building for some nookie and after awhile the ladies discovered they had bed bugs. After some detective work, and word of mouth, they apparently found out they were coming from the young man who liked to sample all the available treats in the building leaving a not so nice treat of his own. A one night stand could do the trick. All that misery for a piece of tail. Vibrators would be a safer bet.
I take from your comments OP that you’re employed as a Hostler at one of the garages…are you?. Some of these buses are on the road for 20 hours a day. Depending on when you board, they can seem dirty. It’s worth noting that some riders don’t help the situation. For example riders cutting nails on the bus, consuming food and leaving their filth aside from food allergies, riders who upchuck and lack the decency to notify anyone. One particular gem…a woman who had stepped in dog s@#t and was considerate enough to take her shoe off and scrape the doggy goodness all over the adjacent seat/floor with a seat of keys. Riders who deficate or urinate…due to health issues. Should I go on?
The human race can be a strange lot. Even most animals have the instinct to not dirty up their own space. If you see something objectionable call 311 or inform the driver instead of complaining here. Less chance of being accused of having left it?!
Jesus ^^^^^^^^^^
Remind me never to take your route.
You must be a night weekend rider headed to house parties in Dartmouth on the 52.
Half that shit doesn’t really apply to the work commuter.
Ah, good ol’ Cimex Lectularis… well, one thing one can do is apply clove-oil to their skin as a deterrent. One bug lays 300 eggs and I believe they’re asexual. They move slow when they’re full of blood, yet if they’re hungry they can motor pretty good. They can’t stand acidic environments… alcohol kills them… 90 degree heat will kill them… that’s about all I know.
The Coast must be busy with them as we didn’t get any new bitches today…🐞
Just looking at the pic of that little vampire makes me itchy. The best advice I’ve heard to keep them out of your bed is to get mattress covers, either steam or spray down your bedframe with alcohol (concentrating on where the pieces fit together), get some ice cream containers, fill the bottoms with Vaseline and put the legs of your bed inside the containers. That’ll keep them out of your bed until the exterminator gets there to spray for them. Then it’s all vacuuming and keeping an eye out for them.
It is interesting that the same people who say it is a dirty people issue are also scared shirtless about catching them on a bus. Isn’t that enough to realise that bed bugs don’t discriminate?