Quote:The New York Times sent out an alert Monday warning that bedbugs were spotted in its newsroom — triggering hilarity on social media.

According to an internal memo obtained by The Post, the NY Times said it “discovered evidence of bedbugs in a wellness room on the second floor, a couch on the third floor and a booth on the fourth floor.”

“In an abundance of caution, the second floor room has been temporarily closed, the booth has been blocked off and the couch has been removed to be treated and professionally cleaned,” the memo said. Exterminators also swept the area, according to the memo.

The wellness room, couch and booth “were all added to make the place feel more, oh, startupy and digital and youthful back in 2017,” one source sarcastically noted. “You wouldn’t have had any of this stuff in the old newsroom of chairs and desks.”

Social media had a field day spoofing the Gray Lady’s bedbug woes.

“Bed Bugs Urge Unity Vs Parasitic Relationships,” read a tweet spoofing the uproar over the NYT’s Aug. 6 headline, “Trump urges unity vs. racism.” The headline, written in response to Trump’s national address over the mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, triggered a backlash by NYT staffers and was subsequently changed — which prompted another round of backlash to the update.

“Gotta NYT this headline up: ‘In a newsroom under siege, bedbugs are the latest predator,’ ” joked Stephen Stirling, a New Jersey writer, in an apparent jab at the ongoing headline controversy.

Others used the infestation to poke fun at the NYT’s reputation for catering to elites.

“i want to hear what joe six pack in real america thinks of the bed bugs before i form any opinions,” tweeted @GC_Esau.

The Post also reached out to C. Claiborne Ray, who had warned in a July 1 column that bedbugs were becoming resistant to insecticides. But Ray said she had been writing from home and had no insights into the bedbug attack. Besides, she said, the paper killed her science column a week ago.

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(08-27-2019 04:26 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:The New York Times sent out an alert Monday warning that bedbugs were spotted in its newsroom — triggering hilarity on social media.

According to an internal memo obtained by The Post, the NY Times said it “discovered evidence of bedbugs in a wellness room on the second floor, a couch on the third floor and a booth on the fourth floor.”

“In an abundance of caution, the second floor room has been temporarily closed, the booth has been blocked off and the couch has been removed to be treated and professionally cleaned,” the memo said. Exterminators also swept the area, according to the memo.

The wellness room, couch and booth “were all added to make the place feel more, oh, startupy and digital and youthful back in 2017,” one source sarcastically noted. “You wouldn’t have had any of this stuff in the old newsroom of chairs and desks.”

Social media had a field day spoofing the Gray Lady’s bedbug woes.

“Bed Bugs Urge Unity Vs Parasitic Relationships,” read a tweet spoofing the uproar over the NYT’s Aug. 6 headline, “Trump urges unity vs. racism.” The headline, written in response to Trump’s national address over the mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, triggered a backlash by NYT staffers and was subsequently changed — which prompted another round of backlash to the update.

“Gotta NYT this headline up: ‘In a newsroom under siege, bedbugs are the latest predator,’ ” joked Stephen Stirling, a New Jersey writer, in an apparent jab at the ongoing headline controversy.

Others used the infestation to poke fun at the NYT’s reputation for catering to elites.

“i want to hear what joe six pack in real america thinks of the bed bugs before i form any opinions,” tweeted @GC_Esau.

The Post also reached out to C. Claiborne Ray, who had warned in a July 1 column that bedbugs were becoming resistant to insecticides. But Ray said she had been writing from home and had no insights into the bedbug attack. Besides, she said, the paper killed her science column a week ago.

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They better check other areas for crabs, just saying. Hygiene anyone?

BTW: Bedbugs had been virtually eliminated in our society until they started hitchhiking in travel bags. Just another travel/immigration issue I'm sure the Times won't cover, even though some might be itching to.

(08-27-2019 04:35 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(08-27-2019 04:26 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:The New York Times sent out an alert Monday warning that bedbugs were spotted in its newsroom — triggering hilarity on social media.

According to an internal memo obtained by The Post, the NY Times said it “discovered evidence of bedbugs in a wellness room on the second floor, a couch on the third floor and a booth on the fourth floor.”

“In an abundance of caution, the second floor room has been temporarily closed, the booth has been blocked off and the couch has been removed to be treated and professionally cleaned,” the memo said. Exterminators also swept the area, according to the memo.

The wellness room, couch and booth “were all added to make the place feel more, oh, startupy and digital and youthful back in 2017,” one source sarcastically noted. “You wouldn’t have had any of this stuff in the old newsroom of chairs and desks.”

Social media had a field day spoofing the Gray Lady’s bedbug woes.

“Bed Bugs Urge Unity Vs Parasitic Relationships,” read a tweet spoofing the uproar over the NYT’s Aug. 6 headline, “Trump urges unity vs. racism.” The headline, written in response to Trump’s national address over the mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, triggered a backlash by NYT staffers and was subsequently changed — which prompted another round of backlash to the update.

“Gotta NYT this headline up: ‘In a newsroom under siege, bedbugs are the latest predator,’ ” joked Stephen Stirling, a New Jersey writer, in an apparent jab at the ongoing headline controversy.

Others used the infestation to poke fun at the NYT’s reputation for catering to elites.

“i want to hear what joe six pack in real america thinks of the bed bugs before i form any opinions,” tweeted @GC_Esau.

The Post also reached out to C. Claiborne Ray, who had warned in a July 1 column that bedbugs were becoming resistant to insecticides. But Ray said she had been writing from home and had no insights into the bedbug attack. Besides, she said, the paper killed her science column a week ago.

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The better check other areas for crabs, just saying. Hygiene anyone?

BTW: Bedbugs had been virtually eliminated in our society until they started hitchhiking in travel bags. Just another travel/immigration issue I'm sure the Times won't cover, even though some might be itching to.

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I thought bedbugs and crabs were the same thing.

(08-27-2019 04:43 PM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  I thought bedbugs and crabs were the same thing.

Bedbugs are parasitic insects that crawl from behind a headboard or out of wall sockets or a lamp on the table next to the bed to suck your blood at night.

Crabs are pubic lice that live in your genital region and that is what distinguishes them from head lice and body lice, well that and they are shaped like tiny crabs.

When I traveled I carried a Gerber blood tracking light with me (used for trailing any wounded animal after dark). It also worked beautifully to protect me from bedbugs. Upon entering a room and before you brought in your luggage and unpacked, you should pull back the covers turn all of the lights out with the curtains closed and use this light. Since they feed off of blood they glow purple when the lights are off. Check the sheets, pillowcases and shine behind the headboard and night tables and lamps and alarm clock.

I've never had bedbugs and have never been bitten by one. But they are unfortunately becoming quite common and the quality of the hotel has nothing to do with whether or not you can be exposed.

They are notorious hitchhikers and once you unpack your luggage if you leave it on a cushioned chair or the floor you could take them home. If you do it will take an exterminating tent and a couple of thousand dollars to get rid of them. One of my competitors found out the hard way after staying at one of the better hotels in Chattanooga.

I bet I walked right back out of about half a dozen hotels in my 20 years of corporate life. That $30 dollar light saved me a lot of pain and expense!

Head lice you can get from leaning back on fabric theater seat where someone with lice has been. I've never had lice either but schools are notorious now for spreading them especially among pre teen kids. If you kid starts scratching their head a lot get a magnifying glass with a light and look at the scalp and the hair roots. You'll see the lice moving on the scalp and the knits which are their eggs will be attached to the base of the hair follicle. One of my daughters found out the hard way when she and another kid brushed each other's hair at school. Quell is a shampoo that can be used but cleaning and using chemicals on all the fabric covered areas and bleaching all the sheets & pillow cases the kid uses will be in order too.

I've never known a case of body lice and the only folks who usually get pubic lice are those who bump uglies with someone who has them. I'm happy to say I've never known anyone who had those either.

Now for the kicker. When I grew up in the 50's and early 60's head lice and bedbugs were practically non existent. With the advent of jet air travel airports started relaxing their screening of incoming luggage and people and third world vermin made a huge comeback in the U.S.. So measles, mumps, malaria, and human heart worms aren't the only nasty things coming in illegally, and unfortunately legally thanks to no health screenings being required for tourists these days.

It's just one more way that greed for tourist dollars has become a gateway for things that place our citizens in peril.

(08-27-2019 04:26 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:The New York Times sent out an alert Monday warning that bedbugs were spotted in its newsroom — triggering hilarity on social media.

According to an internal memo obtained by The Post, the NY Times said it “discovered evidence of bedbugs in a wellness room on the second floor, a couch on the third floor and a booth on the fourth floor.”

“In an abundance of caution, the second floor room has been temporarily closed, the booth has been blocked off and the couch has been removed to be treated and professionally cleaned,” the memo said. Exterminators also swept the area, according to the memo.

The wellness room, couch and booth “were all added to make the place feel more, oh, startupy and digital and youthful back in 2017,” one source sarcastically noted. “You wouldn’t have had any of this stuff in the old newsroom of chairs and desks.”

Social media had a field day spoofing the Gray Lady’s bedbug woes.

“Bed Bugs Urge Unity Vs Parasitic Relationships,” read a tweet spoofing the uproar over the NYT’s Aug. 6 headline, “Trump urges unity vs. racism.” The headline, written in response to Trump’s national address over the mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, triggered a backlash by NYT staffers and was subsequently changed — which prompted another round of backlash to the update.

“Gotta NYT this headline up: ‘In a newsroom under siege, bedbugs are the latest predator,’ ” joked Stephen Stirling, a New Jersey writer, in an apparent jab at the ongoing headline controversy.

Others used the infestation to poke fun at the NYT’s reputation for catering to elites.

“i want to hear what joe six pack in real america thinks of the bed bugs before i form any opinions,” tweeted @GC_Esau.

The Post also reached out to C. Claiborne Ray, who had warned in a July 1 column that bedbugs were becoming resistant to insecticides. But Ray said she had been writing from home and had no insights into the bedbug attack. Besides, she said, the paper killed her science column a week ago.

Link

This has got to be an onion article, right???????

(08-27-2019 06:23 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(08-27-2019 04:43 PM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  I thought bedbugs and crabs were the same thing.

Bedbugs are parasitic insects that crawl from behind a headboard or out of wall sockets or a lamp on the table next to the bed to suck your blood at night.

Crabs are pubic lice that live in your genital region and that is what distinguishes them from head lice and body lice, well that and they are shaped like tiny crabs.

When I traveled I carried a Gerber blood tracking light with me (used for trailing any wounded animal after dark). It also worked beautifully to protect me from bedbugs. Upon entering a room and before you brought in your luggage and unpacked, you should pull back the covers turn all of the lights out with the curtains closed and use this light. Since they feed off of blood they glow purple when the lights are off. Check the sheets, pillowcases and shine behind the headboard and night tables and lamps and alarm clock.

I've never had bedbugs and have never been bitten by one. But they are unfortunately becoming quite common and the quality of the hotel has nothing to do with whether or not you can be exposed.

They are notorious hitchhikers and once you unpack your luggage if you leave it on a cushioned chair or the floor you could take them home. If you do it will take an exterminating tent and a couple of thousand dollars to get rid of them. One of my competitors found out the hard way after staying at one of the better hotels in Chattanooga.

I bet I walked right back out of about half a dozen hotels in my 20 years of corporate life. That $30 dollar light saved me a lot of pain and expense!

Head lice you can get from leaning back on fabric theater seat where someone with lice has been. I've never had lice either but schools are notorious now for spreading them especially among pre teen kids. If you kid starts scratching their head a lot get a magnifying glass with a light and look at the scalp and the hair roots. You'll see the lice moving on the scalp and the knits which are their eggs will be attached to the base of the hair follicle. One of my daughters found out the hard way when she and another kid brushed each other's hair at school. Quell is a shampoo that can be used but cleaning and using chemicals on all the fabric covered areas and bleaching all the sheets & pillow cases the kid uses will be in order too.

I've never known a case of body lice and the only folks who usually get pubic lice are those who bump uglies with someone who has them. I'm happy to say I've never known anyone who had those either.

Now for the kicker. When I grew up in the 50's and early 60's head lice and bedbugs were practically non existent. With the advent of jet air travel airports started relaxing their screening of incoming luggage and people and third world vermin made a huge comeback in the U.S.. So measles, mumps, malaria, and human heart worms aren't the only nasty things coming in illegally, and unfortunately legally thanks to no health screenings being required for tourists these days.

It's just one more way that greed for tourist dollars has become a gateway for things that place our citizens in peril.

I don't remember ever hearing about head lice when I was in school in the 60s and 70s. There are regular alerts with my kids in the new millenium.

My girlfriend works for Louisville/Jefferson County schools. They are no longer allowed to send a child home that has lice because it stigmatizes the child.

(08-27-2019 07:45 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  My girlfriend works for Louisville/Jefferson County schools. They are no longer allowed to send a child home that has lice because it stigmatizes the child.

It's just insane Jim. I wonder if a child came down with Ebola if that would be stigmatizing as well? Quarantine has been enforced for a myriad of diseases and pestilence and we were all better for it. Even in the early 1900's people were still quarantined at Ellis Island before they could gain entry. It's prudent and effective as a preventive measure.

As to Bullet's comments I never knew of a case of head lice in the 50's - 60's - or 70's and it was the mid 80's when schools started having to be concerned. But that's what happens when culture is labeled as bigoted for insisting on hygiene.