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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday April 16 2019, @08:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the apple-products-have-bugs dept.

The famed Apple store on 5th Avenue isn't just crawling with thousands of tourists– it's also been crawling with bed bugs for nearly a month, The Post has learned.

This past Friday, after weeks of bed bug sightings, a critter was spotted in the manager's office, sending desperate employees into a frenzy, terrified they'd bring the pest home with them.

"It was just mayhem," an employee told The Post.

"There was a mass exodus... employees were freaking out they felt really unsafe and management kept giving them the runaround."

Staff were ordered to double bag their belongings in plastic while a "bed bug sniffing beagle" came to the store where it was "activated" by two lockers in a staff area.

"I shouldn't have to go to work feeling unsafe and unprotected," one worker told The Post.

"We felt very anxious, used and unimportant, like we were just another number."

One worker said the issue has been going on for "nearly a month" and "Friday was the first day they acknowledged they found something."

The employee said the issue started about three to four weeks ago during the overnight hours at the 24-hour store, which frequently has homeless visitors, when a table on the second floor was "cordoned off" because a bed bug was found, believed to have come from one of the homeless visitors.

The table was left cordoned off while employees and customers were allowed in the store and around the table with no warning of the bed bug threat, an employee said.

"No one could go to that table but it was still on the floor, if a customer leaned on it and they didn't know" a bug could've crawled on them, the worker said.

https://nypost.com/2019/04/15/the-5th-ave-apple-store-has-been-crawling-with-bed-bugs/


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by RandomFactor on Tuesday April 16 2019, @09:34PM (1 child)

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 16 2019, @09:34PM (#830630) Journal

    There was an infestation in an office building I work in (several floors away.)

    That was dealt with expeditiously and the company stated that it would provide a service to come and clear out any infestations experienced by employees.

    Pretty decent considering.

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday April 17 2019, @02:14PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday April 17 2019, @02:14PM (#831026) Journal

    It is very decent. The bedbug-detecting dogs and exterminators can cost thousands of dollars.

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