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Bed Bugs Stop Mail Delivery to Detroit Apartment Complex
- Posted on September 2, 2010 at 5:53pm by
Scott Baker
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There is an obvious joke that you can’t escape and that the Detroit News was quick to point out:
Rain, sleet, and snow can’t stop postal carriers from completing their rounds — but the fear of bedbugs has halted mail delivery to a senior citizen high-rise apartment building.
The local ABC affiliate found that this decision, of course, is not popular with the buildings human residents.
Not getting mail can be a problem, especially when many residents are looking for those Social Security checks which arrive around the first of the month.
One additional factor involved — the carrier who refused to deliver the mail is pregnant and seemed to be concerned over the chemicals being used to de-bug the building.
There is hope. Mail delivery is now said to resume by Friday.
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Comments (38)
kyhilltopper
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 11:04amAdd your comments
Report Post »kyhilltopper
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 10:56amI wonder what has happened to good old cleanliness!! Hmmmmm…just thinking outloud
Report Post »DaveInNC8
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 12:20amYou would think an enterprising and unemployed person could find a way to make some money by going into the ‘bedbug elimination’ business.
Report Post »Thinker in CT
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 9:46amSo with all the elderly people that can not leave the apartment complex – the reporter could not find one of THEM to interview? Or did he not want to go inside either? Hmmmm…..just thinkin’
Report Post »capnjack
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 9:14amI understand that they want to extend the ban to include all of Detroit.
Report Post »solvitur ambulando *** Deo
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 11:52pmOh, I forgot…. let’s NOT forget the giant more poisonous poison ivy that is spreading all over the country because …in the words of NPR of carbon emissions and global change. Wonder if they believe the bed bugs are due to carbon emissions. I’ll need to listen to see if NPR reports the bed bug problemt as a side effect of global climate change.
Report Post »solvitur ambulando *** Deo
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 11:47pmbees, flies, rats, and now bed bugs….our local news today spoke of a major epidemic of stink bugs on the rise which may affect crops this year. These are indeed interesting times~
Report Post »mubbafubba
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 11:26pmBed bugs have a long history of being raciest! Bugs often time unfairly targeting the poorest among us, Congress must act!
Report Post »Jynnipher
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 10:55pmI find it funny the lady interviewed said something about bed bugs are all over the world and it shouldn’t stop delivery (due to the adverts, I won’t watch the clip again). LOL I’ve yet to encounter a bed bug my whole life. But I digress, let’s just use DDT again and cure the problem! I’ll bet bed bugs are worse then DDT….blood suckers vs. chemicals…I’ll take the chemicals, please!
Report Post »ConservativeFeminist
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 10:45pmIf they could vote, these bloodsucking parasites would be Democrats.
Report Post »pickgnee
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 9:51pmThat is great. Thank you for the best laugh tonight.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 9:51pmok I live an hour north of detriot and so far up here there is no trouble however I heard on the news postal workers are protesting closing a sorting place AND only working 5 days if it goes through.. I had to laugh when they said NOBODY that works for the PO will be laid off they will just have to move.. I guess the government workers are “special”
Report Post »HTuttle
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 9:07pmBedbugs would be the least of things I’d worry about in Detroit.
Report Post »wianno94
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:45pmPrior to this, what were these letter carriers doing, jumping in the sack with residents? Did you hear vthe one about the old lady and the mailman…..?
Report Post »BigWes
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:41pmNasty!!
Report Post »stonebrash
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:33pmShe’s not worried about getting bedbugs. She’s worried about the chemicals they are using to kill them (she’s pregnant).
Report Post »chaotic_harmony
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:31pmI would be quite happy if the postal service took a month or two break from delivering my mail. I have the good stuff sent to my parents‘ house and let the other stuff sit in the mailbox until it’s about ready to tip over. Seriously though, why is it that everyone in this country feels so entitled to everything? Our government fails at most everything it does, I’m not sure why a few days of missing mail comes as such a shock to anyone. At least there is an almost valid reason for it.
Report Post »ConservaRock
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:10pmI’ve had a problem with bedbugs (I live in NY and got them as a little souvenir after visiting Manhattan)… There things don’t fly, so the mail carrier is grossly mistaken there. She can go in and deliver mail without getting any bugs on her as long as she doesn’t sit on any furniture inside the building. She can also wear lighter clothes if she wants to be sure the buggers don’t happen to hitch a ride with her. As far as the woman who speaks in the video, she needs a new stylist–let’s expedite her mail so she can get her Social Security check in a timely fashion and “get her hair did” properly. X-)
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 6:57pmMy check! Deliver my check! I gotta walk to the Post Office? I can’t do that! You violated my Civil Rights!! Obama sent me that money from his stash and I need it now!
Yep, I can here them screaming all the way from Texas…
joshua
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 6:53pmPlagues already????
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 9:47pmHA I had that thought myself as I was just watching about them on TV
Report Post »attitudijudi
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 6:44pmCreepy little critters!
Report Post »fafnjaf
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 6:43pmewww…I don’t blame the mail carrier…I wouldn’t go there either
Report Post »ann123
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:03pmgross I freak out on 1 spider
Report Post »ruth
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 6:32pmBedbugs burn down the building
Report Post »2cool4mn
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 6:13pmI do not like that you cannot turn off the advertisments. if you change your mind and decide you dont want to wait through the ad–it keeps playing and doesnt respond to stop! that is ANNOYING
Report Post »Jynnipher
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 10:51pmI guess it‘s because it’s an ABC local station and since they probably have low ratings, they need to force us to watch the adverts to keep their organisation from going under.
Report Post »dudeman4
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 6:12pmThe carriers could just drop the mail off at the door. I don‘t think they’d get bedbugs then.
Personally, I think bedbugs are among some species that, if they go extinct, only the hard core, crazy enviromentalists would mourn.
Report Post »DanB
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:39pmIf I read this right, it isn’t the bed bugs that scared off the postal worker but the fear of the chemicals that may be used to treat the condition. Of course, since I have never treated for bed bugs before, I am not sure what is done. Is this similar to those bug bombs that fumigate the whole place? Or is some local treatment like a can of Raid? If it is a more general fumigation, then I understand the workers concerns seeing as how they were supposedly pregnant. If it is like spraying a can of Raid, then unless they are spraying near where the post is delivered than I imagine it is an over reaction.
Report Post »LaterMuchLater
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 8:39pmDanB, they used DDT the last time that there was a bed bug problem in this country but since we can’t use that anymore…
Report Post »muddyboots
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 6:11pmOh, there ain’t no bugs on me, on me.
Report Post »There ain’t no bugs on me
There may be bugs on some of you mugs
But there ain’t no bugs on me.
ann123
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:04pmmuddyboots that to funny
Report Post »opticalfuel
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 6:03pmMaybe we have bed bugs too… judging from the lack of enthusiasm of my mail deliverer. I have checked the bed, and don’t see any of those nasty creatures…. so it must be something else. Hmmm.
P@rick
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:33pmYes, this is just an asumption, but the 2 people that were interviewed in the above video, now correct me if im wrong cause im sure theres other information and maybe some other interviews, but they were african americans. Maybe its racism
Report Post »plain
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 6:18amAnother example of how the Postal Service is efficiently run. Oh, wait……
Report Post »Tazzy
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 11:30pmYou are very wise !
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