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IT Services Company Wipro Forces 600 Employees To Work In Bed Bug Infested Office (11alive.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the pest-control dept.

McGruber writes: Information Technology Services CorporationWipro's 600-employee call center in Chamblee, Georgia is in infected with bed bugs according to Atlanta television station 11Alive. The facilities manager admits there is a bed bug problem and it's been an issue since late May. Employees told the tv station that the bugs are all over the three floors -- and they're biting. But employees are being told they still must go to work. Kwanita Holmes sent 11Alive photos of what she said is a bed bug bite on her arm: "We're at work 8 hours a day and we're getting munched on all day," she said. Wipro said it's paying for in-home bed bug consultations and treatments for employees.

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  1. Oh fuck off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    I have dealt with bedbug infestations. They generally don't bite people that are not sleeping. The "bedbug bites" shown in the video look nothing like actual bedbug bites that I have seen. To see what real bites look like, go to images.google.com and type "bedbug bites".

    Dammit Bill, do you automatically think every person on the planet but you is a lying piece of shit? You ALWAYS start off with victim blaming and condemnation. You must be truly insufferable to deal with IRL.

  2. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by lgw · · Score: 5, Insightful

    60C (140F) for 8 hours is massive overkill.

    Massive overkill is exactly the right amount of overkill for bedbugs.

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  3. Re:Wipro claimed Trump was a danger to its busines by McGruber · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You misunderstood the intent of my post.

    If Wipro, a company that forces its employees to work in a bugbed infested building, is typical of the companies being harmed by Trump's policies, then I'm all for the policies that are harming these companies!

  4. Re:For the humanity of it, by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 1, Insightful

    DDT was "banned" for agricultural use, not indoor use, where it is still used for malaria prevention.

    At any rate, what makes you think that bedbugs won't become highly resistant to DDT, just as they have for most every other insecticide used on them? DDT is already nearly useless on other insects that have become resistant to it.