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

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. For the humanity of it, by MountainLogic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please file a Jira ticket on this and mark it as a blocker!

    1. Re:For the humanity of it, by Rockoon · · Score: 2

      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?

      I already said it. Apparently you ban-defenders can't even fucking read. Bed bugs were nearly wiped out, AS IN EXTINCT, and then we banned DDT.

      And no, they didnt ban ddt for only for "agricultural use" ... they banned it entirely. It wasn't until 2006 that they started allowing it for indoor use.... IN AFRICA ONLY ... all these facts right here combined make you a lying fuck. You literally pretended to know something that you knew you didnt know. Surely you wont pretend to have simply been mistaken while getting a long series of facts wrong.

      STOP PRETENDING TO BE EXPERTS WHEN YOU AREN'T YOU LYING FUCKS

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  2. Very unfair portrayal. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was just a debugging training facility and all the bugs have been trained raised for that purpose.

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  3. They're not bugs... by nuckfuts · · Score: 5, Funny

    they're undocumented features.

  4. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 5, Informative

    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".

    Insecticides and fumigation don't work well because they only kill the bugs, and not the eggs, so a week later they will be back. The best/fastest way to get rid of bedbugs is with heat. Get the heat up to 140F (60C) for eight hours. One way to do this is to pack loose bedding and cushions in a car parked in the sun with the windows closed. Then buy or rent some powerful space heaters and heat up all the rooms. Luckily, they will be doing this in the summer.

    To prevent reinfestation, they need to ban people from bringing cushions, blankets, stuffed animals, etc. from home. They also need to check their contractor cleaning crew. It is best that they use your vacuum cleaner rather than their own that they move from place to place.

  5. Re:The hotel chain I worked for... by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 2

    The best/fastest way to get rid of bedbugs is with heat. Get the heat up to 140F (60C) for eight hours. One way to do this is to pack loose bedding and cushions in a car parked in the sun with the windows closed.

    Or, being that they are located in Georgia, just turn off the air conditioning.

    Or, lock the employees in cars parked in the sun with the windows closed.

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  6. 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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  7. 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!

  8. Suspicions confirmed by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 4, Funny
    WiPro really are a bunch of blood-sucking parasites.

    They won't kill the bedbugs out of professional courtesy.

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  9. Re:This is what happens when you don't have Unions by PrimaryConsult · · Score: 2

    We have a union, did nothing for our bedbug infested government building: Bedbugs Surprise New York state workers. As far as I know the bugs are still there (no fumigation notices went out).