NoNoBadDog! wrote:
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>"Mufi Hanneman" wrote in message
>news:446f975d$0$204$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.octanews.com...
>> "NoNoBadDog!" wrote:
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>>>
>>> "Mufi Hanneman" wrote in message
>>> news:k9vv62dj3g8ce5pbdiru1hmrglbhbn1n3s@4ax.com...
>>>> Sleeping tight could get you a bite at hotel
>>>> Ron Mizutani
>>>> http://www.khon.com/khon/displayStory.cfm?storyID=13743
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It is a health issue affecting the hotel industry worldwide,
>>>> including our tourism hub of Waikiki.
>>>>
>>>> Bed bugs.
>>>>
>>>> Some of the cases have resulted in lawsuits against hotels, one
>>>> filed just recently.
>>>>
>>>> Waikiki hotels have been fighting this fight for years.
>>>>
>>>> It's estimated that 75 to 80 percent of all hotels are dealing
>>>> with bedbugs to some degree.
>>>>
>>>> It's your typical Waikiki hotel room -- a simple one bedroom
>>>> with all the amenities, including two double beds.
>>>>
>>>> "You want to look at the folds and pull it up, you want to look
>>>> under these areas here," advises David Lau, EcoLab.
>>>>
>>>> David Lau of EcoLab is searching for bedbugs.
>>>>
>>>> "What you have to do is you have to pull up the bed skirts as
>>>> well because not only the mattresses, they also like to hide in
>>>> the box springs as well," says Lau.
>>>>
>>>> There's nothing on this bed, but here's what he's looking for:
>>>> small, brownish, flattened insects that feed on the blood of
>>>> animals, mainly people.
>>>>
>>>> "You pull back the headboard and they'll usually be in here,
>>>> right in these areas here," says Lau. "All these cracks and
>>>> crevices here, all in here you've got to inspect. You might even
>>>> see it in the picture frame."
>>>>
>>>> Adult bedbugs are about a quarter inch long and are often
>>>> mistaken for ticks, even cockroaches.
>>>>
>>>> "They get their fill, they go back to their harborage area and
>>>> they defecate, and what they're defecating is the blood," says
>>>> Lau.
>>>>
>>>> It's one of the signs of a problem. Infestations tend to be
>>>> around beds, but not always.
>>>>
>>>> "You look at the curtains. They like to hide underneath here,"
>>>> says Lau. "Sometimes they crawl up and you'll find them in
>>>> here."
>>>>
>>>> Female bedbugs lay five eggs a day and 500 during a lifetime.
>>>>
>>>> "Inside the outlets you'll find them in here too," says Lau.
>>>>
>>>> And that's not all.
>>>>
>>>> "Ironing boards."
>>>>
>>>> Bedbugs are efficient hitchhikers, usually transported in
>>>> luggage and clothing.
>>>>
>>>> "It has nothing to do with sanitation, proper hygiene or
>>>> cleanliness," says Lau.
>>>>
>>>> Victims seldom know they've been bitten. Symptoms vary with each
>>>> person, but most develop an itchy, red welt. This room is
>>>> bedbug-free, but some in Waikiki aren't.
>>>>
>>>> "It's not a matter of if you have bedbugs, it's when you're
>>>> going to have bedbugs, so education and training has to keep
>>>> going even though you don't have an issue right now," says Lau.
>>>>
>>>> In the meantime, sleep tight and...
>>>>
>>>> "Don't let the bedbugs bite," says Lau.
>>>>
>>>> Bedbugs can live dormant for about a year. In other words,
>>>> without a blood meal. If you suspect a problem call a
>>>> professional.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's not just Hotels, and not just Hawaii. It affects every
>>> mattress/bed in the world.
>>
>> In eight out of ten hotels throughout the world?
>>
>> Hogwash is seeping from thy jowls, save it for other patients in the
>> asylum.
>>
>>>
>>> The title of the post and the article are misleading.
>>
>> Perhaps you have a problem reading sentences which contain more than
>> three words.
>>
>>>
>>> Why would you post something that is so misleading?
>>
>> It was a featured story on the six o'clock news, broadcasted by KHON
>> which has proven to be a source of credibility throughout the years.
>>
>> This news flash appeared about a month after the Hotel Industry made
>> a statement about the lack of hotel rooms because of all the
>> riffraff booked on economy tours. Attracting affluent visitors seems
>> to be the goal and the heads of that industry suggested that rates
>> for hotel accommodations should be increased to alleviate the
>> problem.
>>
>> So while their accountants were busy tallying the projected
>> earnings, Bed Bugs decided to throw a monkeywrench in their
>> pocketbooks and furnish a just desert.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Bobby
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>Another idiot...
>
>*plonk*
>
Plonking someone is the easiest and most convenient way to avoid
an issue.
The article about bedbugs came from one of the most popular newstations
in Hawaii. Does lawyers and lawsuits ring any bells if these were lies? |