Bed Bugs Hit Hollister ...
Eric Shapiro - New York Press Blog 7/1/2010
If obscene prices, discriminatory hiring practices and snobby clientele aren’t enough to make you hate Abercrombie and Fitch, then consider this: bedbugs. That’s right folks! For a limited time only, those lucky enough to buy from the company’s Hollister store at Broadway and East Houston Street went home with a little something extra in addition to what they overpaid for. Something that itches and likes to lay eggs in your bed, clothes and carpet.
If you haven’t already heard, bed bugs have been particularly prevalent in NYC as of late. Apparently, they’re just as keen on living in the Big Apple as humans. And they don’t even have to pay the high rents, the fucking freeloaders! Something in the vein of Arizona’s immigration law would go a long towards keeping them out, methinks. But we’re tolerant here.
Anyway, in an article on the unfortunate incident that has caused the offending Hollister to close its doors, The Wall Street Journal explains that private citizens are not required to report bed bug infestations because they do not “present a health risk or spread disease.” They do, however, itch like a motherfucker and leave raised or flat red welts, which may not show up until as many as nine days after you’re bitten. By then, your apartment will already be covered in their eggs and feces.
In the same article, Professor Michael M. Martin of Fordham University Law School explains: "[Bedbug-ridden clothes] are defective because they don't meet consumer expectation. The usual remedy for that, first of all you can get price back and, second, you might well be able to recover for the consequential injuries. I'd be willing to take that case." Consequential injuries, huh? I wonder if having to scratch yourself in front of your friends and/or coworkers meets the criteria. Perhaps the resulting embarrassment can be construed to qualify as psychological damage.
It's tragic that anyone need suffer the wrath of bedbugs, we can take comfort in the fact that most of the folks who shop at Hollister are probably more deserving of a bedbug infestation than most.
If you’re just itching to learn more about bed bugs, check out our article on their ultimate enemy. If you want a whole bunch of info check out this site where they have collected lots of facts, figures (and products)click here.
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If obscene prices, discriminatory hiring practices and snobby clientele aren’t enough to make you hate Abercrombie and Fitch, then consider this: bedbugs. That’s right folks! For a limited time only, those lucky enough to buy from the company’s Hollister store at Broadway and East Houston Street went home with a little something extra in addition to what they overpaid for. Something that itches and likes to lay eggs in your bed, clothes and carpet.
If you haven’t already heard, bed bugs have been particularly prevalent in NYC as of late. Apparently, they’re just as keen on living in the Big Apple as humans. And they don’t even have to pay the high rents, the fucking freeloaders! Something in the vein of Arizona’s immigration law would go a long towards keeping them out, methinks. But we’re tolerant here.
Anyway, in an article on the unfortunate incident that has caused the offending Hollister to close its doors, The Wall Street Journal explains that private citizens are not required to report bed bug infestations because they do not “present a health risk or spread disease.” They do, however, itch like a motherfucker and leave raised or flat red welts, which may not show up until as many as nine days after you’re bitten. By then, your apartment will already be covered in their eggs and feces.
In the same article, Professor Michael M. Martin of Fordham University Law School explains: "[Bedbug-ridden clothes] are defective because they don't meet consumer expectation. The usual remedy for that, first of all you can get price back and, second, you might well be able to recover for the consequential injuries. I'd be willing to take that case." Consequential injuries, huh? I wonder if having to scratch yourself in front of your friends and/or coworkers meets the criteria. Perhaps the resulting embarrassment can be construed to qualify as psychological damage.
It's tragic that anyone need suffer the wrath of bedbugs, we can take comfort in the fact that most of the folks who shop at Hollister are probably more deserving of a bedbug infestation than most.
If you’re just itching to learn more about bed bugs, check out our article on their ultimate enemy. If you want a whole bunch of info check out this site where they have collected lots of facts, figures (and products)click here.
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