Bed Bug Found At Fashion Institute of Technology, Killed

Bed bugs are currently the scourge of New York City. If they’re not infesting the Upper East Side, they are all up in the Hollister store or ruining Anderson Cooper’s 360 degree views. And now they have been spotted at The Fashion Institute of Technology. However, do not fear FIT students! Your administration seems to think that capturing one bed bug in plastic will fix an infestation problem. Um…. The number of things wrong with that are a lot.

It’s great that someone at FIT found and killed the perpetrating bed bug. But bed bugs don’t really hitchhike solo. So chances are there will be more emails like this going out soon. Here’s the good news! They were found in a classroom, and bed bugs don’t bite people when they’re studying. They only attack when you’re sleeping or at home. So just keep one eye open at night, FIT kids!



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      I’ve taken classes at FIT. Last year, a student told me he was going to his locker late at night (people sometimes work until 2 a.m.) and he saw a mouse or a rat in the halls. I was terrified for the remainder of the term.

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      okayyy:

      1. “unlikely that a bed bug will bite a person in an active classroom”? What does that even mean? And how active can a classroom of people sitting really be? Does note-taking and brow-furrowing help? (We realize you covered this with “bed bugs don’t bite people when they’re studying,” but we wanted to expand on the word choice in the letter.)

      2. This may be the first attempt at name-dropping associations to make bed bugs cool. Really, Sherry, bed bugs party at “chic department stores,” so it’s all good for the ever trendy FIT? What’s the opposite of nice try?