MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - A Tennessee man said he went to the movies with his wife, and they woke up with dozens of bedbug bites the next morning.
Michal Steplowski said Regal Cinemas refused to cover their losses.
What a fucking snowflake. Infected wounds, missed work, because of effing bedbugs. Can't muster much sympathy for this guy. I'd be most upset about cost of having my own house exterminated, but meh, sounds like once the theater found out the deal they did what was necessary to rectify their end of the problem.
Tell us you've never had bedbugs without telling us you've never had bedbugs. I have, and it's a nightmare that people who have never gone through it can't understand.
You got that right Steve. Our house was damaged by fire and we were put up in a hotel till it was fixed. Hillbillies moved in next to us and left after a couple days. I noticed the hotel put a machine in the room they stayed in and left it there for days running. I thought nothing of it until I began getting bit by bedbugs. We had been there for months and never had an issue until then. Anyway, hauled all our clothes to the laundromat and threw them in the dryers. Ran two sided sticky tape around the mattress edge. Threw out our electronics in the room as they'll hide in there, etc. Pain in my arse and the bites weren't fun either.
OK, Regal fixed THEIR problem. Arguably, they have some liability for their customer's infection. Seems to be little doubt of the source, there are pictures and they closed to fumigate. I'd take Regal to small claims court. It's no different than food poisoning at a restaurant or bedbugs at a hotel, the company failed an implied warranty. No lawyer needed, story seems solid, and Regal would almost certainly just settle.
As far as noticing the bites, bedbugs aren't painful. They do carry bacteria, bites do infect and that can be very serious if not treated.
I guess being both a business owner AND a medical person, I find this logic disturbing. If multiple people over multiple time frames experienced the same problem, then yeah, maybe on the theater. But it's not the theater's responsibility to be certain the environment is free from all risks. I mean if a mosquito got in and gave someone encephalitis or malaria is it the theaters fault? Ambulance chaser lawyers love using this logic and it's what's costing people such a high price to do business these days.
Like I needed another reason besides ticket costs, snackbar costs/policies, the low quality and propaganda/political agenda crap produced by our betters in the movie industry and the general "I hate my job and the client" attitude of the majority of theater workers to avoid that whole scene.
If the local theater (now a baptist church for some reason) reopened as a movie venue that showed films from the 30s to the 70s, allowed you to bring your own gedunk, charged a reasonable price and at least pretended to be happy I was a paying customer, I'd go every week!
What a fucking snowflake. Infected wounds, missed work, because of effing bedbugs. Can't muster much sympathy for this guy. I'd be most upset about cost of having my own house exterminated, but meh, sounds like once the theater found out the deal they did what was necessary to rectify their end of the problem.
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DeleteTell us you've never had bedbugs without telling us you've never had bedbugs. I have, and it's a nightmare that people who have never gone through it can't understand.
DeleteYou got that right Steve. Our house was damaged by fire and we were put up in a hotel till it was fixed. Hillbillies moved in next to us and left after a couple days. I noticed the hotel put a machine in the room they stayed in and left it there for days running. I thought nothing of it until I began getting bit by bedbugs. We had been there for months and never had an issue until then. Anyway, hauled all our clothes to the laundromat and threw them in the dryers. Ran two sided sticky tape around the mattress edge. Threw out our electronics in the room as they'll hide in there, etc. Pain in my arse and the bites weren't fun either.
DeleteOK, Regal fixed THEIR problem. Arguably, they have some liability for their customer's infection. Seems to be little doubt of the source, there are pictures and they closed to fumigate. I'd take Regal to small claims court. It's no different than food poisoning at a restaurant or bedbugs at a hotel, the company failed an implied warranty. No lawyer needed, story seems solid, and Regal would almost certainly just settle.
ReplyDeleteAs far as noticing the bites, bedbugs aren't painful. They do carry bacteria, bites do infect and that can be very serious if not treated.
I guess being both a business owner AND a medical person, I find this logic disturbing. If multiple people over multiple time frames experienced the same problem, then yeah, maybe on the theater. But it's not the theater's responsibility to be certain the environment is free from all risks. I mean if a mosquito got in and gave someone encephalitis or malaria is it the theaters fault? Ambulance chaser lawyers love using this logic and it's what's costing people such a high price to do business these days.
ReplyDeleteLike I needed another reason besides ticket costs, snackbar costs/policies, the low quality and propaganda/political agenda crap produced by our betters in the movie industry and the general "I hate my job and the client" attitude of the majority of theater workers to avoid that whole scene.
ReplyDeleteIf the local theater (now a baptist church for some reason) reopened as a movie venue that showed films from the 30s to the 70s, allowed you to bring your own gedunk, charged a reasonable price and at least pretended to be happy I was a paying customer, I'd go every week!
Ha ha gedunk. You must be an old sailor.
DeleteOr a yardbird
DeleteGuilty on both counts, your honor
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