What to Do When Bedbugs Bite at Work

 

Bedbugs—those nasty parasites that feed off human blood—are typically a household problem. But every now and then, the critters find their way into the workplace, as they did last week at BuzzFeed’s headquarters in New York City.

 

“We are acting out of an abundance of caution and asking you to work from home tomorrow to give facilities the chance to deal with this in the fastest and environmentally safest manner,” the communications officer, Carole Robinson, wrote in an e-mail to workers June 22. “Fumigation will take place as soon as possible.”

 

She wrote that the headquarters office would be open until 11 a.m. that day to allow employees to grab laptops and other desk items, although she asked staffers to avoid retrieving items from the floor.

 

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