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A PSA from the Reformed Chicks: Don’t sit on the subway benches in NYC

posted by Susan Johnson | 9:42pm Thursday May 8, 2008

I used to do these PSA’s pretty regularly but haven’t done one in awhile. Then I saw this story and felt compelled to warn you guys not to sit on the wooden benches in the subway, they may be infected with bed bugs. Yech! I had read that they had a pretty bad epidemic of bed bugs in even fancy hotels and apartments, I didn’t know that included subway benches. I’m starting to rethink taking my daughters to NY this summer.



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Charles Cosimano

posted May 8, 2008 at 9:57 pm


People who ride subways deserve to get bugs. Let them drive cars like civilized people.



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yelladawgNC

posted May 9, 2008 at 2:22 am


Go to New York, Michele! It’s a fantastic city & you’ll have a wonderful time. I used to live in Manhattan years ago & I still miss it.
I commuted to work every day on the subway. There you will see, in the words of the Book of Common Prayer, “all sorts and conditions of men.” I used to pray for my fellow passengers a lot on the subway; you can’t help observing people when you’re in such close quarters and you divine so much about their lives and the burdens they carry. It was a powerful spiritual experience, those transient moments shared in silence with my fellow human beings. God is in the subway right along with the bedbugs. (BTW, I don’t see how a bedbug survives on a bench–a termite, maybe, but a bedbug?)
Anyway, GO! You’ll have so much fun. Just wear really comfortable walking shoes. And don’t be afraid to ask for directions; New Yorkers are actually quite friendly, despite their reputation.



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Michele McGinty

posted May 9, 2008 at 6:43 am


Actually, I’ve taken them before and had a good time. We usually go to the museum. I think maybe we should do something else but they always want to go there. We usually take the car but I was thinking it might be fun to take the train, we did it last time and we had a fun time walking around the city.



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ZZ

posted May 9, 2008 at 8:07 am


I read somewhere that 20% of the weight of a common matress is dust mites. And the average human is carrying around 30 pounds of bacteria in their bodies.



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