X-Mozilla-Status: 0003 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 X-Mozilla-Keys: Message-ID: <53C441E8.6070706@sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:47:36 -0700 From: Richard Childers User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:10.0.3) Gecko/20120327 Thunderbird/10.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jessica.ppmrentals@gmail.com CC: sheila@ppmrentals.com Subject: Humboldt County Department of Agriculture Confirms: Bedbug Infestation References: <53C40BA1.2010705@sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <53C40BA1.2010705@sbcglobal.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ladies, I stopped by the County Department of Agriculture today - the Fortuna exterminator who stopped by after work, last week, to see the bugs, told me that I could get a second opinion from them, and he was right. I stopped in and told the lady at the front desk what I was looking for. She picked up a phone, a guy walked out a few seconds later. He invited me down the hall, unlocked a lab, and led me inside, where he turned on a microscope, placed one of the sample bugs under the microscope, examined it carefully for a few minutes, and affirmed, that, yes, in his opinion, those were bedbugs. He even offered me a look through the microscope, to see for myself. Now, THAT'S service. He also told me that if I wanted a written analysis that he could send the bugs in question to the California Department of Agriculture - you know, if I needed anything in writing, for future reference. By my calculations I had an answer less than 300 seconds after I walked into their office. By way of comparison, I think I notified PPM's onsite employee, a week ago. That would be 7 days x 24 hours x 3600 seconds per hour equals 604800 seconds. By my calculations, The Humboldt County Department of Agriculture is over 2000 times more responsive to requests for assistance, than PPM is. Mind you - there was nothing stopping anyone else from doing what I just did, a week ago. A lot of bedbugs can hatch in 604,800 seconds. Shall I calculate how many bedbugs have hatched over the past week? Sincerely, ~richard On 07/14/14 09:56, Richard Childers wrote: > Ladies, > > I received a call from someone saying they were 'Dave', and were > representing PPM. > > He was calling to let me know that PPM was going to seek a second > estimate from another exterminator after the estimate from Woods Pest > Control. > > I am concerned because this is going to add more delay to the > resolution of a problem that had already been festering for far too long. > > It is my perception that you are more concerned about saving the owner > money, than you are about public health. > > May I say, your priorities are misplaced. > > Both the county and city inspectors were here Friday. They are very > concerned about this infestation. The city inspector came out here on > his day off. > > If you or anyone you know lives in Fortuna, YOU should be concerned, > too. If I am not mistaken, one of the residents works at Safeway. > Another works at Burger King. They are both in excellent positions to > act as vectors for infection in the larger population. > > If your neighbors experience an infestation and become aware that you > played footsie instead of fixing the problem, I am not responsible for > the consequences. > > You are somewhere between one week and three months behind current > events. Please catch up. > > You can start by reading the Wikipedia page on bedbugs - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug - so that you know what the > issues are. > > I'd appreciate it if you would provide me with Dave's electronic mail > address so I know whom I am corresponding with and so there is a > record of whom said what, when. > > (Also, I have a short list of needed repairs I would like to submit - > in writing.) > > > Additionally ... if I were Jessica, I would be deeply concerned that > my employer's commitment to my employment was so shallow that they > could not even bother to provide me with an electronic mail address. > > > > Sincerely, > > ~richard > > Richard Childers > 137 12th St Apt 4A > Fortuna CA 95540 > fscked@sbcglobal.net >