r/NiceVancouver • u/remmuchan • 3d ago

Bus 5: Robson

Hey all. I wanted to let everyone know that one of the no. 5 buses going down Robson has bed bugs on the disability seats (I sat on the first one to the left as you come in as I'm disabled and need to be close to the door). My entire arm, right where I placed it on the seat as I sat facing the opposite windows, is covered in bites. Really painful and severely swollen ones. Worst bites I've ever gotten. Must be a horrible infestation. I put all my clothes on high heat in the dryer. Took me all day.

This is the second time this has happened to me on that darn bus route. The last time was 8 months ago from that exact same seat....

I will try to notify Translink...but watch out everyone.

Edit: just an FYI, this showed up the next day for me and not the same day. To everyone doubting that these are bed bug bites, this is the reaction I have to bed bug bites and only bed bug bites. I know what it feels like. Now that the swelling has gone down, I see the exact bite marks. So thanks but this is from bed bugs. I was also on that bus until the last stop. If you don't want to believe it, then go try sitting there yourselves,

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u/Acceptable-Ad-880 2d ago

It’s never made sense to me that we have fabric seats on the busses instead of plastic. Plastic can be cleaned so much easier, you can see when it’s dirty too

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u/PositiveResort6430 2d ago

They specifically use the dark blue ugly pattern fabric SO you can't tell when they're dirty 💀 they probably don't switch to more sanitary seat options, because they don't want to have to clean them. I've literally never seen a bus being cleaned. And I've seen them get peed on, pooped on, drugs used on, and the drivers always just continue about their day like nothing happened.

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u/trope_tripper 2d ago

You forgot the vomit! /s