When a not-to-be-named customer stopped into the office nearly a month ago with a live bed bug specimen in a rubbermaid container, life in the office changed in ways none of us could have imagined.

Things got a little more interesting. A little more exciting.

A lot more freaky.

Seeking to better empathize with our customers, office staff began offering themselves up as bed bug food in the name of experimental pest control science. (See photo here).

Then the customer that started it all returned with a second specimen.

And then there were TWO.  Two bed bugs living together in a red dixie cup above The Boss’s desk.

Very strange things began to happen. Unlikely relationships were forged.  As James, one of the tech guys, put it after his turn being fed upon,  “Dude,” (speaking of the bed bug)  “I feel like we’re blood brothers”.

With a proclamation like that it only made sense we give the little parasites proper names. So this  morning I took it upon myself to call an impromptu office meeting with the objective of deciding this important matter.

Among the nominations were Hemo (after Finding Nemo) and Pat & Terry (since we don’t know the genders).

There were several other nominations but in the end we settled on Chuck and Larry.  We all thought these sounded like fitting bed bug names. If your name is Chuck or Larry please don’t be offended.

Larry is the bigger, rounder bed bug and Chuck is the smaller, skinnier one.  In the picture above they are chilling out on their very own Protect-A-Bed Mattress Cover which is 100% bed bug proof.  If you are in the market for a mattress cover that will save your mattress from bed bugs, dust mites and other destructive elements, this is your cover. If you live in NYC this is pretty much a necessity.

You can read more about Protect-A-Bed mattress covers here. If you don’t feel like reading any articles just take it from me that these things are pretty much the bomb-diggity and worth every penny. I promise.

Even Chuck and Larry seem to think so.