Back in high school my friends and I organized scavenger hunts designed to make us do embarrassing and humorous tasks. One of them was to enter a local Hollister clothing store with a flashlight and pretend that we needed it to find something in the store.
I also know of a mother in my town who went to Hollister with her daughter for the first time but decided to leave after a few minutes because the lack of light convinced her the store had experienced a power failure.
Hollister's puzzling decision to keep it's retail store in the dark has been the subject of many jokes and confusion nationwide. But even the many of us who mock Hollister never could have seen this story coming.
It turns out that a New York SoHo branch has had an infestation of bed bugs. You know, the critters who live in and around your mattresses, in the dark.
Hollister employees began noticing the insects about a month ago, but their complaints fell on deaf ears. Soon enough, several employees were covered in bed bug bites.
Lesley Kennedy writes, "Bedbugs only feed at night, and if you've ever been inside Hollister, you know that it is almost completely dark. I'm sure you can imagine the store has become a bedbug breeding ground since it was first exposed. Go Hollister!"
Well then.
As Wile E. would probably advise you, its not wise to enter a dimly lit cave without first knowing what surprises lie inside.
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