Hello! I would like to warn everyone of an experience my roommate and I have just had, in case I can prevent it happening to anyone else. Or, you know, if anyone knows a lawyer who could advise us.
My roommate has a queen size Nectar mattress. Friday night, she spilled some water on the bed and took the cover off to air dry. She unzipped the cover, and a flame retardant sleeve (that we hadn’t known was there to begin with) made of woven fiberglass began shedding small fiberglass particles. They were airborne. The whole room and everything in it is contaminated, and there are few surfaces elsewhere in the apartment that don’t have at least a little. Nowhere on the mattress' tags or on the Nectar website does it say there is a fiberglass sleeve. In fact, it makes a big deal of how there are five components: top of cover, three layers of foam, bottom of cover. Nothing about the flame retardant sleeve there. The label on the cover doesn't say you can't take it off, just that they suggest you don't. It does not mention fiberglass as a material found in the mattress at all. The website even has a page explaining that you CAN take off the cover and wash it, if you must, just that they suggest you don't. No real reasons given. No mention of fiberglass.
Our apartment is sparkly with fiberglass. We have had to drop money on a HEPA filter vacuum that could safely remove some of it, and on new non-permeable mattress covers to contain the worst of the source. We have had to garbage-bag up almost everything in her room. No amount of runs through the laundry seems to get it all out of clothes, and we have to thoroughly wipe out the washer and dryer drums every load. All her pillows were ruined, the chair in her room, her clothing, some expensive bras, a nice area rug, and I'm sure there will be trouble on the horizon with our landlord regarding the carpet, even if we do vacuum it as well as we can.
Lilly has been having nosebleeds, before the mattress was unzipped, but the worst one I've seen yet was the one that evening. She's been sleeping on it almost a year, and it could have begun coming through the fabric cover. Nosebleeds are a sign of fiberglass inhalation.
We have contacted the company, and their response was honestly insulting. We were told that we shouldn't have taken the mattress cover off to begin with, and that it can no longer be covered by the 365 night guarantee, despite us having had it for under the full year. I have just now, after three days trying, finally spoken to someone willing to look into our case, so here's hoping we'll get even a fraction of what we are, frankly, owed.
It really feels like there could be some sort of lawsuit here.
In fact, there is one, with a situation nearly identical to ours but with a different company. This was the first hit when I searched our problem online.
https://topclassactions.com/.../zinus-class-action-says.../
Anyway, if you have a Nectar mattress, don't ever open the easily accessible warning-label-free zipper! If you have had it under a year, and it's in its original condition, it can still be returned. If you were planning to get one, maybe don't! A lot of the foam-mattress-in-a box types have the fiberglass, though most of them disclose the presence of the fiberglass rather than hiding it like a dirty secret. Make sure you do a search for mattresses WITHOUT fiberglass as a flame retardant.
Story Time: in 2012, when I still lived in Florida, I used to work for a credit union, and I had the absolute worst manager and assistant manager. They were sloppy, lazy, and offloaded their work onto other people. No biggie; I’m grown and I can handle my job and not stress because I’m damned good at it. Problem: the manager and assistant manager, who happened to be best friends in real life, also happen to be very, very conservative older women. I’m talking like, hardcore conservative Christians, the kind who are not very good people and are very unlike Christ. I don’t make it a point to tell people I work with my business because when you work, you’re busy and you don’t want to burden other people, right? At least, I don’t. Subject of my love life comes up after a while of me staying in my lane, and I’m also not a liar, so I casually mention that I happen to be gay and I’m dating someone at the time. The change in my managers was almost immediate. From that point on they tried their utmost to make my life miserable, but I wasn’t going to break. Fast forward about a month after this mess and one of the tellers, Tanika, and I have become really good friends, and she pulls me aside one Monday morning to tell me that she overheard the manager and assistant manager talking about firing me, and she didn’t want to get too involved, but she didn’t think it was fair so she wnated to give me a headsup. Here’s the best part: these asshats are SO lazy that they literally say - or so Tanika tells me- that they’ll wait for the end of the week to do it, because otherwise they would have no one to cover my Wednesday shift, and they’d have to sit on the teller line, and no siree Bob, they’re too good for that! Too important! Too. Fucking. Lazy. Immediately I type up a two week notice at my station, print that shit out, and take it to that sloppy ass manager in her sloppy ass office. They have no receipts on me, but these people will find anything and use it to get rid of you if they can, and I’m not having a forcible termination on my record and dealing with how that will look to future employers. Keep in mind that I’m not supposed to know that they’re planning on firing me, and I’ve done my homework on company policy about two week notices (they had just changed it in January, and it was February). I give her the paper, sit in front of her, tell her some cock and bull story about needing more time for school. She looks upset, tells me to leave the letter, and go back to my station. I pull out a second copy of the letter and say: “Sure! But, first, I need your signature on this one, which is my copy of the two week notice.” Her face was a Goddamned mask at this point, but I could tell she was burning up inside. She’s trapped; she has to either sign it and pretend everything is fine, or she refuses and I go in on her for her “suspicious behavior” and call her higher ups. She signs my copy. I go back and finish my day. Day ends and the assistant manager comes to me and tells me they have spoken to the president of the credit union and they have decided to terminate me anyway. Tells me I need to turn in my drawer and vault keys immediately and leave the premises. I refuse; “I’m not leaving until we count my drawer down together, I have a printed and signed copy of my balance, and you have signed paperwork confirming that I have given you all keys back.” She has no choice. I walk out with all necessary paperwork, get home, and immediately email the credit union president telling him what happened and how I think it’s utterly unprofessional for an employer to behave this way. He calls me the next day to my personal phone, and tells me the manager and assistant manager both told him I had quit on the spot and walked out without so much as a goodbye. I tell him I have a signed two week notice from the manager, because this sloppy ho can’t even keep own story together for five minutes. He tells me to photocopy it and email it to him. I do. Tells me he is going to have a discussion with the manager and call me back ASAP. Calls me back, apologizes profusely, and tells me that I shouldn’t have been treated as such, so he offers to pay me for the two weeks I had give notice for, ON TOP of an extra two weeks of compensation, and I didn’t even have to show up to the branch anymore. He was paying me a full month for no work to make up for the situation. First paycheck comes in, and I put on my best outfit. Pick out the hottest shit in my closet that says: “I look incredible” but also “I have free time and you don’t” and “enjoy working here while I get paid while napping at the beach,” and I walk my happy little ass into that bank to pick up my paycheck like:
Happily greet the manager and assistant manager, who are both there like:
Say hello to my friend Tanika, who is at the teller line like:
Enjoying the fuck out of this show, right? Like, she can’t say it out loud, but she’s fucking living for this goddamned circus and it’s written all over her face! I talk to her and loudly tell her how amazing it feels to have four weeks off with pay, and how polite and nice the bank president is. Then I walk my happy little ass out of the bank like:
But not before saying bye to the manager and assistant manager and reminding them that I’ll be back in two weeks to pick up my next check, “probably right before I head to Key Largo for the weekend.” …and that’s the story of how I once absolutely wrecked two people who thought they could use their positions of power to come for me unfairly, and a story I’ll be telling my grandchildren so they know, as grandpa knew on one February morning of 2012, that you take bullshit from absolutely no one.
Happy 20th anniversary of the greatest Harry Potter dialogue ever spoken
Saw this on facebook and am keeping the momentum going. I’ve copied all the fundraiser links below, and here’s the link to the original post in case you’d prefer to look at the list that way.
https://gf.me/u/x8y8ak
Help me get home, please! $2,204/10,000 《《 high priority
Gender Fluid Human In Need Of Help $1,670/3,500 《《 escaping toxic environment; could use more recent donations
Adopted Trans Woman seeking safety & medical help $17,286/29,000
Shane’s Top Surgery $2,651/7,750 《《 this one has been up for over a year and he’s still waiting
Help J Remove Themselves from Toxic Household $1,642/2,500 《《 needs more contributions
Grace Mwangi’s Gender Confirmation Surgery $3,105/38,000
Nyne’s top surgery $2,993/8,000
Help Grayson start transition $1,201/2,000 《《 keep this going!
Skyler’s Transition Fund €503/3,000 《《 needs more contributions
Londynn’s New Life $8,853/15,000
NYIEMÄ’S GENDER CONFIRMATION FUND $8,795/37,000
Zoeys transition fund £4,330/10,000
Supporting Black Trans Elders cashapp $fakerapper $16,742/100,000
Top Surgery For Yadriel Acazio $1,842/11,000 《《 this one needs a boost
Coco’s Medical Transition Fund $3,465/15,000
Maya’s Transition & Recovery Fund $2,007/35,744 《《 needs more contributions
Help Create Corbyn $1,988/4,000
Flora’s Transition Fund $910/5,000 《《 needs more contributions
Amina Transition And Rent Fund €3,467/5,000
Help Guilly Get Top Surgery!! $3,115/7,500
Atticus’ homeless fund $5,648/10,000
HOUSING FOR TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR $7,897/60,000
Ahren’s Top Surgery $3,961/7,500
Malakai’s Top Surgery $1,229/10,000 《《 needs more contributions
Top Surgery $8,000/8,000 FUNDED!
Community Housing Security $1,127/45,000 《《 needs more contributions
Kiana’s Gender Transition $2,170/35,000
Jacobs top surgery $6,910/8,000
Skye’s Top Surgery $2,057/8,500 《《 surgery is August 10th & he won’t know how much insurance will cover until day of
Hunter’s Top Surgery $5,270/12,000 《《 time sensitive, get this funded before September!
Alexandria’s Transition fund $3,562/40,000
Myles’s Tracheal Shave Procedure $2,990/8,450
Zeke’s Top Surgery Fund $4,544/9,000
help koo start a new life $1,200/25,000 《《 needs more contributions
Landon’s Top Surgery! $1,025/2,000 《《 vital to covering what insurance doesn’t; deadline July 30th (read update)
Donate to Myla’s Breast Augmentation $2,157/6,000
Vanessa L. Naisha needs support to seek justice! $14,793/15,000 《《 so close! Let’s close the final gap
Travis’ Transition Fund $16,408/30,000
Disabled Enby Needing Help For Top Surgery! $3,540/8,500 《《 NEEDS FUNDING BEFORE AUGUST 4TH
Tyler’s Transition Fund $13,624/30,000
Clarabelle’s Gender Affirmation Surgery $10,752/20,000
help deluca get top surgery ! $5,154/7,000
Help Black Trans Woman Transition $19,403/20,700
Wriply’s surgery/ continued living fund $8,812/26,520 《《 this one has been up since 2018. I found Wriply’s socials and she’s still active, still waiting. Let’s get this fulfilled
Help a black trans woman w/ advanced cancer in ATL $22,111/25,000 《《 keep the momentum going
Help Harmony, a Black Trans Woman Survive $7,896/20,000
Help a black trans-man get FTM top surgery! $6,433/15,000
Malikais Top Surgery $4,172/7,500
Finn’s Therapy & Wellness Fund $2,970/7,000
Kyo’s (aka Key) Transition Fund $13,514/25,000
Transition Funds for Dallas $6,880/15,000
Help a Black Trans Woman from homelessness $7,281/10,000 《《 let’s get this goal met asap
Bottom Surgery and Electrolysis $6,349/40,000
Noelle’s Breast Augmentation $11,180/13,000
Aeri’s Moving Out & Transition Fund $14,989/20,000 《《 more than halfway; keep it going
SAVE A TEENAGE TRANSMAN’S LIFE $4,560/25,000
Cody’s Top Surgery $2,758/7,000
Help Kit get Top Surgery $1,845/6,000 《《 needs to be funded before October
Help Erika Begin Her Transition $8,293/10,000
I will periodically update the progress amounts. As the goals are met, I’ll mark them as funded and change the colors from green to pink to make it clear. I’m also tagging the ones that could use more attention with red.
Been hearing a lot about “reparations” lately? Well, this is one way to start working towards that, since those in power certainly won’t.
I made these in response to hate crimes in my community. They are full size and free to download and print if you’d like to use them, too.
Arab world
https://t.co/7Y9nAUR799?amp=1
Argentina
125
Australia
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/get-immediate-support
1300 22 4636
Austria
https://t.co/IS6r6a7ALE?amp=1
142
147
Belgium (Flanders)
https://www.watwat.be/
https://www.watwat.be/zoek-hulp
https://t.co/tsYGQsRjyt?amp=1
http://www.weljongniethetero.be/
Brazil
https://www.cvv.org.br/
188
Canada
https://youthline.ca
1-866-531-2600
Czech Republic
https://www.sbarvouven.cz/poradentska-sit/
Denmark
+45 33 13 19 48
France
https://www.sos-homophobie.org/
Germany
https://t.co/0xnzUvYMz4?amp=1
Greece
1056
Indonesia
https://t.co/Gdp2DfYcvH?amp=1
Italy
https://t.co/R055HfpERr?amp=1
New Zealand
http://www.outline.org.nz/
0800 376 633
0800 688 5463
Free text 234
Norway
116
123
Peru
113
Portugal
http://www.ilga-portugal.pt/actividades/laish.php
218 873 922
Spain
https://t.co/nVpvLQWunH?amp=1
717 003 717
Sweden
https://t.co/asJiSVRIbd?amp=1
Switzerland
146
The Netherlands
https://www.deluisterlijn.nl/
113 (suicide)
Turkey
http://spod.org.tr/TR/sayfalar/2/danisma-hatti
UK
https://t.co/BItHgt7cvG?amp=1
https://t.co/lxeWfSgqPX?amp=1
USA
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
1-866-488-7386
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I do think it’s a Leetle Annoying when ppl are like omg american food is so narsty and unhealthy.. look at this (food that is only sold at the texas state fair)
This tumblr is pro BLM, pro LGBT, and anti cop. If you are silent right now you are complicit. Police recently killed 2 black men, Tony Mcdade and George Floyd as well as countless others in the past. There is no on the fence about this, if you arent angry at North America you're disgusting.
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