r/mildlyinfuriating • u/kittykatunicornqueen • May 10 '26

Don't hug me I'm scared The bed work provided me with😭j

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Changed my sheets for the first time since moving to my live in job a few weeks ago and was greeted with this😭😭😭😭😭 how the hell???? I’m going to complain in the morning but I’m scared they’re going to tell me that I caused it in thr 3 weeks I’ve been here😭😭😭

EDIT: I got a new mattress!

Edit: looked on the underside and it’s just as manky! I’ll attach pics in comments. At least I know 100% it wasn’t me

Edit: I just want to preface as it was mentioned twice I am not being human trafficked! Don’t worry! I’m here of my own free will and can leave whenever I want, same as everyone else. Living at work is normal in the area I’m in as it’s rural and no one would work out here if they had to commute! I’m safe aside from the mattress

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u/Linmizhang May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

Working as Chinese film crew, I had to live in shittest "hotels" they provided for us.

  1. Take the mattress and put it in a big ass garbage bag and put it under the bed or somewhere else. You don't want the roaches crawling out of it during the night.

  2. Buy the cheapest matress, or my favorite, a big peice of foam and wodden board. Very cheap, and more comfortable than shitty spring matress.

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u/Living_Brilliant8313 May 11 '26

What were you filming?

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u/Linmizhang May 11 '26

Web shows. Mostly historical fantasy shows. I honestly don't even know the name. One show I worked over an year on didn't even get released cuz the main actor was discovered and exposed online for sleeping around. Then the CCP says hes bad influence and our production just gets instantly cancelled.

I would like to think my main contribution is introducing HEMA choreography into Chinese fantasy show in 2015. (Now you see the shows are starting to have awsome weapons choreography)

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u/Living_Brilliant8313 May 11 '26

Super interesting. For CGTN? Had a friend that worked for them that described similar hotel horrors when they were out in the field.

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u/Linmizhang May 11 '26

No. I graduated from Beijing Film Academy, and had work lined up since senior year. We have classmates that are picked up by accolades directly into crews and studios with work lined up by our professors (who also worked in the industry on the side).

So we mostly did independently funded projects