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Business Reopens Its Doors After 53 Days Of Closure Due To Quarantine Only To Find All Of The Leather Products Molded
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Business Reopens Its Doors After 53 Days Of Closure Due To Quarantine Only To Find All Of The Leather Products Molded

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COVID-19 has stopped non-essential business dead in its tracks with lockdowns being initiated in many parts of the world. Besides the losses incurred by said businesses due to not being able to generate income, all the while being expected to pay wages and rent (at the very least), running into further problems makes worse come to worst.

A leatherwear and accessories store recently opened its doors for the first time in two months since the enactment of a nationwide lockdown only to find out that virtually all of its inventory had molded, raising a lot of questions as a result.

As if lockdown wasn’t bad enough for business, this one found a sad surprise when it reopened 2 months later

Image source: Nex Nezeum

A Facebook user by the name of Nex Nezeum recently shared a number of photos of various leather products covered in insane amounts of fungal mold. Shoes, bags, wallets, belts, and even the furniture and flooring were molding—truly a sight to marvel at, for one reason or another.

Image source: Nex Nezeum

A Facebook user shared some photos of a leatherwear store that molded during the lockdown

Image source: Nex Nezeum

Back in March, Malaysia enacted the Movement Control Order, more commonly known as a lockdown in the rest of the world, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Non-essential businesses such as this leatherwear and accessory store were shut down until further notice.

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So, fast forward to May 10th—53 days after the start of lockdown—the state introduces eased-up conditions for the lockdown, allowing non-essential business to open up again, granted they meet physical distancing, disinfectant provision, and other requirements.

Image source: Nex Nezeum

Everything from shoes and bags to furniture and flooring were covered in sporadic colonies of mold

Image source: Nex Nezeum

Now, you’d think that the stores would be left untouched by time, save for some dust settling or someone’s forgotten sandwich going bad in the personnel fridge. But no, as if the pandemic wasn’t bad enough for business, the store’s entire stock had to go bad.

Not much information is available as of the time of this article, but people online are speculating that this is a Metrojaya Department Store in the Sabah State, and that the air conditioning was turned off in certain unused areas of the outlet to save money on resource and maintenance costs.

Image source: Nex Nezeum

People are speculating that the store’s AC was turned off to save on costs, and then the weather happened

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Image source: Nex Nezeum

Not much information is available as of the time of this article, but Bored Panda reached out to the original photo uploader, who is yet to comment on the issue. However, people online are speculating that this is a Metrojaya Department Store in the Sabah State, and that the air conditioning was turned off in certain unused areas of the outlet to save money on resource and maintenance costs.

Well, the only silver lining here is that mycologists are probably in awe of this spectacle, marveling in its sea of molding beauty. Oh, and these pictures also went viral, garnering over 11,000 reactions and 46,000 shares in just a day and being shared on various media outlets.

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Image source: Nex Nezeum

The mold formed over an estimated span of 53 days—more than enough for it to take over the world

Image source: Nex Nezeum

What else is there to do if not to joke about it? That is what the majority of internauts did, saying that this is a good way of finding out whether it’s real or faux leather, and that nature is finally getting back on its feet—humans are the real virus here, in reference to nature claiming back towns.

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Image source: Nex Nezeum

People online joked that this is a very good way of figuring out whether the leather is fake or not

Image source: Nex Nezeum

Following the success of the first set of pictures, Nex uploaded some more moldy goodness (or not-so-goodness, depending on who you are in this situation). What looks like a cinema also ran into the same bit of trouble, with mold covering all of the seats and the carpeting. Because of this, one commenter even dubbed him “Mycelium Man,” the superhero who hunts down moldy places for the internet’s enjoyment.

Photos of a cinema were also uploaded, with pretty much the same results as the leatherwear store

Image source: Nex Nezeum

Image source: Nex Nezeum

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Image source: Nex Nezeum

So, what are your thoughts on mold? Do we have any mold-loving mycologists out here who think mold is cool, or is it overall a nuisance? If you’ve got any moldy stories, let us know in the comments below!

Here’s how the internet reacted to the very moldy news

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simon_37 avatar
Treessimontrees
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is this due to the high levels of humidity in Malaysia? Also interesting to see the wallets which aren't leather which might be claiming to be...

rahsoft avatar
Rah Soft
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes. Malaysia is both very hot and humid all materials( even concrete suffer from the weather) - I used to live there. so all the spores in the air will settle on things and go to work. I suspect also the mold was feeding off oils and debris from human contact( especially the cinema).

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alicebrownell avatar
Lyra Rey
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"So, what are your thoughts on mold? Do you love it, or is it a nuisance?" What kind of question is this???

prinsdoezel avatar
Liesbeth Blogt
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Clesn those damn places and for the sake of human kind, let the cleaning be done by professionals.

troux avatar
Troux
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look how the movie theater pretends like this isn't normal. I'ts always been that disgusting, they just never turned the lights all the way up until now!

andreaanthony avatar
Andrea Anthony
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what are my thoughts on mold? do I love it? no, no I don't think I can say that I love mold. it can bring good things, like penicillin, but on the whole, it's absolutely a nuisance lol. what a weird question, BP.

hya40 avatar
MacDudu
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, on one hand it's an unfortunate effect of fungal spores given humidity and opportunity, on the other it's an apocalyptic metaphor on the fleeting and ultimately useless nature of most material goods. Art in motion, man!

bigh827 avatar
Harley Hans Hoglin
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some of that leather can be cleaned, but you can't sell it at full price because the color will be off. I've cleaned leather that was getting moldy. But a bunch of that stuff is junk, it can't be cleaned, the mold has gone to deep into the leather.

linmon8803 avatar
Sonder Along
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me, an equestrian, calculating how much saddle soap, neatsfoot oil and time it'd take to save all that leather.

cruzarts avatar
Steve Cruz
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They'll probably clean it off and sell it on eBay. I bought sheets that smelled of mold -- probably flood salvage -- and no amount of washing, soaking in vinegar, airing in sunshine would keep the mildew odor from returning in a couple of days.

mntryjoseph avatar
mntryjoseph
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Leather is dead skin, so of course it will decay if not treated! It is the 21st century, people, we do NOT need to wear the skin, fur and feathers of animals. We are not cave dwellers!

cjucz22 avatar
Christina Uhlir
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

mntryjoseph, thank you for your comment; unfortunately "we" are far worse than cave dwellers, I am sure they did not create so much waste and did not gobbled up more than one million animals per hour.

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Pacifico Fernandez
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, this is not at all surprising, everyone in the tropics knows that mold grows from the moment you leave a leather/cotton object alone for few hours. The live there its not that they just arrived. I think the problem is that the owners o the store didnt know that the mall turned off the air conditioning. I hope they get their money back, because it is not the fault of the shop.

sherry_straus_94 avatar
Fairsher
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine offices, restaurants, air conditioning units not used in months,even water not moving in pipes. There will need to be special procedures to clean out many areas.

jack_bonner80 avatar
Jack Bonner
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

all they had to do was leave the climate control on the absolute minimum to keep the air dry. Now they have to throw everything out and they have no immune system because they've been isolating and wearing masks for a month and have a mold infestation. The sickness is going to be rampant. Mold is so toxic.

kateh_1 avatar
kate h
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

agree about leaving the climate control on, but very few species of mold are actually toxic.

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cjucz22 avatar
Christina Uhlir
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually it's good, leather is cruel and unsustainable, time to transfer to cruelty free and environmentally friendly materials.

gillandbella avatar
laurencaswell4 avatar
Lauren Caswell
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What weirds me out about cheese isnt so much the mould, its the tiny cheese mites living in it. Ever since i saw a microscopic view of cheeses on a documentary I've never gotten that image out of my head. Doesn't stop me eating cheese though lol who could resist

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Eva Pohl
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fungi can adjust to nearly anything. Spores and fragments of mould are in the air as they are in soil and are everywhere. Given opportunity to settle in suitable environment, they will prosper. Amazing organism and we need it around as it is important in decomposition. So, do not hate mould, it is and will be. In humid conditions it is necessary to keep air moving (airing the area) or just get dehumidifier. This needs to be considered. Obviously, the owner of the business could have stored all goods if they have space. Even in putting things into carton boxes with silica packets would help for a while.

chrisdifonso avatar
cjucz22 avatar
Christina Uhlir
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's tragic is what we're doing to our planet and all animals, that's really tragic for humanity.

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sasyscarborough avatar
Sasy
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it did look as though the items that went moldy were touched in the past, which would be a great example of how often things are handled and how we need to be ever vigilant in this time.

dutchvanzandt avatar
Oskar vanZandt
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So when the businesses were shut they just turned off the heating/airconditioning? I don't think that was wise... dehumidifiers would've helped.

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Marky Mark
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Being equatorial and surrounded by water means Malaysia is hot and humid. If you cycle the AC (turn off the AC, let the hot humid air in, and then turn it back on) you will get heavy condensation. This mold growth is still pretty weird because the leather is treated and there should be little substrate for the mold to grow on.

kobayashi-ken avatar
K.Kobayashi
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Leather is very prone to mold. I once bought an expensive leather bag from Amazon that arrived like one of these photos. I've also lost one pair of shoes to mold.

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cjucz22 avatar
Christina Uhlir
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agree with you Bored, given the different extreme climate in some parts of the world, it seems that humans should not inhabit them at all, let humans lose habitations for a change.

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Terri Harding
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

shows how dirty some surfaces really are. Even without the virus people shouldn't be touching their faces and should be hand washing more.

nightfalltwen avatar
Kimberley McMillan
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would you not check on your business every day? My parents have a closed restaurant right now and we're visiting every day because insurance won't cover any disasters if the property is 'abandoned'.

nalasimba avatar
nala simba
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if this is Covid-19 in perfect circumstances and the leather is acting like a petrie dish? Were these my goods, I would incinerate them rather than having them cleaned. Things are so bad these days, that we have to be extra vigilant, and combine our common sense with what has always been considered the "Nanny State."

meyerweinstock avatar
Meyer Weinstock
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Note the location: Malaysia. Living here in the American Southwest, we never have humidity. 'Nuff said.

kklove1467 avatar
Karin Love
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How does the owner of a store that sells only leather goods, in Malaysia of all places, not know about the mold thing?

kaisermom2000 avatar
Jackie Butts
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While living in Panama (also extremely humid) we let a friend use one of our parking spots for his BMW, while he was out of the country for medical reasons. The leather seats in his BMW were covered in the same type of mold within 2 months.

rmckeague avatar
Richard McKeague
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well if you turn off the HVAC this is what you get! I guess they thought they would turn in an insurance claim!

cgbartist avatar
Catherine Brady
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is sickening to see the mold in the chair seats is worse than on the chair backs. Makes you wonder what "fluids" may be lurking there.

amosjacob422 avatar
James
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a new home owner I closed the vents to our closets to save on heat in the winter. Summer rolled around; didn’t think about the closets needing ac. Yeah, not pretty!

lramsdell avatar
Lorraine R
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was in the Navy I was stationed in a tropical area. Since we mostly wore work uniforms my black dress heels were forgotten for months in the bottom of my locker. Then they said we were going to have a dress uniform inspection, so I pulled out the dress shoes. First thought was, "When did I get a pair of green suede pumps?" Then I realized the smooth green fuzz was actually mold. After I stopped laughing, I wiped them off and hit them with some black polish and they were fine.

urbanjoanna avatar
Asia
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had things going moldy in a wardrobe in Thailand

babycatg2002 avatar
Cat
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Malaysia is usually hot and humid. Non stop aircon kept mold at bay. No point running aircon during lockdown => mold thriving. Rather unfortunate for the shop

val_izhakevich avatar
Val Izhakevich
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The venue is ready for boutique sales of select French cheeses.

s_y_rogers avatar
BabyBooby
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Matthew 6:19-20 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. In this sad case....mildew and mold

rahsoft avatar
Rah Soft
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Malaysia is both very hot and humid all materials( even concrete suffer from the weather) - I used to live there. so all the spores in the air will settle on things and go to work. I suspect also the mold was feeding off oils and debris from human contact( especially the cinema). I've had clothes in storage that will deteriorate in time to mold even if i had air conditioning. remember malaysia is located in a part of the world that has the majority of the earths bio diversity in a band of land either side of the equator. There is a serious amount of germs, bacteria, mold, fungi etc that live in this region( plenty to kill you as well)

simon_37 avatar
Treessimontrees
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is this due to the high levels of humidity in Malaysia? Also interesting to see the wallets which aren't leather which might be claiming to be...

rahsoft avatar
Rah Soft
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes. Malaysia is both very hot and humid all materials( even concrete suffer from the weather) - I used to live there. so all the spores in the air will settle on things and go to work. I suspect also the mold was feeding off oils and debris from human contact( especially the cinema).

Load More Replies...
alicebrownell avatar
Lyra Rey
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"So, what are your thoughts on mold? Do you love it, or is it a nuisance?" What kind of question is this???

prinsdoezel avatar
Liesbeth Blogt
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Clesn those damn places and for the sake of human kind, let the cleaning be done by professionals.

troux avatar
Troux
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look how the movie theater pretends like this isn't normal. I'ts always been that disgusting, they just never turned the lights all the way up until now!

andreaanthony avatar
Andrea Anthony
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what are my thoughts on mold? do I love it? no, no I don't think I can say that I love mold. it can bring good things, like penicillin, but on the whole, it's absolutely a nuisance lol. what a weird question, BP.

hya40 avatar
MacDudu
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, on one hand it's an unfortunate effect of fungal spores given humidity and opportunity, on the other it's an apocalyptic metaphor on the fleeting and ultimately useless nature of most material goods. Art in motion, man!

bigh827 avatar
Harley Hans Hoglin
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some of that leather can be cleaned, but you can't sell it at full price because the color will be off. I've cleaned leather that was getting moldy. But a bunch of that stuff is junk, it can't be cleaned, the mold has gone to deep into the leather.

linmon8803 avatar
Sonder Along
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me, an equestrian, calculating how much saddle soap, neatsfoot oil and time it'd take to save all that leather.

cruzarts avatar
Steve Cruz
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They'll probably clean it off and sell it on eBay. I bought sheets that smelled of mold -- probably flood salvage -- and no amount of washing, soaking in vinegar, airing in sunshine would keep the mildew odor from returning in a couple of days.

mntryjoseph avatar
mntryjoseph
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Leather is dead skin, so of course it will decay if not treated! It is the 21st century, people, we do NOT need to wear the skin, fur and feathers of animals. We are not cave dwellers!

cjucz22 avatar
Christina Uhlir
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

mntryjoseph, thank you for your comment; unfortunately "we" are far worse than cave dwellers, I am sure they did not create so much waste and did not gobbled up more than one million animals per hour.

Load More Replies...
stanimira_deleva avatar
Pacifico Fernandez
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, this is not at all surprising, everyone in the tropics knows that mold grows from the moment you leave a leather/cotton object alone for few hours. The live there its not that they just arrived. I think the problem is that the owners o the store didnt know that the mall turned off the air conditioning. I hope they get their money back, because it is not the fault of the shop.

sherry_straus_94 avatar
Fairsher
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine offices, restaurants, air conditioning units not used in months,even water not moving in pipes. There will need to be special procedures to clean out many areas.

jack_bonner80 avatar
Jack Bonner
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

all they had to do was leave the climate control on the absolute minimum to keep the air dry. Now they have to throw everything out and they have no immune system because they've been isolating and wearing masks for a month and have a mold infestation. The sickness is going to be rampant. Mold is so toxic.

kateh_1 avatar
kate h
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

agree about leaving the climate control on, but very few species of mold are actually toxic.

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cjucz22 avatar
Christina Uhlir
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually it's good, leather is cruel and unsustainable, time to transfer to cruelty free and environmentally friendly materials.

gillandbella avatar
laurencaswell4 avatar
Lauren Caswell
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What weirds me out about cheese isnt so much the mould, its the tiny cheese mites living in it. Ever since i saw a microscopic view of cheeses on a documentary I've never gotten that image out of my head. Doesn't stop me eating cheese though lol who could resist

Load More Replies...
eva-pohl avatar
Eva Pohl
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fungi can adjust to nearly anything. Spores and fragments of mould are in the air as they are in soil and are everywhere. Given opportunity to settle in suitable environment, they will prosper. Amazing organism and we need it around as it is important in decomposition. So, do not hate mould, it is and will be. In humid conditions it is necessary to keep air moving (airing the area) or just get dehumidifier. This needs to be considered. Obviously, the owner of the business could have stored all goods if they have space. Even in putting things into carton boxes with silica packets would help for a while.

chrisdifonso avatar
cjucz22 avatar
Christina Uhlir
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's tragic is what we're doing to our planet and all animals, that's really tragic for humanity.

Load More Replies...
sasyscarborough avatar
Sasy
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it did look as though the items that went moldy were touched in the past, which would be a great example of how often things are handled and how we need to be ever vigilant in this time.

dutchvanzandt avatar
Oskar vanZandt
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So when the businesses were shut they just turned off the heating/airconditioning? I don't think that was wise... dehumidifiers would've helped.

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Marky Mark
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Being equatorial and surrounded by water means Malaysia is hot and humid. If you cycle the AC (turn off the AC, let the hot humid air in, and then turn it back on) you will get heavy condensation. This mold growth is still pretty weird because the leather is treated and there should be little substrate for the mold to grow on.

kobayashi-ken avatar
K.Kobayashi
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Leather is very prone to mold. I once bought an expensive leather bag from Amazon that arrived like one of these photos. I've also lost one pair of shoes to mold.

Load More Replies...
victoriahernandez avatar
cjucz22 avatar
Christina Uhlir
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agree with you Bored, given the different extreme climate in some parts of the world, it seems that humans should not inhabit them at all, let humans lose habitations for a change.

Load More Replies...
hardingterri avatar
Terri Harding
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

shows how dirty some surfaces really are. Even without the virus people shouldn't be touching their faces and should be hand washing more.

nightfalltwen avatar
Kimberley McMillan
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would you not check on your business every day? My parents have a closed restaurant right now and we're visiting every day because insurance won't cover any disasters if the property is 'abandoned'.

nalasimba avatar
nala simba
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if this is Covid-19 in perfect circumstances and the leather is acting like a petrie dish? Were these my goods, I would incinerate them rather than having them cleaned. Things are so bad these days, that we have to be extra vigilant, and combine our common sense with what has always been considered the "Nanny State."

meyerweinstock avatar
Meyer Weinstock
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Note the location: Malaysia. Living here in the American Southwest, we never have humidity. 'Nuff said.

kklove1467 avatar
Karin Love
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How does the owner of a store that sells only leather goods, in Malaysia of all places, not know about the mold thing?

kaisermom2000 avatar
Jackie Butts
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While living in Panama (also extremely humid) we let a friend use one of our parking spots for his BMW, while he was out of the country for medical reasons. The leather seats in his BMW were covered in the same type of mold within 2 months.

rmckeague avatar
Richard McKeague
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well if you turn off the HVAC this is what you get! I guess they thought they would turn in an insurance claim!

cgbartist avatar
Catherine Brady
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is sickening to see the mold in the chair seats is worse than on the chair backs. Makes you wonder what "fluids" may be lurking there.

amosjacob422 avatar
James
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a new home owner I closed the vents to our closets to save on heat in the winter. Summer rolled around; didn’t think about the closets needing ac. Yeah, not pretty!

lramsdell avatar
Lorraine R
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was in the Navy I was stationed in a tropical area. Since we mostly wore work uniforms my black dress heels were forgotten for months in the bottom of my locker. Then they said we were going to have a dress uniform inspection, so I pulled out the dress shoes. First thought was, "When did I get a pair of green suede pumps?" Then I realized the smooth green fuzz was actually mold. After I stopped laughing, I wiped them off and hit them with some black polish and they were fine.

urbanjoanna avatar
Asia
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had things going moldy in a wardrobe in Thailand

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Malaysia is usually hot and humid. Non stop aircon kept mold at bay. No point running aircon during lockdown => mold thriving. Rather unfortunate for the shop

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Val Izhakevich
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The venue is ready for boutique sales of select French cheeses.

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BabyBooby
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Matthew 6:19-20 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. In this sad case....mildew and mold

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Rah Soft
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Malaysia is both very hot and humid all materials( even concrete suffer from the weather) - I used to live there. so all the spores in the air will settle on things and go to work. I suspect also the mold was feeding off oils and debris from human contact( especially the cinema). I've had clothes in storage that will deteriorate in time to mold even if i had air conditioning. remember malaysia is located in a part of the world that has the majority of the earths bio diversity in a band of land either side of the equator. There is a serious amount of germs, bacteria, mold, fungi etc that live in this region( plenty to kill you as well)

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