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Don't Lick
Envelopes
We received this
submittal as a group of stories and testimonials on why you should
avoid licking envelopes from now on. As if anyone uses "snail mail"
anymore...kidding, kidding...
I used to work for an
envelope company. Our plant supervisor used to work in the Chicago
plant and told us not to lick the envelopes because they would often
find dead rats at the bottom of the glue barrel (after thousands of
envelopes had been glued and shipped). EEWW!
I work in a factory and
we have 2 employees who used to work in an envelope factory. They
told me that when the machine jams up, they use whatever water is
handy to thin out the glue. This includes water that they just
mopped the floor with. Since then, I've avoided licking envelopes.
If you lick your
envelopes... You won't anymore! A woman was working in a post office
in California. One day she licked the envelopes and postage stamps
instead of using a sponge. That very day the lady cut her tongue on
the envelope. A week later, she noticed an abnormal swelling of her
tongue. She went to the doctor, but they found nothing wrong. Her
tongue was not sore or anything. A couple of days later, her tongue
started to swell more, and it began to get so sore, that she could
not eat.
She went back to the
hospital, and demanded something be done.
The doctor took an x-ray
of her tongue and noticed a lump. He prepared her for minor surgery.
When the doctor cut her tongue open, a live cockroach crawled out!
There were roach eggs on the seal of the envelope. The egg was able
to hatch inside of her tongue, because of her saliva. It was warm
and moist. This is a true story reported on CNN.
Andy Hume wrote: "Hey, I
used to work in an envelope factory. You wouldn't believe the things
that float around in those gum applicator trays. I haven't licked an
envelope for years!"
To All: I used to work
for a print shop (32 years ago) and we were told NEVER to lick the
envelopes. I never understood why until I had to go into storage and
pull out 2500 envelops that were already printed for a customer who
was doing a mailing and saw several squads of roaches roaming around
inside a couple of boxes with eggs everywhere. They eat the glue on
the envelopes. I think print shops have a harder time controlling
roaches than a restaurant. I always buy the self-sealing type. Or if
need be, I use a glue stick to seal one that has the type of glue
that needs to be wet to stick.
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