envelopes...

Post by **kotomile** » February 19, 2005

: Envelope Horror Stories:
I usedto 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!
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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...
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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.
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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!"
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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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PLEASE PASS THIS ON, if you like TO YOUR FRIENDS. After reading this you will
never lick another envelope or stamp ever again.

Have a nice day, & keep your tongues where they belong!

YouTube · Post by **.saint** » February 19, 2005

ew god. i never licked them to begin with the fucking swollen one is discusting!

munster · Post by **munster** » February 19, 2005

I wonder what's in the glue that roaches eat?

Post by **kotomile** » February 19, 2005

Glucose??

munster · Post by **munster** » February 19, 2005

It's weird, though. You'd think rats and roaches would rather eat something else other than glue. Unless it's sweet to them or something.

Post by **kotomile** » February 19, 2005

They don't know any better...

Post by **BRYCE** » February 20, 2005

fuckin nasty man...

jay-six · Post by **jay-six** » February 20, 2005

munster wrote:It's weird, though. You'd think rats and roaches would rather eat something else other than glue. Unless it's sweet to them or something.

maybe they like it just like little kids eat glue and paste lol

IHATEMOKIDS87 · Post by **IHATEMOKIDS87** » February 20, 2005

ewwww lol

phan · Post by **phan** » February 20, 2005

paying bills online; priceless.