krazyaboutkatz
04-06-2005, 12:17 AM
Hi everyone.:) I just received this e-mail from a friend of mine. The following information is supposed to be true. Please read:
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!
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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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1.) 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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2.) 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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3.) 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!
I don't think that I'll ever be licking any envelopes again.:eek:
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...
-------------------------------------------------------------
1.) 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.
-----------------------------------------------------------
2.) 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!"
-----------------------------------------------------------
3.) 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.
-----------------------------------------------------------
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!
I don't think that I'll ever be licking any envelopes again.:eek: