O.T. - - What do you do when licking envelopes?
DBSTrader2
Posts: 3,487 ✭✭✭✭
This is WAY off-topic, but, as I sit here reading posts, I am also licking shut several of my son's "Thank You" notes for birthday gifts.
It bugs me than none of the envelopes I ever use, whether for business, thank-you's, birthdays, etc, ever seem to have the glue go all the way to the end of the flap. So there always seems to be a piece in each top corner not well-sealed.
I always worry that the speedy Post Office machines will eat these envelopes alive and allow the envelope's contents to escape or sustain damage.
Is there a reason they don't glue all the way to the end? Do they think they are making the envelope easier to open on the receiving end, or are they just trying to save a tiny amt of $ for every envelope on glue that adds up to big bucks in the end?
And do you ever do anything extra to "close" those gaps, like use scotch tape? (maybe the envelope companies and 3M are in cahoots!!)
Like George's fiance on Seinfeld, maybe this post is the result of licking too many envelopes with "inferior" glue, but here's a survey for your thoughts...................
By the way.... any coins I send out ALWAYS have extra tape, etc on the packages to ensure they arrive in one piece!!
- - Dave
It bugs me than none of the envelopes I ever use, whether for business, thank-you's, birthdays, etc, ever seem to have the glue go all the way to the end of the flap. So there always seems to be a piece in each top corner not well-sealed.
I always worry that the speedy Post Office machines will eat these envelopes alive and allow the envelope's contents to escape or sustain damage.
Is there a reason they don't glue all the way to the end? Do they think they are making the envelope easier to open on the receiving end, or are they just trying to save a tiny amt of $ for every envelope on glue that adds up to big bucks in the end?
And do you ever do anything extra to "close" those gaps, like use scotch tape? (maybe the envelope companies and 3M are in cahoots!!)
Like George's fiance on Seinfeld, maybe this post is the result of licking too many envelopes with "inferior" glue, but here's a survey for your thoughts...................
By the way.... any coins I send out ALWAYS have extra tape, etc on the packages to ensure they arrive in one piece!!
- - Dave
0
Comments
<< <i>If the corner is tightly glued, letter openers don't have a place to start.
You obviously haven't watched "The lives of others", a highly recommended movie.
myEbay
DPOTD 3
myEbay
DPOTD 3
<< <i>What do you do when licking envelopes? >>
Uh gt papr cts om my tunge.
One word fer ya, dude:
Damp Sponge.
No, wait- that was TWO words. Eh, whatever.
How 'bout THREE words?
Peel-N-Seal.
Well, those are kinda one word.
And you can't trust the adhesive on those, though I use 'em anyway. I have to tape 'em anyhow.
So guess what I voted.
Done enough large mailing in my life that I've had my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth. Glue sticks are faster than licking and hold much better, and no tape required.
Collecting:
Conder tokens
19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
I occasionally like a light minty envelope, however.