Sunday, September 17, 2006

Technique i learned

Welcome back to Mr Ping Office Boy! After a week of doing stuff, let's review what I've learned. Because my attachment requires me to list 3 skills/techniques I've learned, I have to start taking note of the things I learned now. Hmm... let's see... I think I'll feature the skill which I've perfected by performing it over 120 times in the office: How to seal an enevelope with precision.

How To Seal An Enevelope With Precision
****************************************************************
1. Obtain sponge(you know those sponges that the cashiers at NTUC/Supermarkets use when they want to take plastic bags) and make sure it's not too saturated with water(not dripping) or unsaturated(that when you rub it no water comes out).

2. Insert desired contents into enevelope.

3. Write/stick address on the front, the right way up.

4. Select stamp with adequete value so that it will not be rejected.

5. Place stamp on damp sponge and press lightly, allowing moisture to moisten the underside of the stamp. This moisturises the dried adhesive and makes it active, allowing it to stick to the enevelope of choice.

6. Here comes the tricky part. Flip the enevelope, and then take the sponge, and slide it over the dried adhesive area in one smooth motion. For this to be done in one smooth motion, the sponge must fufil the above citeria(see step 1). If done well, this step is crucial to applying just the right amount of moisture to ensure maximum adhesiveness, but with minimal moisture overflow.

7. Once that is done, place the sponge on top of the holder and fold the moisturised part down quickly. Make sure that the flap goes down straight, if not excess will be created, resulting in a less-than-perfect sealing that is crooked.

8. Apply pressure to double check that it is sealed and viola! The perfectly sealed eneveloped. Bask in it's apparent perfectness, with a balance of sheer precision and raw moisture!

I'm sure my lecturers who are grading me are going to be so impressed!

Whoops, look like we're running out of time for this episode. Tune in next week for our segment on How To Photocopy Both Sides. Until then, Mr Ping Office Boy signing off!

Posted by melvin at 9:40 PM