Battery Licking...No really, battery licking!

[RetailMom]

This from my claims department supervisor...



Yes ladies and gentleman, he opened a package of batteries with his teeth and got a mouth full of acid.



More later... I'm leaving the big box. Off for a job interview. Go Bank Tellers!!!

[Sedorna]

Well, in his defense, some packages can be insanely difficult, if not impossible, to open otherwise.

[d962831]

I don't know of any batteries that are packaged to the point one would need to use their teeth. And the note says, 'NOT LEAKING', so I can only assume, he did, in fact, just lick the battery. When they've got a good charge they do have an acidic taste. If it was really battery acid, he would know, because he'd be in pain. I've had battery acid touch me before. The stuff hurts.

[Sedorna]

Oh, good point. It's been ages since I've actually bought batteries.

[Sheldonrs]

That's not battery acid, that's JACK Acid.

[Argabarga]

Unless it contains a food product, I never try opening any packaging with my teeth, for just this reason

[tropicsgoddess]

Who the hell opens up batteries with their teeth?! Oh wait...that SC. What a moron.

[Tama]

I have to admit that if a product's packaging is giving me some trouble, I might use my teeth. But never, never, if it contains something hazardous like batteries/battery acid or any other such thing.

[Betweenshades]

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eff it. I'm done.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Now that's a future Darwin Award winner right there . . .

Searching for the Perfect Charge.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Now that's a future Darwin Award winner right there . . .

Searching for the Perfect Charge.

"Guy chewing Energizers faces battery charge."

Srsly....somebody tested for leaking batteries with their teeth? That's like looking for gas leaks with a lit match.

[MoonCat]

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eff it. I'm done.

Seconded.

That's like looking for gas leaks with a lit match.

And yet this has been known to happen. Frightening thought, isn't it?

[Ellf]

I honestly don't know what to say to that... other than o.O returning batteries because you licked them?

[ShadowBall]

I'm too paranoid of breaking my teeth, so a stubborn package will get a knife. I'd rather julienne my fingers than get plastic shards or chemicals in my mouth.

I'm surprised he didn't try to sue, honestly.

[RetailMom]

Actually the product looked like "something" (I have no idea what) leaked all over the outside of the package. From the looks of it I doubt it was on the shelf that way. (If it was someone is getting written up!) That being said, anyone who had ever seen what a truck looks like when it arrives at the store would be shocked at the condition of some of the merchandise. You will see things like cases of rat poison sitting on top of cosmetics! The people at the DC are focused on speed, case size, and the weight of the truck, and very little else. Once upon a time I had a picture of a shovel that had actually pierced through an LCD tv. It came off our truck like that. It isn't unrealistic that something nasty was all over the outside of that package when he bought it.

As for the lawsuit...give him time. The statute of limitations isn't up yet!