bookmailhorror

The Postman Always Rings Twice | James M. Cain

A #bookmailhorror today! I opened a book package, and it was FILLED with larvae and hatched ants!!! I dropped the whole thing in shock and then raced it out the door! 😳😳😳😱😱😱 All creatures deserve their place in the ecosystem, but not in my #bookmail! The image shows only a FEW of them!

Sue Oh, that's nasty! 8y

Leniverse 😱🤢😬 8y

DGRachel 😱😱 8y

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LectricSheep What?!?! That's insane!! 8y

Kristy_K That is so gross! 8y

vivastory I have ordered a lot, i mean A LOT of books & that's never happened. Gross. Sorry you have to deal with that. 8y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Eewwwww 8y

Hoopiefoot Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! 8y

tpixie 😱😩😫😳😰 8y

Louise My skin is still crawling! It was such a shock! 8y

ScientistSam Ugh! 8y

Soubhiville Wow, I wonder how that happened? Are your books ok? 8y

LeahBergen Aaaaahhh!!! Where was it ordered from?? 8y

cajunsyd Yikes!! 8y

merelybookish Oh my! 😲 8y

Louise @LeahBergen It was from an alternate seller on Amazon. @Soubhiville The book, thankfully, was wrapped in plastic. I had to wipe off the larvae to get it out of the plastic, but the book is okay. Ugh! I keep feeling like something is crawling on me! 8y

Louise UPDATE: I have just discovered that ant larvae are a delicacy in Central Mexico, like "insect caviar"! They fry them in butter! Apparently, the Aztecs enjoyed them too. Not my kind of gourmet, but to each his/her own! ? 8y

LauraBrook Ugh, super gross! I'd have to take a few showers to start feeling less creepy crawly again. 8y

CherylDeFranceschi UGH. How terrible! Sorry! 8y

diovival 😨 8y

Louise @LauraBrook I know what you mean! My skin still hasn't calmed down! I keep swatting at ghost ants and washing my hands! 8y

Louise Out in Nature, I find ants absolutely amazing! Just not crawling all over my bookmail! 8y

Dragon Yikes! Glad the book was wrapped in plastic. 8y

Sace 😨 8y

bitterbear Wow... 😵😵😵 8y

brilliantglow Omg! That is horrible😣 8y

Lwiesman I hope you put that on their review on Amazon. I wouldn't want to order from them. 8y

JoRead Gourmet or not, they definitely do not belong in bookmail! Sorry they ruined the moment for you 😔😔 8y

OrangeMooseReads EEWWWW EEEWWWW EEWWWW! I'm sorry that happened to you especially in bookmail. 8y

Louise @Lwiesman I have contacted the seller to let them know. I'll give them a chance to respond before posting feedback on Amazon. They look like a scholarly used bookshop in Harrisburg, PA, and have 98% positive feedback thus far. I'm guessing they'll be horrified to hear this happened. I wouldn't want to wreck their feedback record if it's just one unfortunate incident. (edited) 8y

Clare-Dragonfly Ewwwww! That's horrible! I would probably have cried. I'm glad to see from your next post that the book was fine! 8y

Louise Thank you for your commiserations, everyone! When I went outside later to check on the box, the ants had all gone away and taken their larvae with them! I guess this means a new ant colony will start up in the woods outside. I wonder if they are also recovering from shock at the sight of ME! 😂🐜🐜🐜@Sue @Leniverse @DGRachel @LectricSheep @Kristy_K @vivastory @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Hoopiefoot @tpixie @ScientistSam @Soubhiville @LeahBergen @cajunsyd 8y

Louise Thanks cont'd. . . @merelybookish @LauraBrook @CherylDeFranceschi @diovival @Dragon @Sace @bitterbear @brilliantglow @Lwiesman @JoRead @OrangeMooseReads @Clare-Dragonfly 8y

Serotonin Memories. I once had a patient drop off his inhaler boxes for refills at the pharmacy...only to discover and witness little cockroaches crawl out 😆😆😆 8y

Louise @Serotonin OMG! I sense there is more to this story!!! 😳😂😳😂 8y

minkyb ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ 8y

Louise @minkyb No kidding! 🐜🐜🐜 8y

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