Nov 20 2008
I ain’t afraid of no ghosts (or stickers?)
I have a secret that I’m going to share with the LTLprints community. I’ve been with LTLprints for quite some time now, and I finally feel comfortable sharing this personal part of my life. I’d like to thank Kwan (our community evangelist) for helping me get to the point where I can talk about it. Let me take a deep breath first - okay. Here goes nothing.
I hate stickers.
Phew! That feels SO much better. Now, before everyone goes crazy and asks “don’t you work for a sticker company?” let me put you at ease. I do work for LTLprints - but we create oversized, “larger than life” customizable WALL DECALS - not stickers. The material is cloth, and it’s removable and reusable. Don’t you worry - I totally looked into all this before applying for the position:)
So back to my weird phobia. I can admit that it’s not normal. But I’m not the only one! I hate the apples and 
fruit that have stickers on them, and refuse to touch the stickers. Ask any of my close friends who have to peel the sticker off for me (thanks guys.) When you behave well at the dentist and they try to give you a big smiley face sticker - I run. Yup, I’m that cool. In my Public Speaking class at Susquehanna University, we were asked to do a 5 minute speech about something you HATE. I of course, chose stickers. After receiving numerous strange looks as I made my way back to my seat after speaking, I was quickly comforted. The next speaker did her entire speech on velcro. At least I’m not the only one with a weird phobia.
Kendall, Carsten, and Kwan are a bit intrigued by my phobia of stickers. Leave a comment if you know of any other weird phobias, please, as it makes me feel better about myself:)
November 20th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Honestly, I think that’s something that should be disclosed in an interview… when you’re interviewing with a company that makes giant things that stick to walls. Maybe it’s just me. What do you guys think?
-Kendall
You know we still have nothing but love for ya.
November 20th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
I’d say this was ridiculous… if I wasn’t still scared of clowns…
November 20th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Tricia, OK, you’re making my hatred of eels feel downright normal!
And I’m wondering if Matt, above, has seen that ad showing the baby who hired a clown and “underestimated the creepiness.” LOVE that ad.
Keep up the great work with the blog!
November 21st, 2008 at 9:31 am
Oh yeah, i’m DEFINITELY not a fan of clowns either.
November 24th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
We were at a family restaurant one time around the holidays. They had a large, nicely decorated Christmas tree. All of the sudden, it started moving, its eyes lit up, and a giant mouth opened and started singing a Christmas song. I ran out of the restaurant screaming.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
My sister has the same fear of stickers! I was looking to see if there’s a name for it. Must not be that uncommon.
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:14 pm
No way! me too. I’m amazed we’re not the only ones. I told my housemates once and they then covered the lightswitches and door handles with them. grrr.
I didnt learn from my mistakes and told the guys at work. Next day my keyboard was covered too.
It actaully makes me gip! hehe
ps i think its called panniophobia
May 30th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
OMG, I have that too! I hate stickers! My sister always teases me and tries to stick them on me purposely. My friends always buy me stickers for my birthday. I’ve been trying to do research on it and what it’s called, but no one seems to know. I guess it’s because it’s really rare to have it.
July 19th, 2009 at 8:56 am
i cant stand stickers, price tag stickers are worst, i wont eat or drink food that has or had them on. i feel pysically sick everytime some one peels a sticker off, i also dont like wet paper. makes me shiver, in fact i am getting them now writing about it. Panniophobia is the correct name, althought it is apparently so rare there is no official name, but fuck stickerphobia that sounds shit, panniophobia all the way. also i cant drink milk if the carton has been opened already, has to be freshly opened by myself…. strange i know but hey………..