As dramatized on the History Channel’s Monsterquest, the story of MODzilla™ has befuddled skeptics for years while spawning a legion of insistent laundry workers who adamantly claim they have come face to face with the bulk plastic hulk of the laundry. MODzilla is said to have risen when a bolt of lightning surged from deep inside the Earth and energized a heap of mangled metal and outdated plastic laundry carts, transforming the mass of materials into a powerful monster borne of the most durable, advanced, attractive laundry carts and trucks known to humanity. Those who have sighted MODzilla believe he serves good not evil and cite as evidence that he appears only at laundries where efficiency, safety and fuel savings need attention.

The first documented sighting, for example, was in 1994 at a Florida hotel (the company has asked us not to name the famous hotel chain name). After housekeeping workers pushing metal carts loaded with towels inadvertently rounded the corner of the 4th floor corridor too tightly and the sharp edge of the cart scraped off the new wallpaper, MODzilla is reported to have appeared to the executive housekeeper in smooth, gleaming polyethylene. Though the executive housekeeper was in the midst of a meeting, no one else present reported seeing the washroom reptile. Yet once she replaced the metal carts with smooth plastic carts, the walls were never damaged again. The second documented sighting was in a hospital laundry in 1999 (the national health system has asked not to be named). A member of the board of trustees was on the way to a conference on worker safety. After reading an internal report that documented a rise both in sick days taken in the laundry and in the number of muscular strains - likely due to repetitive motion and other ergonomic issues - the trustee reported catching a glimpse in the mirror of what could only be MODzilla. According to the trustee, the ergonomically wide cutaway of the bulk laundry carts that comprised the beast’s torso was embedded in his mind. Then the colorful figure disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. But for several consecutive years, the hospital reported declines in lost worker days thanks to the addition of the bulk laundry carts with the extra wide cutaways. The most recently documented sighting happened this past June at a commercial laundry in Upstate New York. Multiple workers reported seeing MODzilla on the loading dock while rolling carts full of clean goods onto delivery trucks. They stated his arms were folded across his chest and he glared at them in disappointment. Later that day, the supervisor realized – or at least suspected – that allowing the delivery trucks to run their routes without filling up all of their cargo space with laundry was what brought the wrath of MODzilla to the historic village. One of the witnesses recalled that MODzilla’s legs were formed of several bulk trucks that would likely fit more laundry into the same space on each delivery truck. They talked to their general manager, tested several in their fleet and determined they could save substantially on fuel costs by using the new bulk trucks. During the test, at least two of the truck drivers reported seeing MODzilla appear in their rear view mirrors smiling proudly then disappearing. Numerous other sightings were reported at Clean ’07 in Las Vegas but since none could be corroborated by more than a single observer the reports are still under investigation and have yet to be released.

In one such Clean Show encounter, MODzilla was allegedly witnessed scaling the volcano at the Mirage while in pursuit of a second creature reportedly rolling down the other side inside a recycling collection cart. Now known as Recycleosaurus, this second creature is said to be formed of bulk shipping containers and tilt trucks and was likely on the hunt for scrap paper, metal, glass and plastic to feed its insatiable hunger for recyclable materials. It is almost inconceivable that no one else witnessed the clash of the two cart creatures and not a chip or scrape of plastic residue was ever found to support the claim of their appearance. Since the epic showdown, however, several Las Vegas residents have reported hearing strange sounds emanating from the desert. No one can verify their true source but those who have sighted MODzilla and/or Recycleosaurus are convinced they are the sounds of the two crying out in despair each time a delivery truck is filled with fuel and driven with empty space aboard.

Note to reader: Wherever there is a laundry that needs guidance in transporting goods faster, safer, easier and at less cost, there is MODzilla. Wherever recyclable materials need to be collected and transported with the utmost efficiency, there is Recycleosaurus.

To report a MODzilla or Recycleosaurus sighting in the strictest confidence, call 800.829.4535.