It appears that some Bulk Mailers want the Postal Service to redesign their flat machines every few months to accept mailings of odd size pieces.If an ad agency has a brainstorm to make money on various odd size mailings the Postal Service has to conform to the ad agency. I think the Bulk Mailers have a problem with role reversal.
Good Lord!! Ask the people who can help the mailers the most---THE CARRIERS!! We can tell you a lot of the tricks of the trade to help both you the mailers save money and get a good productive response and us who do the bull work, try it you just might be surprised!!
If the future is flats, then the future looks bright.....I have 14 white tubs of curtailed flats on the floor that I hope I can get delivered by Christmas! And my route looks good compared to the other 50 in the station! DPS screwed up the letters, I can't wait to see what the automated flat sorting machines do! Less time in the office, more on the street....it still doesn't matter, it adds up to overtime everyday! And, since we as carriers have NO INPUT into what changes are being made, we will be doubly screwed! Go Gene Go!
As usual, nobody asks the carrier. Gene, I agree that mail comes in all sizes, shapes and weights. I understand that mailers wish to do everything possible to get their product opened/examined/etc. But as a carrier I also see the difficulties in delivering a lot of this product due to poor design. Mailboxes and doorslots come in all sorts of sizes and shapes, many of which are not conducive to delivery of flat and oversized mail pieces. In other words the carrier has to fold it, roll it, or just jam it into the box/slot. Ergo you end up w/product that ends up damaged and is more likely to end up in the trash can. So while you do have a point, the post office does need to cater to the mailers, it is also advisable that postal management and the mailers need to cater to the carriers. Given product that fits the boxes, and is reasonably easy to work, you're more likely to end up w/undamaged product, which the recipient is more likely to look at as opposed to pitch in the waste can. And don't think you're going to send a micro thin legal sized flat through the system for 2 cents and write DO NOT BEND on it. IT'S going to get bent. No carrier has time to stand at the door and wait for Harvey or Hazel to get off of the pot and take it directly from our hand. Besides, if it's been trayed and/or carried in a bag, it's likely already been bent since it wasn't designed to take into account the equipment carriers have to use.
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It appears that some Bulk Mailers want the Postal Service to redesign their flat machines every few months to accept mailings of odd size pieces.If an ad agency has a brainstorm to make money on various odd size mailings the Postal Service has to conform to the ad agency. I think the Bulk Mailers have a problem with role reversal.
Good Lord!! Ask the people who can help the mailers the most---THE CARRIERS!! We can tell you a lot of the tricks of the trade to help both you the mailers save money and get a good productive response and us who do the bull work, try it you just might be surprised!!
If the future is flats, then the future looks bright.....I have 14 white tubs of curtailed flats on the floor that I hope I can get delivered by Christmas! And my route looks good compared to the other 50 in the station!
DPS screwed up the letters, I can't wait to see what the automated flat sorting machines do!
Less time in the office, more on the street....it still doesn't matter, it adds up to overtime everyday!
And, since we as carriers have NO INPUT into what changes are being made, we will be doubly screwed! Go Gene Go!
Can anyone give me the number to EAP? I'm desperate, I'm suffering from post-election trauma.
Traumatized John Kerry Voter
As usual, nobody asks the carrier. Gene, I agree that mail comes in all sizes, shapes and weights. I understand that mailers wish to do everything possible to get their product opened/examined/etc. But as a carrier I also see the difficulties in delivering a lot of this product due to poor design. Mailboxes and doorslots come in all sorts of sizes and shapes, many of which are not conducive to delivery of flat and oversized mail pieces. In other words the carrier has to fold it, roll it, or just jam it into the box/slot. Ergo you end up w/product that ends up damaged and is more likely to end up in the trash can. So while you do have a point, the post office does need to cater to the mailers, it is also advisable that postal management and the mailers need to cater to the carriers. Given product that fits the boxes, and is reasonably easy to work, you're more likely to end up w/undamaged product, which the recipient is more likely to look at as opposed to pitch in the waste can. And don't think you're going to send a micro thin legal sized flat through the system for 2 cents and write DO NOT BEND on it. IT'S going to get bent. No carrier has time to stand at the door and wait for Harvey or Hazel to get off of the pot and take it directly from our hand. Besides, if it's been trayed and/or carried in a bag, it's likely already been bent since it wasn't designed to take into account the equipment carriers have to use.
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