I thought I'd share a glimpse into my postal workspace.
While in the post office, prepping and getting all mails ready for the days delivery, we work in what's known as a "case". Pictured below is the case for route 7, the route that I've been primarily doing for the last 4-6 weeks.
I took the pics below on Monday morning. Monday's are typically chaotic and a heavy mail and package day, with this past Monday being exactly that, UGH!
The first pic shows the case empty, before I began "casing" route 7's mail -
This second picture shows the case full and before I pulled all the mail down and put it in trays for delivery. "Casing" the mail consists of handling each piece and placing it in it's appropriate slot -
Each slot in the case above denotes a mailbox or delivery stop! Route 7 has approximately 550 mailboxes AND it's not the biggest route in the PO.
Once the casing has been completed the mail is then "pulled down", from last stop to first, and placed in trays, flip-flopped per stop so it's easy to pull for delivery when on the road.
What I failed to take a picture of were ALL the packages needing delivery for route 7, of which there were about 50ish and they are all shapes and sizes from large to small AND from light to heavy! I scan each of these packages and number them in order of delivery, as I load them into the truck before departing.
It's not rocket science but it's a dirty job just to prepare to sit in an LLV for the next 4 to 6 hours delivering all the mail and packages.
Could be worse I suppose, so thankful I have a job.
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