Ever wonder what happens to your letter after you drop it in a mailbox? Find out with JSOnline’s tour of the mail sorting center.
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Ever wonder what happens to your letter after you drop it in a mailbox? Find out with JSOnline’s tour of the mail sorting center.
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oisiaa says:
October 27, 2014 at 5:07 pm (UTC 0)
What about local mail in smaller cities that don’t have this equipment? How
does local mail get sorted and delivered?
gilliamjf says:
October 27, 2014 at 5:48 pm (UTC 0)
Thanks, USPS!
Floyd R. Turbo says:
October 27, 2014 at 6:04 pm (UTC 0)
You didn’t show the machine that rips my envelop open and dumps out it’s
contents then correctly delivers the empty envelop to me.
babykaysayokay says:
October 27, 2014 at 6:41 pm (UTC 0)
Cool!
Caleb Erosa says:
October 27, 2014 at 7:28 pm (UTC 0)
USPS lost my $200 hunting bibs through the mail this last fall. Filed for a
refund and insurance claim, (this was November- 5 months ago!) still havent
heard a word or seen a dollar. Fuck the USPS. Ill drive 20 minutes out of
my way now to make sure I take my packages to UPS where they actually do
shit right.
Ben Edwards says:
October 27, 2014 at 8:17 pm (UTC 0)
wow, that guy is wrong. the carriers don’t just come in a pick up their
mail for the day and then hit out to the street as soon as they come in.
they’re spending at least 2-3 hours in the office sorting other mail for
their route first.
НормGaming says:
October 27, 2014 at 8:24 pm (UTC 0)
I’m waiting for my iPhone case from USPS.about 3 weeks!
Razkiel says:
October 27, 2014 at 8:40 pm (UTC 0)
USPS your technology is cool, but your human resources SUCK big time!
michelle richthammer says:
October 27, 2014 at 9:20 pm (UTC 0)
ehhhhhhhhhhhh there squishing my letters
playhacker says:
October 27, 2014 at 9:47 pm (UTC 0)
Cool. And all I was here for was to check how they sort letters by zip code
lol
csmpeoil says:
October 27, 2014 at 10:37 pm (UTC 0)
look at that bullshit load job at 1:10. Did your jogger have a breakdown?
Attention class! This is how your letters end up eatin’ by a machine…
me999 says:
October 27, 2014 at 10:44 pm (UTC 0)
There is no ‘loader’. The mail is automatically fed from the Barney. Did
you notice the mail entering the stream from the right? There is an
operator, and yes they are supposed to adjust or remove stuff like that,
but they are also busy pulling mail from the stackers, so they can’t watch
the infeed continuously.
me999 says:
October 27, 2014 at 10:55 pm (UTC 0)
AFCS machines don’t have joggers like DBCS/BCS do (I assume you work at the
USPS as do I), and are not loaded by hand, so what was shown is about
typical.
Alice Wang says:
October 27, 2014 at 11:30 pm (UTC 0)
amazing tech!
themarker31 says:
October 27, 2014 at 11:32 pm (UTC 0)
What happens if you didn’t seal the envelope?
BiGMiKe314 says:
October 28, 2014 at 12:00 am (UTC 0)
the last aprt is wrong…only city carriers take their mail to the
street(we call DPS). us RURAL carriers case the mail at the station. I
think its much easier and faster than those milk carriers..i mean city
carriers.
Trickyeddy9 says:
October 28, 2014 at 12:44 am (UTC 0)
cant wait for that fucking gamecube to get here :/
bufblane Cahir says:
October 28, 2014 at 12:56 am (UTC 0)
@sXeCanadianBoy me!!
Shaun Coruble says:
October 28, 2014 at 1:23 am (UTC 0)
Holy dooley! The machines sort to the order of delivery to each individual
carrier in any area!?! They’re way ahead of us here in Sydney
Australia…we still use Kangaroos and Emus to sort mail. It’s called the
HOP and PECK Sorting System. No not really just joking. We have electronic
bar coding too but it’s taking a while to implement the precise sorting
disscussed in the video on a nation-wide scale possibly due to our vast
continent with such a comparitively small population. Comments welcome
Tim Geurkink says:
October 28, 2014 at 1:33 am (UTC 0)
very cool – thanks!
Stan Stas says:
October 28, 2014 at 2:10 am (UTC 0)
take cock out of your mouth and start speaking english
csmpeoil says:
October 28, 2014 at 2:42 am (UTC 0)
it’s considered a load station nontheless — even if there are other
responsiblities involved.
meta pod says:
October 28, 2014 at 3:21 am (UTC 0)
I am currently taking a shit.
David012186 says:
October 28, 2014 at 4:20 am (UTC 0)
what does this mean “Depart USPS Sort Facility”, does this mean that my
package that I send to my friend in Germany is already on its way to her?
nambinhvu says:
October 28, 2014 at 4:44 am (UTC 0)
@sXeCanadianBoy I only saw envelopes, how are packages handled? They can’t
go through those rollers XP