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Oct
27

Ever wonder how mail is sorted?

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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  1. oisiaa says:

    What about local mail in smaller cities that don’t have this equipment? How
    does local mail get sorted and delivered?

  2. gilliamjf says:

    Thanks, USPS!

  3. Floyd R. Turbo says:

    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.

  4. babykaysayokay says:

    Cool!

  5. Caleb Erosa says:

    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.

  6. Ben Edwards says:

    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.

  7. НормGaming says:

    I’m waiting for my iPhone case from USPS.about 3 weeks!

  8. Razkiel says:

    USPS your technology is cool, but your human resources SUCK big time!

  9. michelle richthammer says:

    ehhhhhhhhhhhh there squishing my letters

  10. playhacker says:

    Cool. And all I was here for was to check how they sort letters by zip code
    lol

  11. csmpeoil says:

    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…

  12. me999 says:

    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.

  13. me999 says:

    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.

  14. Alice Wang says:

    amazing tech!

  15. themarker31 says:

    What happens if you didn’t seal the envelope?

  16. BiGMiKe314 says:

    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.

  17. Trickyeddy9 says:

    cant wait for that fucking gamecube to get here :/

  18. bufblane Cahir says:

    @sXeCanadianBoy me!!

  19. Shaun Coruble says:

    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

  20. Tim Geurkink says:

    very cool – thanks!

  21. Stan Stas says:

    take cock out of your mouth and start speaking english

  22. csmpeoil says:

    it’s considered a load station nontheless — even if there are other
    responsiblities involved.

  23. meta pod says:

    I am currently taking a shit.

  24. David012186 says:

    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?

  25. nambinhvu says:

    @sXeCanadianBoy I only saw envelopes, how are packages handled? They can’t
    go through those rollers XP

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