Owning an online wool store (www.yarnandkisses.com) and having to deal with posting out parcels every week, I often wonder to myself what goes on in the letters/parcels sorting process.
The geek in me…… okay, who am I kidding.. THE Geek, ME, loves to watch or read about large scale productions or processing and I’ve often fantasied about taking a tour around the postal facilities.
That’s right. Should I change my mind about being a doctor (trying my darnest best now to get into MBBS in 2 years time), I would want to be a postal worker. (Not a worker gone postal… although that’s another story altogether)…
I did a search on Google and found this link with a video that shows how USPS works. However, the video didn’t satisfy my curiosity as it didn’t have much details. I need details! Tell me how the whole system works!
So I found this link. (As you can see, I SEEM to have loads of time to search for stuff that ‘normal’ people don’t give a 2nd thought about.. hehehe).
Ohh I had trouble keeping my heart from skipping beats. Such detailed explanation! (Somewhere, someone reading this is going to say, “Shut up, you dork!” but I don’t care. 
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Machines that can READ HANDWRITTEN ADDRESSES AND POST CODES! Can you IMAGINE THAT?!?! Woohoo! This must be the greatest invention ever!!! (Who cares about inventions like lightbulbs and toilet bowls when you CAN HAVE A MACHINE TO READ HANDWRITTEN ADDRESSES?!?!?)
This is why everyone of you should write PROPERLY and LEGIBLY so that these awesome machines can read your handwriting and send the letter to the correct address. Okay?
And oh… it doesn’t stop there!
Check this out!
Because these items (packages) vary so greatly in size it is difficult to design a machine which would accommodate all of them. Instead, packets are sorted manually. Sometimes they are placed on a conveyor and sorted by operators along the track.
One may wonder where can one apply for the position of ‘sorting operator for packages along the conveyor’?
I’m pretty sure I’m not just speaking for myself. I’m sure you’d want to be a Sorting Operator For Packages Along The Conveyor too! Who wouldn’t like such a brilliant job?
It’s a pity that stamps are canceled (or ‘chopped’) by machines nowadays (did you also know that they have machines that can detect the ‘right side’ of the envelopes by searching for the presence of stamps? They can even FLIP THE ENVELOPES to search for the stamps!!!!!!) err.. where was I?
Oh.. it’s a pity that stamps are canceled (or chopped’) by machines nowadays because a Manual Stamp Chopping Operator job comes pretty close to the Sorting Operator For Packages Along The Conveyor job for me! I wouldn’t be able to choose between these two if I had to. Maybe I can go on rotation?
I’m pretty sure I will be dreaming of touring postal facilities tonight.
Oh come on……! I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks about these things often from time to time!
Off to write a cover letter: RE: APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION OF MAIL SORTING OPERATOR ALONG THE CONVEYOR
