2d barcodes

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 26 May 2016, 16:16

super-postie wrote:New PDAs have a flux capacitor fitted so you can time travel back and complete on time with all the extra scans. It also helps with deliver to neighbour.

Post by **IloveMYredTROLLEY!** » 26 May 2016, 16:26

NewPostieUK wrote:
Chewster wrote: I try to scan them all and it doesn't really take any longer.
Of course it does. You used to scan 20 items now you scan 80 (or whatever). How can it not take more time? You have to get out your PDA, wake it up, click click click get it into delivery mode, beep beep beep trying to scan, click done then cancel then options then lock screen and put it away again, then pick up the packet and bundle. . . all that takes time.

Until Amazon opened up a local depot, our archaic brick PDAs were hammered by those "Delivery Scan" items, enough to make the PDA battery critical everyday. So far, these new 2D code items have increased outdoor time, but nowhere near as much as those DS at peak. But come Xmas pressure time...

steve1873 · Post by **steve1873** » 26 May 2016, 18:14

Chewster wrote:I don't lock my PDA, that's just a waste of time and they have a habit of not waking up when you do lock them. And I scan things while I'm walking. It really doesn't take long

Scanning things while you are walking!

Health & Safety!

Chewster · Post by **Chewster** » 26 May 2016, 20:23

I am perfectly able to scan and read addresses while I'm walking...maybe I'm not allowed but shhh don't tell Moya

Post by **greengiant** » 26 May 2016, 22:26

super-postie wrote:New PDAs have a flux capacitor fitted so you can time travel back and complete on time with all the extra scans. It also helps with deliver to neighbour.

And an annoyingly placed volume button, which you always tend to hit while holding the new pda while pressing the yellow scan button with your thumb. So then you need to cancel the change volume window which pops up, and re scan the barcode....

super-postie · Post by **super-postie** » 27 May 2016, 06:43

Not to mention when the customer grips the pda and trys to sign and nothing happens cos theyre holding in the buttons. Could the whizz kid developers not even make it so when its in 'signature mode" the side buttons are temporarily disabled till you press "done". Not rocket science but still they cant even do that. Fuds.

wa4jim · Post by **wa4jim** » 28 May 2016, 19:22

Chewster wrote:I don't lock my PDA, that's just a waste of time and they have a habit of not waking up when you do lock them. And I scan things while I'm walking. It really doesn't take long

How many arms have you got?

Or perhaps you pull your trolley with summat else ;)

dave72 · Post by **dave72** » 28 May 2016, 23:20

Not scanned any 2D barcodes. No training, no instructions to do so. Nothing, the perks of being forgotten about in a rural sub-office

Hardestgrafter · Post by **Hardestgrafter** » 30 May 2016, 16:53

The new pdas will scan the 2d codes easier

Justanotherstar · Post by **Justanotherstar** » 31 May 2016, 17:13

Hardestgrafter wrote:The new pdas will scan the 2d codes easier

Even with the terrible print quality of 99% of the barcodes?

Post by **eastie** » 31 May 2016, 17:31

Justanotherstar wrote:
Hardestgrafter wrote:The new pdas will scan the 2d codes easier

Even with the terrible print quality of 99% of the barcodes?

And when they are all smudged and run in the pishing rain ?

Chewster · Post by **Chewster** » 01 Jun 2016, 00:11

I find that even if the barcode is pretty s**t then it'll still scan. But, it seems to be that certain PDAs won't scan them. People in my office are forever nicking eachother's PDAs so I have a different one each day, and some of them will scan them all no bother, even faint ones, but most of them won't scan a single 2D barcode...some of them even have trouble scanning the normal barcodes..

lightningpostman · Post by **lightningpostman** » 05 Jun 2016, 12:58

so as our workload increases, having already x absorbed the entire whistl workload in our office,

these 2d scans are taking up and increasing in consistency week in and week out.

what is the union stance on this and how will we be compensated.

are our workloads going to be revised and lessened as when push come to shove i know all hell will break lose once people say enough is enough!

bogues2009 · Post by **bogues2009** » 05 Jun 2016, 18:04

I personally think that from Union perspective and job creation opportunities etc we should be pushing for scanning all codes on letters, flats too as the new PDA can recognise it and give delivery option on screen. Also tried to scan a code on EU referendum vote letters-they actually required signature! It looks like the sender paid for this service. Out Rep said he would look into it and our DOM said that it is probably true that sender expect us to scan it.