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What order is your Heaviest day to lightest day

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What order is your Heaviest day to lightest day

Post by realitybites »

I think it is probably universal but out of curiosity, mine is

Thursday
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday
Monday
Tuesday
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Re: What order is your Heaviest day to lightest day

Post by kingofmcr »

weds
thurs
fri
sat
mon
tues
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Re: What order is your Heaviest day to lightest day

Post by electronica500 »

Saturday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
And yes saturday is my heaviest day with all the down-stream access crap, they save for Saturdays!!! :roll:
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Re: What order is your Heaviest day to lightest day

Post by taurus88 »

It's hard to say with any certainty. I'd generally say it goes like this:

Friday
Wednesday
Thursday
Saturday
Monday
Tuesday

But Monday tends to be much lighter than Tuesday for packets. On Tuesdays I do tend to have a full packet bag to go with my fifteen bundles of mail (at most).
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Post by arty_morty »

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Tuesday
Saturday
Monday

It does depend though if I am on the missort run. Wednesday with a missort run is the worst possible day for me.
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weds:Mass tracked
thurs
fri
sat
mon
tues :Mass reg
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Weds
Friday
Thursday
Saturday
Monday
Tuesday
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Re: What order is your Heaviest day to lightest day

Post by wiganpostie »

Friday (although the three heaviest days sometimes switch about, just to keep things 'interesting')
Thursday
Wednesday
Monday
Saturday
Tuesday
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Post by kitkatchunky »

Wednesday
Thursday
Saturday
Friday
Tuesday
Monday
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Post by Cedar_Room »

wiganpostie wrote:Friday (although the three heaviest days sometimes switch about, just to keep things 'interesting')
Thursday
Wednesday
Monday
Saturday
Tuesday
Same.
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Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
Saturday
Monday
Tuesday
realitybites
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Post by realitybites »

Seems there are definite differences! Might be due to geographical location, pre or post revision. Would have thought it would be pretty uniform around the country but just goes to show.
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Post by chunk »

realitybites wrote:I think it is probably universal but out of curiosity, mine is

Thursday
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday
Monday
Tuesday
:same as.
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Post by chunk »

realitybites wrote:Seems there are definite differences! Might be due to geographical location, pre or post revision. Would have thought it would be pretty uniform around the country but just goes to show.
Plenty of agreement though.
for the three lightest days
10 out of 13 agree Tuesday ,Mon Sat

and heaviest Thu, Fri, Wed.
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Post by IloveMYredTROLLEY! »

Fri (60-90mins o/t)
Thurs (50-65mins o/t)
Weds (30-45mins o/t)
Tues (15mins o/t)
Sat (1 hour o/t, mainly due to being allowed to do more indoor frame prep than anything, not that heavy to deliver)
Mon (no o/t)

Above now presumes that "double prep standards" have been implemented, so all I need to do is order my ~10 recorded and 6+ specials, before tieing-up. Arrive for work at 0945, having lost 90 minutes of prep overtime per day in the last few weeks.