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Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Addresses

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Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Addresses

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SALT LAKE CITY — Inside a plain warehouselike office building filled with rows of cubicles, Melissa Stark stares at the image of an envelope on a computer screen. The handwriting is barely legible and appears to be addressed to someone in the “cty of Jesey.”
“Is that a 7 or a 9 in the address?” Ms. Stark said to no one in particular. Then she typed in a few numbers and a list of possible addresses popped up on her screen. “Looks like a 9,” she said before selecting an address, apparently in Jersey City. The letter disappears and another one appears on the screen.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/us/wh ... tml?ref=us
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Re: Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Address

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We've been told just to endorse any vagues straight away.
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Re: Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Address

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britwrit wrote:
SALT LAKE CITY — Inside a plain warehouselike office building filled with rows of cubicles, Melissa Stark stares at the image of an envelope on a computer screen. The handwriting is barely legible and appears to be addressed to someone in the “cty of Jesey.”
“Is that a 7 or a 9 in the address?” Ms. Stark said to no one in particular. Then she typed in a few numbers and a list of possible addresses popped up on her screen. “Looks like a 9,” she said before selecting an address, apparently in Jersey City. The letter disappears and another one appears on the screen.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/us/wh ... tml?ref=us
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Re: Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Address

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DGP1 wrote:We've been told just to endorse any vagues straight away.
Surely it is always worth trying to figure a vague adress instead of just endorsing them or as thread says last of a dying breed :hmmmm
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aiden01 wrote:
DGP1 wrote:We've been told just to endorse any vagues straight away.
Surely it is always worth trying to figure a vague adress instead of just endorsing them or as thread says last of a dying breed :hmmmm
It is....................and don't call me Shirley :nervous :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
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Re: Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Address

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You used to be able to hold them under enquiry to give them a chance to be found,but not now! :cuppa

Anyway,we have a phrase in our office that deals with indecipherable addresses,it's.........."I'm not paid to be a feckin detective......" :whistle
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bunkerland wrote:You used to be able to hold them under enquiry to give them a chance to be found,but not now! :cuppa

Anyway,we have a phrase in our office that deals with indecipherable addresses,it's.........."I'm not paid to be a feckin detective......" :whistle
Do you work in my office :nervous
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Re: Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Address

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DGP1 wrote:
bunkerland wrote:You used to be able to hold them under enquiry to give them a chance to be found,but not now! :cuppa

Anyway,we have a phrase in our office that deals with indecipherable addresses,it's.........."I'm not paid to be a feckin detective......" :whistle
Do you work in my office :nervous
just a thought does anyone care anymore :shock:
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Re: Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Address

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aiden01 wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
bunkerland wrote:You used to be able to hold them under enquiry to give them a chance to be found,but not now! :cuppa

Anyway,we have a phrase in our office that deals with indecipherable addresses,it's.........."I'm not paid to be a feckin detective......" :whistle
Do you work in my office :nervous
just a thought does anyone care anymore :shock:
About who works where or working out vagues?

When I say we just endorse vague mail, we only do it when when can't figure it out and after asking neighbouring duties, it's not a case of just putting a sticker on it and sending it away............although I fear it may end up like that just to save a few precious seconds (WCF for those who haven't had the misfortune).
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Re: Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Address

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DGP1 wrote:
bunkerland wrote:You used to be able to hold them under enquiry to give them a chance to be found,but not now! :cuppa

Anyway,we have a phrase in our office that deals with indecipherable addresses,it's.........."I'm not paid to be a feckin detective......" :whistle
Do you work in my office :nervous
Don't think so but you could work in mine,but there's hundreds there so how would i know,oh wait.......are you the one that takes his break and uses the lwt?
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Re: Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Address

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aiden01 wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
bunkerland wrote:You used to be able to hold them under enquiry to give them a chance to be found,but not now! :cuppa

Anyway,we have a phrase in our office that deals with indecipherable addresses,it's.........."I'm not paid to be a feckin detective......" :whistle
Do you work in my office :nervous
just a thought does anyone care anymore :shock:
I think some do, but it's a lot less than it used to be. Most have had the caring attitude towards the job bullied out of them.
Besides, management, both local and national, don't give a s**t, why should we?
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