I need advice on delivering packets (in some order)

[hewittinspain]

As a newish postie ive only been on half a dozen walks and there is a big chunk of the area Im still unaware of. Ive been asked to deliver parcels for 5 hrs a day for the next couple of weeks and Im gonna have to rely on my sat nav for probably most of it. My theory is as im loading the van im gonna jot down the postcode and number of the property. Are postcodes made up in any street,or part of area order so that I can minimize travel time? Maybe in the last 2 characters in the postcode?

[IcanthelpthewayIam]

As a newish postie ive only been on half a dozen walks and there is a big chunk of the area Im still unaware of. Ive been asked to deliver parcels for 5 hrs a day for the next couple of weeks and Im gonna have to rely on my sat nav for probably most of it. My theory is as im loading the van im gonna jot down the postcode and number of the property. Are postcodes made up in any street,or part of area order so that I can minimize travel time? Maybe in the last 2 characters in the postcode?

yes usually the last two letters move on sequentially in an area, so it would go aa then ab then ac, thats as a general rule but its not always correct, if a new road has been put in then you might get ak in the middle of the first three etc

[HeilMoya]

Typical of a manager to uproot you onto a packet duty instead of making best use of a more experienced colleague and keeping you happy on a duty that you're familiar with

[Shaman Mao]

If you don't know the area you could try pre-sorting the packets into streets before you load the van. Then get a map (manager should be able to run one off for you), make a note of all the delivery addresses for each street, then just deliver street by street. It's a bit time consuming but a hell of a lot quicker once you're out and about. Always worked for me.

[hewittinspain]

So if if put the 2nd to last letters together as a general idea then at least I shouldnt be going from one end of the town to the other (BD8 7AB, BD8 7AL, BD8 7DJ, BD8 7FK, BD8 7TH)?

[IcanthelpthewayIam]

So if if put the 2nd to last letters together as a general idea then at least I shouldnt be going from one end of the town to the other (BD8 7AB, BD8 7AL, BD8 7DJ, BD8 7FK, BD8 7TH)?

Yeah thats pretty much right

[hewittinspain]

So if if put the 2nd to last letters together as a general idea then at least I shouldnt be going from one end of the town to the other (BD8 7AB, BD8 7AL, BD8 7DJ, BD8 7FK, BD8 7TH)?

Yeah thats pretty much right

Thankyou. I cant see there being any complete rush anyway or as stressful as say Parcelforce where you HAVE to deliver to say 100 addresses in so many hours. I would say its just a case of just doing as many as you can in the hours you work that day. The postmen at ours are leaving packets behind left right and centre cos they wont go over.

[hewittinspain]

Typical of a manager to uproot you onto a packet duty instead of making best use of a more experienced colleague and keeping you happy on a duty that you're familiar with

TO be honest I dont actually mind. I think it makes a nice change to an xmas walking duty

[k979aaa]

Bag them off as to the post code order and when you get to know the area you will probably find your own better way.

[spiderj]

This might help
Use the card from off a York
Sort street by street
Ie.smith ave-1/6/17. Etc and a number in a circle above em if you've more than one.
Also try and separate by duty and do busiest street first
Takes time in yard but saves time on street

[Pokermon]

Once you know the atea well i suggest -Line the packets in order from the front of the van to the rear (and from drivers side to side door) in street and number order. This way you always know which packet is next.

I think there is a website that tells you house numbers on the map but can't remember it off hand...maybe streetmap.com? Good luck

[mlw]

Typical of a manager to uproot you onto a packet duty instead of making best use of a more experienced colleague and keeping you happy on a duty that you're familiar with

TO be honest I dont actually mind. I think it makes a nice change to an xmas walking duty

exactly and how are you supposed to gain experience if they keep using same people have this problem in our office as floater i always change even when guys work days off as dom quote says they do not have enough experience despite some of them posties for 20 yrs!? so i have 2 change and now i am parcel delivering because have a lot of experience in other words dom doesn"t want to upset guys on there walks just use floaters as usual!

[skiedal]

If you can, try and eliminate as many right turns on busy junctions as possible, will save time and stress levels.

[hewittinspain]

****UPDATE****

Well luckily today all the packets I took were on rounds id done although I weren't totally familiar with the door number(ie to go straight to a house especially in the dark).
What a joke though. I started at at 2pm, well I actually got to my DO at 1.50pm and most of the postmen were back and signing out.!! Wow they are finishing earlier than what they normally would when it's NOT christmas. Hmmm, I know why now, Posties were just leaving everything,infact 2 posties who work together had even left small jiffys,little packets etc basically to prove some point that they weren't going over on time, then we have to come in (the newbies) and we are basically told that we have to deliver packets to an average of 20 doors per hour all over the place,most of that time in the dark and in peak traffic. Pfttttt!!

[RTP]

One parcel every 3 mins. Working from the back of the van in the dark, delivering to neighbour. Hmm good luck with that