Part timers helping to sort missorts

[Terry Butcher]

Rarely in my office is one full timer sorting while others are stood around looking at their watches. The Lino's make damn sure that anyone stood around kicking their heels "jumps on the missorts". 95% of the time the people who jump on to help are other full timers, mainly because the part timers would take 5 times as long to do the same task. Most full time staff know which walk each road is on, part timers generally don't. Part timers don't get asked/linger in the background because they would be more hinderance than help. It might work in a small office with 15-20 walks, but in an office like mine with over 100 walks there's not enough time in the part timer's contracted hours for them to "learn the frames".

That's what OPALS are for - they don't have to be fast but it would certainly help and familiarity breeds speed.

Someone posted something about where does it say a PT must do this or that - well one thing is for sure it certainly doesn't say sit on your arsch and watch somebody else working.

Call me an ignorant swine if you must, but what is "OPALS"?

[clashcityrocker]

Call me an ignorant swine if you must, but what is "OPALS"?

I think he is refering to the list displayed above your head in the IPS which tells you what walk does what street.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Call me an ignorant swine if you must, but what is "OPALS"?

I think he is refering to the list displayed above your head in the IPS which tells you what walk does what street.

Yep thats what we call them as well

[dvbuk55]

Rarely in my office is one full timer sorting while others are stood around looking at their watches. The Lino's make damn sure that anyone stood around kicking their heels "jumps on the missorts". 95% of the time the people who jump on to help are other full timers, mainly because the part timers would take 5 times as long to do the same task. Most full time staff know which walk each road is on, part timers generally don't. Part timers don't get asked/linger in the background because they would be more hinderance than help. It might work in a small office with 15-20 walks, but in an office like mine with over 100 walks there's not enough time in the part timer's contracted hours for them to "learn the frames".

That's what OPALS are for - they don't have to be fast but it would certainly help and familiarity breeds speed.

Someone posted something about where does it say a PT must do this or that - well one thing is for sure it certainly doesn't say sit on your arsch and watch somebody else working.

Call me an ignorant swine if you must, but what is "OPALS"?

OK - but remember you asked for it "you ignorant swine" - though in truth T, I haven't a clue what it means now - they have just always been OPALS

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Just a guess

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[clashcityrocker]

I always thought they were named OPALS by the same fruit who dreamed up Starburst.
(I'll get my coat)

[dvbuk55]

I always thought they were named OPALS by the same fruit who dreamed up Starburst.
(I'll get my coat)

And so you should you muppet

[dvbuk55]

Just a guess

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Well even if it isn't it's a good guess and fits the bill.

[krussel]

Our dom calls it the idiot board

[POSTMAN]

Our dom calls it the idiot board

We call it that.

[Postman Plodd]

Our OPALS used to have the street - walk name, now its street - walk number, so on top of learning where the walks are on the primary you have to know the walk number too and its not as if theyre in numerical order from top left to bottom right either. Makes for a long laborious process i can tell you. When we used to do row 15 its was a piece of p*ss after an hour or so. And yes i stand in front of it with a load of missorts from my frame only for a fulltimer to take them off me and do them in seconds.

[countyboy]

Our dom calls it the idiot board

We call it that.

So,,idiots are people who havnt been trained according to that DOM,,Train people to know what is going on and stop sniggering at "idiots" is the answer although that would take some basic management skills. People who like the status quo and talk in endless TLAs to mystify the straightforward are the idiots,,,all IMHO

[Postman Plodd]

Our dom calls it the idiot board

Isnt that Postcomm?

[krussel]

Our dom calls it the idiot board

Isnt that Postcomm?

Yeah

its not been updated in 7 years and was wrong then, so yes very much like Postcomm

[clashcityrocker]

That's what OPALS are for - they don't have to be fast but it would certainly help and familiarity breeds speed.

When I first started on IPS, I asked if I could take an OPAL home so I could practice sorting in my own time, so I could get up to speed quicker.
I also made a tape of which street was on which round so I could listen to it in my sleep. That is a proven method of speed learning.
I'm surprised more people don't think like that.