I FUCKING suck at my job! I'm an RCA and man... today was a total disaster. I started almost 2 weeks now and casing is a nightmare! Today was a heavy volume day; DPS up the fucking ass, parcels, flats, everything! I do this in my Honda fit lmao! Bottom out trying to use my Civic a few days ago before I got this car. The regular on my route is on maternity leave and I'm thrown into the shark tank doing this 6 days a week. Today I worked 11 hours because I fucked up so bad trying to do the whole route. I got MF honking at me because the mail box is so damn close to the road. Old guy called my supervisor and flagged me down because I didn't have his flag up when medicine was delivered and flag down when no mail. I have over 300 address man!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh help God!!!!
@@chickendinner5572 lol I remember this feeling. It does get easier trust mee. I’m almost 2 years in (being out a half of year due to injury on the job). My advice is get a position thats career. Don’t waste time on something with no benefits. I applied as a cca & broke my a*** to deliver mail with no benefits. You don’t suck at it, the sh*t is hard. I’m assuming the A in RCA is assistant. Apply to something else asap & keep it a secret because NO ONE In the PO is your friend!!. Best of luck :).
@@cbrown9673 I planned on doing it for only 3 months when I first applied. And it may be that way lol. I'm not waiting unknown amount of years to be a regular. This shouldn't even be fucking legal to be honest. I can't believe a federal institution is allowing unfair labor practices. No benefits at ALL is bullshit. Anyway, my paycheck going to be fat tho.
Thank you, that's one of the clearest explanation of casing. Thanks for showing the cases order, street names, odd and even, then notices on some cases observations. Appreciative 😊.
The casing is what freaks me out most, my first day alone (not shadowing) as an RCA is next week…..pray for me or it’s back to the kitchen I go, and I don’t want that! It’s taken me 4 months to get through the hiring process, academy, road tests on 3 different vehicles, and I have crazy respect for all of you. I hope I make it! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️
Amazon Sunday sealed the deal, back to my cooking job, and happily so. Didn’t miss a beat, I couldn’t imagine the rest of my working life being like that. Such a negative, dreary workplace the office was that I applied to, everyone counting down days until they’re out.
@@carolschlick2211 Damn, I started for usps back in august, I got a good office. Still hate it at times though, wanted to quit early on but it did start getting better. I’m still slow on the route but I usually always get back in time.
@@norsethehorse8179 I think if I didn’t start right after Thanksgiving I’d have had a better chance. I just couldn’t imagine going in to a job where everyone’s so negative and crabby. I’m making more money cooking, it’s a shorter drive, and the atmosphere is better. We laugh and have fun, but we get our work done, our residents appreciate us and so does our director. Even our owners come in the kitchen and make sure we’re all okay. They don’t care about O/T, so we usually stay late a few days a week and get ahead with our work. We have a set system which the post office I was in, nobody worked the same way and you didn’t “dare” approach the postmaster! I wish you luck, I’m sad it didn’t work out for me, but you must be pretty smart and a quick thinker if you made it that long! Be safe out there and stay well 🙏🏻💖😁👩🏻🍳☕️🚐
@@carolschlick2211 thanks, that sounds like a much better job lol, and yeah after thanksgiving was a very bad time to come in. If I had I most definitely wouldn’t have made it, and it’s not about being smarter it’s just being able to remember and that comes with time. I couldn’t remember anything when I first started now I’m getting better since I started there best of luck to you as well
Thanks appreciate this informative video. I am still training have academy soon but am at my current job site trying to figure out casing all by myself I'm an rca
When you start casing mail at the academy, you will understand it! It takes physically doing it to really get it right. It's super important to case correctly in order for your day to go smoothly. Good luck to you! Stick with it, you got this! 💪
How I cased when I was a rca is if I had dps I would case all the flats and manual mail and then throw chunks in the case from the dps till my first flat or manual piece then put that mail in that slot then continue with chunks and stopping at my next manual or flats. Was very fast imo. The case I'm doing now is all manual mail so it takes forever to case.
Hi, I'm a cca & i'm having issues with understanding the pulling down process... I feel the trainers are more focused on running their routes than taking a hands on approach in showing how to do the job effectively. I've completed my 4 days of training & yet I still don't have a clear understanding on how to pull down a route.
The person I went out with was the coolest person ever, she’s been doing CCA for 37 years. Was a pro master. Tomorrow I have academic training. For next 4 days
Thank you for this video! I just started a couple weeks ago as a CCA and I think you did a great job explaining this vital organizational method prior to delivering the mail. 👌 As a clerk, what suggestions do you have for me as a new CCA to help the clerks in my home office? Thank you!
Sorry, I’m a little late to the party, but saw your video and found it incredibly helpful. I do have a question about casing mail. Can you possibly demonstrate or explain UAA and UBBM
We don't case the DPS. We do case the FSS. Most people in my Station do. We also case small parcels too. Some you just put in bins when they don't fit. I'm one of the few who love casing and pretty fast at it
Just had my shadow day yesterday. No academy yet so I was very confused by it all. I tried to observe as best I could, but woah! 😅 Thank you for this video, it really helped!
@@10arcs4 yup. And also for the Pro Master (the tall Dodge van thing). I finished up academy last week. Last day of On the Job Training is tomorrow then a route by myself on Friday.
Q? When trays of mail that is received from the distribution center, are those already sorted, and casing is just to marry other items like large envelopes, etc? How do packages get sorted, looks time consuming. Does the carrier put a marker where there’s a pkg in the case? What about COA or forwarding, if forwarding marker is found, is there a separate area/room where those mail are relabeled with the yellow sticker with the new address, and is there someone else assigned to do that or is it done by the carrier. And what about hold mail. There are so many people who move and request mail to be held. And since hold mail works on an address, not individual, does the LPO ever ask the resident if they still reside there? Because if new tenants move in, and there’s a hold mail by the previous resident, new residents will never get there mail coz the one that move gets everything for that address when they pick it up. Also, what happens when a carrier sees a COA but there’s already a yellow sticker on the envelope, does the carrier continue to forward that in the chain. What if you have an ex that moved out, submitted a COA under family, so it forwards their mail as well as the ex. So they in turn submitted a COA to have it forwarded back to them, wouldn’t that essentially put the mail in a continuous forwarding loop?
Thanks for giving your point of view!!! People in the comments could certainly help from experienced carriers! Are you able to be done whenever you finish the route? Even if it doesn't take eight hours?
@@opiehelstrom4702 I have a list of forwards at my case, but having to work my k day a lot know the previous tenants in my head. I show up and access the situation, light mail or heavy and put everything in order of delivery. The job is not difficult if you know the route, but I did struggle as an rca working out of 5 different offices, stayed busy but was drained at the end of the day. I enjoy working outside, and have no regrets mostly on this carrier path which is looking at retirement soon. Good luck to you and everyone in your journey!
He is not a carrier and he is talking about a back twisting wrap around horizontal case. The mess is not a mess it's the hold mail that the carrier has to reserve till it's due on date.
Is the only way to navigate the route by looking at the street name while casing mail. Following the mail does give you an idea of the route. But is there any other way to familiarize with the route like a map gps or app. And how do I find a park point
I'm a veteran carrier, not a clerk. I would recommend taking photos of your case strips and then writing them on index cards at home. Each different split will have different color line of symbols below it and you should write that down for study purposes. Hold the stack of mail on your left arm like you would hold a baby rather than going to the case ledge for each piece. I did that when I was a CCA and I was super fast at casing, which meant I got office overtime instead of walking overtime. You should be taking maybe one second to throw up each letter or flat and that will make you faster than most of the regs. Keep your feet planted in front of your case, don't be making 100 trips to the hot case, and don't be talking to people. It slows you down. Load up your DPS (and FSS if you have it) on the way out the door. The biggest time waster I see in the station is carriers spending too much time walking back and forth, and of course talking incessantly about irrelevant bullshit.
I just stared and our office is having us case. Im slow and it stress out when everyone is pulling down and Im still casing. Any tips on how to improve speed?
With all those very thin separators, its doesn't seem like there's enough space for letters and such. I get a ton of junk everyday and I know it won't all fit in between those dividers. The whole process to keep track of all the stuff for each address seems so involved, it's a wonder everything arrives when it should. And how do you keep track of packages for each address? Do you have a reminder that there is a package for a specific address? I'm considering an RCA position but all I hear is how tough it is to learn because you don't get much training before you get sent out on routes by yourself. And that the management will work you to death and will constantly yell at you for not finishing up quickly even if you are new. What do you think?
You won't actually know if it fits or not till you do it. You'd be surprised what you can fit in there. There are place card holders for packages. It doesn't really matter how much time you have on a you're for training . It takes time to get it down and find your flow. Just focus on getting the premise of it down and being accurate. Speed is a secondary thing that comes with reputation. They usually give you a week.eith the carrier shadowing and then a week of doing it with them. Then you have to fly. Unfortunately you'll never really feel "ready" but you just have to do it. Key is to take it one step at a time. I found when delivering packages writing a quick route map helped me.
Casing mail is something I don’t get. I don’t get enough training… it freaks me the F out…. I can follow a route which it isn’t hard, but starting off as a casing… I get nervous… and I just started
That city route look like a real small route how long does it take to case and deliver and what about large parcel how do you sort them Im in a small rural office the the largest route in our office have about 405-410 dismount about 39 miles daily route time pays 9.4 hour
I start my RCA Academy Tuesday...be working out of a small Post office...I think there is only 7 routes...I hope I can atleast work 4 days a week....I was only guaranteed 1 day a week..but told I'd get more
Well what happened mayn?! How was your first few weeks? Did you pick up on it quickly or was it really as difficult and stressful as I hear everywhere?
Curious..what is the street time for this route? 3 cases with apt's? I have seen 3 case routes in my career but not like this and I have always been a city carrier.
@@jeffreywillis9313 it's horrible man... Fucking terrible day today. I started almost 2 weeks ago and I suck. This shit is more stressful than being in the Army Lmao!!!!?
ok im training for PSE Distribution and sales. When i sort all the mail packages go in the wires and flats and envelopes go in bags. is it true that i can throw smaller packages that can go in mailbox with the flats and envelops so that when the carriers case those as well?
Great question!!!! Most carriers appreciate that and want it that way! Basically as long as it fits into a mail box, we call it a spur, which can go in flat totes. Not with the actual flats cuZ that'd make a mess. But those same totes are used for the spurs. Think like wish items and books, chargers, small stuff.
No. The mail comes in trays. Then you fill in the raw mail and flats. This is your while route. So if you're a city carrier you take your DPS onto the street with what you put up in this case. If you're a real carrier they put up all their mail including DPS. Then pull down and load their vehicles.
You will be slow at first. But that's okay, CCAs have thier mail in DPS. So you don't have to sort it all. Just flats and spurs. Once you get familiar with the routes you'll get faster. Just take your time and learn as you go. Repetition is the key.
I’m a tad confused. Do you case, then pull all that mail out to deliver? Like, why would you case it just to pull it out and deliver it? Am I missing something?
It will tell you on the time sheet when you are suppose to leave the office to start the route. Should give you an idea. If you don’t know a route then it could take longer.
Yup! You think mail people just drive and put mail in a box! They do it all! Case the mail up sort the packages, grab certified letters, the job is hard and not for everyone. Next time you see your mail person offer then water because they need it
Opie Helstrom thank you for your answer, how long does it take to give the induction after the fingerprints? How can I be better prepared for induction? I’m studying English and it is difficult for me to communicate, but I understand the instructions in English well, would I have problems for that? Thank you.
@@andresmolina3685 I am in the same, it is difficult for me to communicate in English, but I understand, write and read the language. I am waiting to start, for the cca Orientation. How has your process gone?
Management wants you to throw you DPS on the street because they want you out of the office asap. It gives clerks more time and space to do their stuff. Addresses face left. Flats spine up. Bigger stuff behind the smaller stuff. Leave anything thick aside so you're not jamming up your case. Then case them in last. A few feet of flats and raw letters should take about 30 - 40 minutes to put up.
Im struggling with delivering faster. My regular runs and doesnt take ANY breaks. It only takes him 3 hours to deliver and it takes me 5! I dont get it!
@@Modernnwave Regulars are typically smart enough to know when to take days off and when to work. I'm willing to bet you that you're working on their route on the heavy days of the week such as Monday or Circular Day. And of course most take off two days after a postal holiday. So right there you're already at a disadvantage. I would say on a fair day a Regular will probably be about 30 minutes faster than their sub if the sub is just as proficient at the route. This is mostly because you still need time to acclimate to the route from being different routes all week and you're not picking up right where you left off of from the day before on the same route. You know your holds that are going out, you don't know the forwards as well when you have do your markups etc... But 2 hours is quite a bit of difference. I'm just going to take a shot in the dark here and say that you're probably taking more time to go through and organize your parcels than they do. And maybe they can zip through their raw letters faster. These two things alone could close that gap. Some people run around like energizer bunnies too. Like I said in an earlier post.. you can shave like 30 minutes off your day if you want to run to door steps and slam on your pedals huffing and puffing to "win the race" but fighting your route just makes for a fustrating day. Instead of worrying about what time your regular is making, pay attention to the route estimate and how long it's "supposed" to take you. If you're beating that number than you're doing fine. I would actually arch an eye brow if a sub routinely is faster than their regular.
@@Novaximus i work his route on Fridays. Its only been 5 months since i started working for usps. The route is a 8.80 route and i barely make that evaluation time. I do try my best to do everything correctly in order for everything to run smooth out on the street. I dont like to bring anything back unless its outgoing or left notice mail/packages. So frustrating
@@Novaximus but i do appreciate your advice. I will definitely just focus on making my evaluation time instead of worrying about being as fast as the regular.
@@Modernnwave Yeah they could be taking short cuts and doing a bad job. There's a person that works in my office who has a 43 J route and they only work 20 hours a week on there physical time. This has been their average for like the last 6 months. I don't know what they do either but there's definately something wrong going on when you're getting paid 43 hours a week and only actually doing 20 hours of work.
Man your cases are pristine compared to ours. Ny carrier here. Should be careful with this video though. It’s actually illegal to video or photograph mail/the work room floor.
Ohhh don’t be a rule nazi he’s obviously just helping people out you can’t see any address nor do you know what state he’s even in. Don’t make it more than it is.
As a supervisor like ME!, it's illegal to film in the station. If it was my station he would be in the office with me, his supervisor, the manager and his Union.
He's probably got fired over this video it's illegal to film where's the supervisor at while he's filming this I would of walked him out he's maybe a cca or rca no longer there
Who cares. Nothing sensitive was displayed nor anything that would weaken the integrity of the entity. It’s a genuine, informative video for curious minds like myself or for people starting out this job I presume.
The answer to your question is no it not legal to record the work room floor, but you can record in the lobby or the parking lot, that is the reason why there are no security cameras on the floor.
@@bren.r Until Opie lose his job and start selling meth to support himself go to prison and become some one bitch for what filming inside the post office and as you said well he wasn't displaying sensitive information I don't think the gov cares.
@@bren.r A supervisor like ME! that's who cares, it's illegal and if it was my station he would be in the office with me, his supervisor, the manager and his Union.
Mary got a second notice? Why wouldn't they like it? I'm not showing any private information or any proprietary information. Just trying to help people getting started so we can can keep people here.
No and I never claimed to be. I just had someone ask if they could show what casing was like. This was my best way to give them some sort of an idea of what it would be like.
Truth is, casing, preparing a route for that matter, is one of those things that you won't understand until you do it.
I understand and I haven't been through orientation yet
@@Guerrilla727 it’s hard
@@scrapiron6870how long did it take you to learn
It's really simple to understand but mastering it and doing it quickly takes time and experience
Essential video, as you begin learning to case! Very clear and highly detailed, including efficient methods for handling SPRS. Thanks!
This is the hardest part of my day..
I FUCKING suck at my job! I'm an RCA and man... today was a total disaster. I started almost 2 weeks now and casing is a nightmare! Today was a heavy volume day; DPS up the fucking ass, parcels, flats, everything! I do this in my Honda fit lmao! Bottom out trying to use my Civic a few days ago before I got this car. The regular on my route is on maternity leave and I'm thrown into the shark tank doing this 6 days a week. Today I worked 11 hours because I fucked up so bad trying to do the whole route. I got MF honking at me because the mail box is so damn close to the road. Old guy called my supervisor and flagged me down because I didn't have his flag up when medicine was delivered and flag down when no mail. I have over 300 address man!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh help God!!!!
@@chickendinner5572 lol I remember this feeling. It does get easier trust mee. I’m almost 2 years in (being out a half of year due to injury on the job). My advice is get a position thats career. Don’t waste time on something with no benefits. I applied as a cca & broke my a*** to deliver mail with no benefits. You don’t suck at it, the sh*t is hard. I’m assuming the A in RCA is assistant. Apply to something else asap & keep it a secret because NO ONE In the PO is your friend!!. Best of luck :).
@@cbrown9673 I planned on doing it for only 3 months when I first applied. And it may be that way lol. I'm not waiting unknown amount of years to be a regular. This shouldn't even be fucking legal to be honest. I can't believe a federal institution is allowing unfair labor practices. No benefits at ALL is bullshit. Anyway, my paycheck going to be fat tho.
@@chickendinner5572 yes the pay is fat lol. Just don’t kill yourself like I did.
@@cbrown9673 I finally resigned. 6 days a week 10-11 hours a day.Y car is fucked lol.
Thank you, that's one of the clearest explanation of casing. Thanks for showing the cases order, street names, odd and even, then notices on some cases observations.
Appreciative 😊.
You have explained this beautifully because I've always heard about Casey mail now I understand what it entails. Thank you
The casing is what freaks me out most, my first day alone (not shadowing) as an RCA is next week…..pray for me or it’s back to the kitchen I go, and I don’t want that! It’s taken me 4 months to get through the hiring process, academy, road tests on 3 different vehicles, and I have crazy respect for all of you. I hope I make it! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️
How did it go?
Amazon Sunday sealed the deal, back to my cooking job, and happily so.
Didn’t miss a beat, I couldn’t imagine the rest of my working life being like that.
Such a negative, dreary workplace the office was that I applied to, everyone counting down days until they’re out.
@@carolschlick2211 Damn, I started for usps back in august, I got a good office. Still hate it at times though, wanted to quit early on but it did start getting better. I’m still slow on the route but I usually always get back in time.
@@norsethehorse8179 I think if I didn’t start right after Thanksgiving I’d have had a better chance. I just couldn’t imagine going in to a job where everyone’s so negative and crabby. I’m making more money cooking, it’s a shorter drive, and the atmosphere is better. We laugh and have fun, but we get our work done, our residents appreciate us and so does our director. Even our owners come in the kitchen and make sure we’re all okay. They don’t care about O/T, so we usually stay late a few days a week and get ahead with our work. We have a set system which the post office I was in, nobody worked the same way and you didn’t “dare” approach the postmaster!
I wish you luck, I’m sad it didn’t work out for me, but you must be pretty smart and a quick thinker if you made it that long! Be safe out there and stay well 🙏🏻💖😁👩🏻🍳☕️🚐
@@carolschlick2211 thanks, that sounds like a much better job lol, and yeah after thanksgiving was a very bad time to come in. If I had I most definitely wouldn’t have made it, and it’s not about being smarter it’s just being able to remember and that comes with time. I couldn’t remember anything when I first started now I’m getting better since I started there best of luck to you as well
Thank you for this video...I was wondering what casing was. I just applied for a job with the USPS so I'm researching. Appreciated!
So casing the mail is for carriers only..they are putting the stuff that came in raw in order according to their route to take to the street.
I did my shadowing yesterday for CCA and i saw him casing…bruh!!! We have academy tomorrow so I will learn more to feel more comfortable
Did you figure it out?
How is it going as a cca keep it up its all work
Are you still there?
Thank you for this video, the hazard cards I'm sure are a big help aswell
The case doesn't always have the names labeled. Regulars decide what's printed on the case labels.
Thanks appreciate this informative video. I am still training have academy soon but am at my current job site trying to figure out casing all by myself I'm an rca
When you start casing mail at the academy, you will understand it! It takes physically doing it to really get it right. It's super important to case correctly in order for your day to go smoothly. Good luck to you! Stick with it, you got this! 💪
DPS is is already in order. No need to case it. That would waste a lot of time and isn’t necessary.
Thanks for sharing your experience
Thank you for the video, I start next week and I feel this will be what I am going to be worse at
How I cased when I was a rca is if I had dps I would case all the flats and manual mail and then throw chunks in the case from the dps till my first flat or manual piece then put that mail in that slot then continue with chunks and stopping at my next manual or flats. Was very fast imo. The case I'm doing now is all manual mail so it takes forever to case.
Hi, I'm a cca & i'm having issues with understanding the pulling down process... I feel the trainers are more focused on running their routes than taking a hands on approach in showing how to do the job effectively. I've completed my 4 days of training & yet I still don't have a clear understanding on how to pull down a route.
Hi there, Did you figure it out?
The person I went out with was the coolest person ever, she’s been doing CCA for 37 years. Was a pro master. Tomorrow I have academic training. For next 4 days
Thank you for this video! I just started a couple weeks ago as a CCA and I think you did a great job explaining this vital organizational method prior to delivering the mail. 👌 As a clerk, what suggestions do you have for me as a new CCA to help the clerks in my home office? Thank you!
Make a video that explains CFS UTF and so forth.
I just hired so I’m excited
Congrats man! Welcome to the family!
Opie Helstrom thank you I’m excited!!!
@@joso76522 how do you like it?
When you’re a CCA it takes time because you get sent on different routes and that means learning new case everyday
What about indications of when to park and loop,when to stay in one spot ..and so and so
Sorry, I’m a little late to the party, but saw your video and found it incredibly helpful. I do have a question about casing mail. Can you possibly demonstrate or explain UAA and UBBM
We don't case the DPS. We do case the FSS. Most people in my Station do. We also case small parcels too. Some you just put in bins when they don't fit. I'm one of the few who love casing and pretty fast at it
You also get the asshole carriers that case in their DPS anyways, but still take longer on the street somehow lol
Just had my shadow day yesterday. No academy yet so I was very confused by it all. I tried to observe as best I could, but woah! 😅
Thank you for this video, it really helped!
Had my shadow day last Saturday…have you done your LLV training yet ?
@@10arcs4 yup. And also for the Pro Master (the tall Dodge van thing). I finished up academy last week. Last day of On the Job Training is tomorrow then a route by myself on Friday.
Q? When trays of mail that is received from the distribution center, are those already sorted, and casing is just to marry other items like large envelopes, etc?
How do packages get sorted, looks time consuming. Does the carrier put a marker where there’s a pkg in the case?
What about COA or forwarding, if forwarding marker is found, is there a separate area/room where those mail are relabeled with the yellow sticker with the new address, and is there someone else assigned to do that or is it done by the carrier.
And what about hold mail. There are so many people who move and request mail to be held. And since hold mail works on an address, not individual, does the LPO ever ask the resident if they still reside there? Because if new tenants move in, and there’s a hold mail by the previous resident, new residents will never get there mail coz the one that move gets everything for that address when they pick it up.
Also, what happens when a carrier sees a COA but there’s already a yellow sticker on the envelope, does the carrier continue to forward that in the chain. What if you have an ex that moved out, submitted a COA under family, so it forwards their mail as well as the ex. So they in turn submitted a COA to have it forwarded back to them, wouldn’t that essentially put the mail in a continuous forwarding loop?
I just case magazines and raw letters with little spurs. Everthing else is sorted on the street with dps and packages. Earlier out, earlier back!
Thanks for giving your point of view!!! People in the comments could certainly help from experienced carriers!
Are you able to be done whenever you finish the route? Even if it doesn't take eight hours?
@@opiehelstrom4702 I have a list of forwards at my case, but having to work my k day a lot know the previous tenants in my head. I show up and access the situation, light mail or heavy and put everything in order of delivery. The job is not difficult if you know the route, but I did struggle as an rca working out of 5 different offices, stayed busy but was drained at the end of the day. I enjoy working outside, and have no regrets mostly on this carrier path which is looking at retirement soon. Good luck to you and everyone in your journey!
He is not a carrier and he is talking about a back twisting wrap around horizontal case. The mess is not a mess it's the hold mail that the carrier has to reserve till it's due on date.
I wish I saw this video before I started
Share with anyone you think will find it helpful!
life saver bro thank u
Anyone notice the Masonic Lodge? Lol
Good vid btw thanks
Is the only way to navigate the route by looking at the street name while casing mail. Following the mail does give you an idea of the route. But is there any other way to familiarize with the route like a map gps or app. And how do I find a park point
any tips on casing to make it easier and faster
As I'm not a carrier I really don't. Best thing you can do is learn the routes to the best of your ability and how they run.
Chunk your mail if its dps, dont use parcel markers and be positive
I'm a veteran carrier, not a clerk. I would recommend taking photos of your case strips and then writing them on index cards at home. Each different split will have different color line of symbols below it and you should write that down for study purposes. Hold the stack of mail on your left arm like you would hold a baby rather than going to the case ledge for each piece. I did that when I was a CCA and I was super fast at casing, which meant I got office overtime instead of walking overtime. You should be taking maybe one second to throw up each letter or flat and that will make you faster than most of the regs. Keep your feet planted in front of your case, don't be making 100 trips to the hot case, and don't be talking to people. It slows you down. Load up your DPS (and FSS if you have it) on the way out the door. The biggest time waster I see in the station is carriers spending too much time walking back and forth, and of course talking incessantly about irrelevant bullshit.
Starting orientation in 2 weeks and all this seems like a foreign language to me 😰
I just stared and our office is having us case. Im slow and it stress out when everyone is pulling down and Im still casing. Any tips on how to improve speed?
With all those very thin separators, its doesn't seem like there's enough space for letters and such. I get a ton of junk everyday and I know it won't all fit in between those dividers. The whole process to keep track of all the stuff for each address seems so involved, it's a wonder everything arrives when it should. And how do you keep track of packages for each address? Do you have a reminder that there is a package for a specific address? I'm considering an RCA position but all I hear is how tough it is to learn because you don't get much training before you get sent out on routes by yourself. And that the management will work you to death and will constantly yell at you for not finishing up quickly even if you are new. What do you think?
You won't actually know if it fits or not till you do it. You'd be surprised what you can fit in there. There are place card holders for packages. It doesn't really matter how much time you have on a you're for training . It takes time to get it down and find your flow. Just focus on getting the premise of it down and being accurate. Speed is a secondary thing that comes with reputation. They usually give you a week.eith the carrier shadowing and then a week of doing it with them. Then you have to fly. Unfortunately you'll never really feel "ready" but you just have to do it. Key is to take it one step at a time. I found when delivering packages writing a quick route map helped me.
Casing mail is something I don’t get. I don’t get enough training… it freaks me the F out…. I can follow a route which it isn’t hard, but starting off as a casing… I get nervous… and I just started
That city route look like a real small route how long does it take to case and deliver and what about large parcel how do you sort them Im in a small rural office the the largest route in our office have about 405-410 dismount about 39 miles daily route time pays 9.4 hour
Tomorrow is my Rural carrier academy I hope I will get how to do it quickly!!
You still working
@@vandshome yes
I start my RCA Academy Tuesday...be working out of a small Post office...I think there is only 7 routes...I hope I can atleast work 4 days a week....I was only guaranteed 1 day a week..but told I'd get more
@@bensmith136842 man Im working now 6 to 7 days a week
Well what happened mayn?! How was your first few weeks? Did you pick up on it quickly or was it really as difficult and stressful as I hear everywhere?
Curious..what is the street time for this route? 3 cases with apt's? I have seen 3 case routes in my career but not like this and I have always been a city carrier.
It's a rural route and I wanna say it's an 8-9 hour route.
@@opiehelstrom4702 wow! long route
@@jeffreywillis9313 it's horrible man... Fucking terrible day today. I started almost 2 weeks ago and I suck. This shit is more stressful than being in the Army Lmao!!!!?
God seeing how other offices case makes me never want to transfer. I've never seen those long dividers.
ok im training for PSE Distribution and sales. When i sort all the mail packages go in the wires and flats and envelopes go in bags. is it true that i can throw smaller packages that can go in mailbox with the flats and envelops so that when the carriers case those as well?
Great question!!!! Most carriers appreciate that and want it that way! Basically as long as it fits into a mail box, we call it a spur, which can go in flat totes. Not with the actual flats cuZ that'd make a mess. But those same totes are used for the spurs. Think like wish items and books, chargers, small stuff.
Can we see how you pull down tho?? Like the order you rubber band them and etc???
At first I saw that rural case and thought it was a city route! I was about to say maybe my city has baby routes haha
Thank you c:
when you get there in the morning are those shelves filled with mail?
No. The mail comes in trays. Then you fill in the raw mail and flats. This is your while route. So if you're a city carrier you take your DPS onto the street with what you put up in this case. If you're a real carrier they put up all their mail including DPS. Then pull down and load their vehicles.
How is non-machinable mail sorted? Also, do the postal workers hate me for sending a lot of non-machinable mail?
Hey guy can show video on cases I’m getting to start as RCA 10/13/2023
How’s the job treating you? Do you like it?
Does it take long to do casing quickly. I am scared I will be too slow. Any tips? I will be CCA but it is a smallish town in NC, not big city.
You will be slow at first. But that's okay, CCAs have thier mail in DPS. So you don't have to sort it all. Just flats and spurs. Once you get familiar with the routes you'll get faster. Just take your time and learn as you go. Repetition is the key.
Thanks. Still waiting for orientation date. Accepted position. Was told I have to wait to be put on hire list. Seems to take a while.
@@kimforsyth9585 it can, but totally worth it once youre in. Its all about the long haul. Don't lose hope and be ypur own advocate.
how long did it take to get confident?
I’m a tad confused. Do you case, then pull all that mail out to deliver? Like, why would you case it just to pull it out and deliver it? Am I missing something?
You case in the mail so it can be in order. Not all the mail that you receive to go out that day will be in order.
It were okay but I ended leaving it were just too much for me 😢so I’m back driving trucks on the road I’m a lot better
Hi Opie. So the case starts from left to right. Would it be from odd address numbers to even or vice versa?
It follows line of travel for one street you'll loop so you start on odd say then you'll loop to even
How long does it normally take to case mail for your route?
It will tell you on the time sheet when you are suppose to leave the office to start the route. Should give you an idea. If you don’t know a route then it could take longer.
So the carriers will put up the mail. Then drive it to the houses?
Yup! You think mail people just drive and put mail in a box! They do it all! Case the mail up sort the packages, grab certified letters, the job is hard and not for everyone. Next time you see your mail person offer then water because they need it
Hi, I see your video, I have questions, I start working to USPS, I need more information to assistant rural carrier.
What kind of questions do you have?
Opie Helstrom thank you for your answer, how long does it take to give the induction after the fingerprints? How can I be better prepared for induction? I’m studying English and it is difficult for me to communicate, but I understand the instructions in English well, would I have problems for that? Thank you.
ANDRES MOLINA have you started working as a rural driver now ?
@@andresmolina3685
I am in the same, it is difficult for me to communicate in English, but I understand, write and read the language. I am waiting to start, for the cca Orientation. How has your process gone?
@@andresmolina3685Are you still working at the post office?
Half cells are a wholeeee different story
Management wants you to throw you DPS on the street because they want you out of the office asap. It gives clerks more time and space to do their stuff.
Addresses face left. Flats spine up. Bigger stuff behind the smaller stuff. Leave anything thick aside so you're not jamming up your case. Then case them in last. A few feet of flats and raw letters should take about 30 - 40 minutes to put up.
Im struggling with delivering faster. My regular runs and doesnt take ANY breaks. It only takes him 3 hours to deliver and it takes me 5! I dont get it!
@@Modernnwave Regulars are typically smart enough to know when to take days off and when to work. I'm willing to bet you that you're working on their route on the heavy days of the week such as Monday or Circular Day. And of course most take off two days after a postal holiday.
So right there you're already at a disadvantage. I would say on a fair day a Regular will probably be about 30 minutes faster than their sub if the sub is just as proficient at the route. This is mostly because you still need time to acclimate to the route from being different routes all week and you're not picking up right where you left off of from the day before on the same route. You know your holds that are going out, you don't know the forwards as well when you have do your markups etc...
But 2 hours is quite a bit of difference. I'm just going to take a shot in the dark here and say that you're probably taking more time to go through and organize your parcels than they do. And maybe they can zip through their raw letters faster. These two things alone could close that gap.
Some people run around like energizer bunnies too. Like I said in an earlier post.. you can shave like 30 minutes off your day if you want to run to door steps and slam on your pedals huffing and puffing to "win the race" but fighting your route just makes for a fustrating day.
Instead of worrying about what time your regular is making, pay attention to the route estimate and how long it's "supposed" to take you. If you're beating that number than you're doing fine. I would actually arch an eye brow if a sub routinely is faster than their regular.
@@Novaximus i work his route on Fridays. Its only been 5 months since i started working for usps. The route is a 8.80 route and i barely make that evaluation time. I do try my best to do everything correctly in order for everything to run smooth out on the street. I dont like to bring anything back unless its outgoing or left notice mail/packages. So frustrating
@@Novaximus but i do appreciate your advice. I will definitely just focus on making my evaluation time instead of worrying about being as fast as the regular.
@@Modernnwave Yeah they could be taking short cuts and doing a bad job. There's a person that works in my office who has a 43 J route and they only work 20 hours a week on there physical time. This has been their average for like the last 6 months. I don't know what they do either but there's definately something wrong going on when you're getting paid 43 hours a week and only actually doing 20 hours of work.
its easy till they change your route a lot i hated that
Man your cases are pristine compared to ours. Ny carrier here. Should be careful with this video though. It’s actually illegal to video or photograph mail/the work room floor.
Ohhh don’t be a rule nazi he’s obviously just helping people out you can’t see any address nor do you know what state he’s even in. Don’t make it more than it is.
@@vandygames3376 lmao they have no power
I thought you werent allowed to film in a postal office?
I dunno. I'm not filming anyone's mail or any proprietary information. Just trying to help some people out.
Opie Helstrom yeah be careful we can record in the building at all
Your not supposed to record in the office just to let you know.
Just Don't get caught by supervisor. He just did us newbies a favor. Thank you.
As a supervisor like ME!, it's illegal to film in the station. If it was my station he would be in the office with me, his supervisor, the manager and his Union.
He's probably got fired over this video it's illegal to film where's the supervisor at while he's filming this I would of walked him out he's maybe a cca or rca no longer there
Just as your name, you're wrong on all accounts.
@@opiehelstrom4702 it is illegal to film in the post office ground floor
@@thewayjesuschristislord3700 without permission yes. Allowed with permission.
I work for the post office and it is illegal to film in the floor
Yes it is. 14 year veteran here, and I was looking for this comment. Absolutely illegal.
I thought video taping inside a postal facility (not the window area for the public) is illegal.
It is. Apparently Opie hasn't read the PO 603.....There is a reason that actual carriers haven't/don't make tutorial videos.
That was confusing, it's be better to actually see it being done
How many deliveries are on the rural route whose case you showed first?
Mine has 3 walls and I have 600 boxes and 20 businesses. The largest route in station.
One bundle systam sux
is this video taping legal?
Who cares. Nothing sensitive was displayed nor anything that would weaken the integrity of the entity. It’s a genuine, informative video for curious minds like myself or for people starting out this job I presume.
The answer to your question is no it not legal to record the work room floor, but you can record in the lobby or the parking lot, that is the reason why there are no security cameras on the floor.
@@bren.r Until Opie lose his job and start selling meth to support himself go to prison and become some one bitch for what filming inside the post office and as you said well he wasn't displaying sensitive information I don't think the gov cares.
No.
@@bren.r A supervisor like ME! that's who cares, it's illegal and if it was my station he would be in the office with me, his supervisor, the manager and his Union.
Just showing peoples addresses probably got canned
Not even close. 🤣🤣🤣
I can easily see those same addresses walking down the street. lol
What a damn mess
oh mary got a second notice-lol-doesnt seem the gov would like this
Mary got a second notice? Why wouldn't they like it? I'm not showing any private information or any proprietary information. Just trying to help people getting started so we can can keep people here.
I hate casing, 🤦🏽♂️
Highly illegal recording at a usps office
this is not allowed..might want to delete this
Your name had to be “Karen”
Ummm. Are you kidding me? The 'voice of instruction' is not even a mailman....
No and I never claimed to be. I just had someone ask if they could show what casing was like. This was my best way to give them some sort of an idea of what it would be like.
What’s the 🧻 for? Can’t leave case to poo?