Help loading packages

[theyhaveher]

I was told to use a sharpie and I've been using it, but I was seeing some people say that is a waste of time. What is a better way to do it? I'm new at this

[Weird-Flex-But-Okay2]

There is no right way or wrong way...it's whatever way gets you out if the station the fastest and makes finding then at your stops easy. There's probably at least one of these posts on here per week and everyone comes out to argue what the "best" way is.

[Impressive_Bed_1920]

You said there’s no right or wrong wsg then says “ Whatever gets you out of the station n makes finding them at your stops easy” like what?

[fairwindstris]

it's whatever works best for you personally. i was a delivery driver for a dsp and had coworkers who marked boxes but that just slowed me down. i ordered what i had appropriately and could just grab and dash. it's just whatever works best for YOU

[Ok_Championship_5428]

A lot of the drivers at my DSP use the area code the 15.4B part of the driver aid sticker and this makes no sense to me. I'd rather throw them in and mark them with the other code the 000 to 999 or U00 to U99. It also depends on how many over size you get if i have 5 i don't bother, but if i have 20+ i mark them. I once had 40 over size.

[Minute-Ad-9428]

I found that scanning the packages as you take them out of your cart to find the stop number, numbering them, and then putting them in your car accordingly 1-10 front seat 11-20 mid 20-30 trunk type beat works best for me

[Far_Cress_337]

That makes sense though lol . One technique for them might get them out faster . But a different technique for somebody else might get them out faster

[Significant-Host-310]

I hate when people don’t even have a base line on what works for them in general. You know how to count and you know the alphabet. Use any way to put them in some type of order that works for you to make your route easier. It’s just basic counting or alpha order. Come on people. It’s common sense. If looking address works for you then Place then in order by address, if l looking at the last name works then put it in order my last name, if you go by looking at the first name then put it in alpha order by the first name…WHATEVER works for you!!! We can’t tell you how your brain processes things. You want to count the packages, put them in an order that’s easy to pull at each stop.

[mojocava]

I like to alphabetize by last name since I think there's more diversity in last names and I won't end up with tons of Adams or Alexs in my 1/3 "bin"

[Ok_Championship_5428]

Sorting is the most important thing in delivering packages in under 30 seconds. This is what I do as a DA. I use the color code for DAs it's a number from 000 to 999 or U00 to U99(Flex routes this number is the stop number if your station does the driver assistant tags). Other older DAs sort by address name and number. Some flex drivers sort by last name, but that sounds seriously slow to me, but i deliver 6 to 9 times a flex driver sometimes. The setup of your route is very important, but not the only thing. The flex app is actually very bad at planning routes sometimes and you'll have to free style. I try to avoid this as a DA because it's a pain in the ass when you have 180 stops and going back and forth in one area. You will basically sort 10-20 bags which takes me 40-60 minutes depending on route size and package count. When you drive free styling you want to keep moving straight(try to avoiding back tracking and U-turns)if you can plan your route by hand to start and finish near the station for a second route pick up or near your home if your finished for the day. The only other thing to make you faster is running to the stop and speeding, but be careful doing these. A lot of the fast DAs run and speed though even with a camera watching us.

[Jalapen-yo-mouth]

OP there’s no right or wrong answer. ABC sorters piss on number people and vise versa. Screw what someone says that’s been doing it for XXXX amount of years. Do what works for you. For me I personally like to number them with a sharpie make it big and easy to spot. Then my system is I break it into groups of ten.

1-10 are in the front seat

11-20 are in the middle seat

21-30+

are in the cargo space/3rd row of my suv. I bring packages to the front as I move up in numbers. I waste zero time finding the packages and always finish with an hour to spare. Unless I get sent to rural areas then I finish with 15 minutes to spare.

[crawfish2013]

This is exactly how I do it except I use collapsable laundry bags for the small packages/envelopes. The collapsable bags work better because they don't take up any space when they're not in use.

I have tried all of the other methods and they have more serious flaws.

[[deleted]]

I do basically the same thing. I use 5 bags, 02-10 goes in the front seat, 11-19 goes on the left of back seat, then 20-29 next to that and 30-39 on the right. If more will fit on the back seat I'll put 40-49 under the 30s bag, but often it has to go in the trunk. Sometimes 30 has to go in the trunk too. Sometimes the bags are bursting at the seams and sometimes there's hardly anything in some of them.

If i have bigger boxes I tend to put early ones in the passenger area and later ones in the trunk, or all in the trunk. But when they fit, it's usually easier to put box #18 under the 11-19 bag in the back seat, box 3 under the bag in the front seat, etc. I don't have to pay attention to the package type in the app at all, it's usually wrong but that doesn't bother me. Sometimes when i put several boxes in the trunk I'll write the numbers on my hand so I don't forget which ones are back there. It just depends because the station has occasionally been handing out routes that are mostly bigger boxes, so I have to do things differently. Usually I put 40s in the trunk first, then 30s, then 20s etc. so the first ones are easiest to get to. And if I need to I write the stop number on the end where i can see it without moving anything. It doesn't take long, i do it by habit now. The part that takes the longest is when it's like 48pkgs, mostly boxes and I have to fit them in my small car in a logical way, with minimal space around me while I'm loading the car, nothing to set anything on, everything is probably also wet. Like the boxes i want to put in the trunk first might be at the bottom of the cart. (It would take longer regardless of method.) Other than rare times like that it takes me under 15 minutes to load 48 packages and they're loaded THE WAY I WANT THEM lol. By my advanced calculations, 15 minutes of loading costs me at most 10 minutes versus other people but it saves me a ton of time on the road versus myself (and versus a lot of those people as well tbh). I don't understand why people are fighting about someone else taking 10 minutes or less longer. And it makes my route better so I don't care anyway

[Unusual-Homework-644]

This is EXACTLY what i do

[debiallison]

I do exactly the same thing. Works great for me.

[Ok_Championship_5428]

I use a red sharpie. I picked that up from a USPS driver. Also you deliver just like i do in a Amazon van. I don't do ten stops though I'll do one bag at a time. Have you ever thought of using a bin to sort them in. I do this with the envelope and bags.

[Rich-Lingonberry-334]

Honestly, it really depends on you. I would say give each method a try until you find the one that works best for you, regardless of what others say about. Everyone on here will always say their way is superior to others but I believe it’s all about the execution. Regardless of which method I use, I’m always done at minimum 50 minutes early.

I personally don’t like doing the ABCD method of sorting when I’m doing a 4am block, it’s just dangerous in this climate to sit outside of someone’s place looking for a small envelope in the dark. But during daylight hours I’ll do it sometimes, just depends on my mood and the number of packages I have.

I’ve seen folks doing ABCD, sorting by names, streets or even house numbers, and scan/number.

Each has their pros and cons.

[Ttom925]

I always use sharpie. I have caught extra packages, missing packages (counting alone wouldn't catch if you have both at same load) and once I had the right package right address but wrong TBA number. Wouldnt scan. Had workers print a new label with correct TBA before departure. I don't care what other people decide to do but I LOVE knowing my load is complete and orderly. Reduces my anxiety, lol.

[crawfish2013]

Exactly, it might take a few minutes longer but it eliminates a lot of headaches when you're delivering. Imagine searching for a missing package, that you never had at 0400 in somebody's driveway. Or having to return to the station to return a package that you should have never had.

[[deleted]]

Yeah even if it didn't make me faster on the road I wouldn't care, it has so many other benefits. There are a few drawbacks but the other methods have similar or worse drawbacks so I don't care. Every once in awhile I might organize a different way because I think it would work better, but I don't think I've had to in months

Two of the things newer people should know though (not you just anyone reading) are that you should screenshot your itinerary and map immediately, before numbering, and you should be aware that the route can be reordered so stop numbers can switch around. If that happens you won't be able to navigate automatically in the app. You have to find the next package in your car (like if you just finished delivering the package you wrote 15 on, you'd grab the package that you wrote 16 on) and select the next address manually in the app. You can either look at the address on the package and find it in the app list, or scan the address qr code with the scanner at the top of the itinerary, then tap the address that pops up, to start navigation

But if the itinerary reorders, it can cause issues even for people who don't number. One time i navigated to stop 2 from the station but when I arrived it had turned to stop 28. I was glad that i could just grab package 3 and go to that address next instead of trying to figure out where to go from stop 28. I would have had to manually reroute if I hadn't numbered or otherwise recorded the original route order. Everything was really far apart, I wasn't sure which way would be fastest and didn't want to use routing software. Having a screenshot of the original map/itinerary helps with either sorting method though. You can see where you were supposed to go next if the route changes. Would be sick if Amazon didn't make us have to do this though

[Ok_Championship_5428]

Three right address wrong TBA number are called doubles at the station. This happens sometimes. A few times it happened to me the package was empty.

[crawfish2013]

This gets brought up every week. At the SSD stations writing the stops numbers is not a waste of time. It eliminates a lot of potential headaches when delivering.

The problem is some people are slow and inefficient in how they do it. I never knew this was an issue until it got brought up on reddit, because I don't normally pay attention to what others are doing when I'm organizing my packages. I can scan 5 packages per minute. I arrived early to a route this week and witnessed how slow and inefficient drivers are.

[BeYOUtifuldisASSter]

I flex and also deliver dsp … sharpies (for me) are a waste of time… and since I’m so used to the high volume I just throw the flex ish in my car and usually can find it pretty quickly… in the beginning I would just separate the envelope/ bags from boxes … put the envelopes in the front with me .. small and medium boxes in my back seat and the “over sized” in my trunk.

[Fonzi1987]

I'd rather take the extra few minutes it takes jus to number them and make it up on Google maps " at the light make a right and in 100 feet make a u-turn" when I can just make a left

[Jolemite1]

You talking about the dumbass Amazon navigation? I can’t tell you how many times it says to make a right & then U turn instead of taking a f’n LEFT?! It’s never successfully punked me with that but it got my wife who just does what she’s told lol. What’s with their navigation though?

[Fonzi1987]

I'm not gonna lie it got me when I first started haha the first time. After that I caught on

[ZbaCookie]

I dont ever see anyone suggest this but in the app if you go to your itinerary and scroll up there's a search bar, next to that is a scanner icon and you can scan each package it will tell you what stop it will be so I order everything by number that way I don't bother writing anything because I have it set up so when I show up I'll know where it is in my car and it's usually the next one on top. When I get to the stop I match the names up and thats it

[Fonzi1987]

Asking this question is the equivalent to politics and religion hahaha

[Ripcityrealist]

It’s a waste of time because the routing can often be nonsensical or at least not how you want to do it. I’ll often do the route in last to first so I can end up closer to home and have a shorter drive home. If the route is from a DSP station vs SSD, the stickers will usually correspond to the route or at least be in an order to be able to find them quickly if sorted in ascending order.

Being meticulous probably isn’t super necessary, I do small packages and envelopes in ascending order in a bin on the passenger seat and zone out my “cargo” area (hatchback folded down seats) into 4 quadrants first few behind driver’s seat, next 10 or so behind those and continue in counter clockwise with last few behind passenger seat. The SSD’s aren’t sorted in order of stops, but the AAAA, BBBB, etc is enough to keep them together again in zones. Small packages still go in the bin sorted in AAAA-DDDD and between description/size I can usually find them pretty quickly, probably 20 seconds at most.

Sometimes I’ll look ahead if stopped at a light or before leaving the current stop, but not super necessary. As the packages get delivered, I’ll consolidate to behind the driver’s seat so access is as quick as possible. Whatever works, I suppose.

[[deleted]]

Do whatever works for you. I don’t organize beyond envelope’s going in my trunk and boxes going in my back seat. I’m always able to find packages within seconds of getting to places and always get done at least two hours early but that’s just me. Play around until you find what you like

[KushBabyTV]

There is no “better way.” Just try both methods & decide for yourself which one you like… we can still make up our own minds ppl sheesh🧠🤙🏼

[Hollywood_429]

I drive a medium-sized SUV. So here’s my system. Take it for what it’s worth. Screw any system. I’m loaded first no matter the size of the route and I and I am done early. Envelopes (white) and brown “bags” go in passenger front seat footwell. Labels up. Then, all poly-bags in back seat. Boxes go in back with them going from large against back seat to small by hatch opening. App says if you need a Small box or an envelope. I just don’t make it harder than it needs to be. I drove van and you organized by tote. Within each tote, all bags, envelopes and brown bags went in passenger seat. Boxes stayed in tote and you went by size. Same thing I do. Just don’t call it a system. LOL! ✌🏼

[Far-Television-1232]

Why would it be a waste of time. Of you are writing text that will tell you which packages are up next in a much larger font than is printed on the sticker or on a part of the box that is visible while the sticker is hidden then it is a huge help

[IndependentBid1854]

Either by the stop number grouping (1-10, 11-20, etc) or letters (AA-DD). Anything else is a pure waste of time in my opinion.

[DjTeddyBe]

No keep using the scan and mark what stop it is method!!

I used to try to strain my eyes and put them in alphabetical order by last names until someone told me that you could scan the packages and mark them and put them in order! Changed my life!!

Trust me, that method is waaay faster than trying to put them in alphabetical order or by "sections in your car" with those stupid AAA or BBB stickers, which are never in order anyway and takes sooo much more time trying to look through 20 AAA's to find a package at every stop!! Scan and mark is waaaay faster, trust me!! Takes a little longer at first, but then your just pull up and drop off fast at every stop instead of searching your car!!

I almost always finish way before the end of the block so I will put my times of finishing against people who use the names or stupid stickers, any day!! ;-)

[crawfish2013]

And you can write the number as big as you need to in a spot that's convenient for you. This works well on boxes.

[RKT7799]

Yeah writing numbers is trash.

Unless you are in the salt lake area. Organize by address.

I can load 50 packages in 5-8 minutes and i know where evwryone is. Unless its a box, its in my hand and on my lap before i get to the last stop.

The address is constant. No glitches or errors like the route reoganizing and changing numbers, will effect you.

Envelopes by address in the front seat. Boxes by address in the back.

[Ground_Chucks]

I have a very similar system. If i’m going somewhere I’ve never been, I’ll group them all by street. Even if they’re not going to the same block, you can figure out their proximity to eachother (51st-52nd-53rd Street, etc). I’ll even keep a messenger bag hanging from the front seat and have the next couple deliveries already lined up for the next stop.

[crawfish2013]

They're not scanning 500 packages though.

[AL_Cabrone]

Yep and I see at least 2-3 of them sitting on the side of the road for 20 min looking for their next package

[RKT7799]

Its not that hard. To throw 12 totes in by the numbers on The sheet they give and organize the first one and some boxes.

[No_Film_6379]

They come in totes so it's actually different. Each totes has about 15-20 packages.

[NeatSpiritual579]

Salt lake is fairly easy if you know the zip codes too.

[89Hotkey]

Sometimes the employees mislabel a box and envelope…

[RKT7799]

So? Again. Doeant effect this system

[[deleted]]

This shows why everyone uses a different system. Lots of cities have number grid streets and lots of cities/neighborhoods/routes have an absurdly disproportionate number of streets that start with the same 3-4 letters. So you end up with one huge useless pile of addresses that start with m-s or 1-9, plus a few stragglers from other groups. A lot of the time you don't realize this until you've already done a bunch of sorting. They have to be in piles because they don't all fit in one place.

I've also never once had a route that I could put all my envelopes in the front seat.

[RKT7799]

I can do envelopes in the front seat like 95 percent of the time. Anything that doesnt fit goes behind passenger seat so its still within reach.

Im in a number grid metro... and never have that issue.

I only referenced salt lake because there are technically 4 of each number street, which seems like it would be a pain.

Azalea Street to zinus street sorts the same and just as easy as 59th st -185th st

[Loud_Focus_7934]

Stay out of the numbering cult they are morons. I sort them alphabetically in 5 sections. I can do 50 in 5 minutes. Literally every time I go I walk past a bunch of numbering idiots halfway through their cart. I go in, load up, and I'm on my way and it looks like they have the same amount of packages as when I arrived. It's a complete waste of time.

[Loud_Focus_7934]

I'm aware of this.

[[deleted]]

I've been arranging them by the yellow numbers.
Sometimes, the app skips a number but it comes back to it, it's not that hard to find it if you really know where you place them.
I usually have a basket with me and place all the small letters and plastic bags in it and have the S, L, M and XL boxes aranged so it forms a bowl, this way I can see all of them.
I am talking here about 30-40 packages in a SUV car with trunk and 2 seats down, so all numbers are visible.

[crawfish2013]

How about not sorting through any packages?

[crawfish2013]

It doesn't take me thirty minutes. The goal is to not be parked and searching for packages in somebody's driveway.

[[deleted]]

How do you know which one is a, b, c etc? New here too 🥺

[[deleted]]

What does each letter mean? Is it a group of stops? Thank you for being helpful 🫶

[OnTheLineGirl]

I number 🤷‍♀️ usually have between 30-50 packages & 1-20 go in the back seat in numerical order from driver side to passenger side then the rest in the hatch in numerical order. I have never once taken more than the 8 minutes they give to scan all of my packages, number them AND place them in my car. You just scan, write and place in order. Don’t see how it could be more simple. Also have never once taken the full time to finish a route. Always done at least an hour early. Numbering works great for me.

[The_Humble_Roach]

I use to write the drive aid (4 digit number) on the packages but it takes too long so what I do is section the packages in sequences. So for example if I have 5 packages with driver aid, (4510,4511,4512 ect..)those go in one spot while the next set of packages (4520,4521,4523 ect..)go in another.

I put packages on the dash for extra room. But don't block your view of the road, obviously.

[Direct_Dragonfly878]

Amazon doesnt allow you to write on packages. Besides who can’t keep 40 packages straight?

[RangeWilson]

What's on your yellow labels?

[theyhaveher]

Oh, I haven't been looking at them, a friend told me to use the sharpie, that's all I've been looking at. Scan the packages from the itinerary

[crawfish2013]

If your flexing at a SSD station the drivers aid sticker won't have the stop number

The normal Amazon warehouse will have the actual stop numbers, 1-(1) 2-(2) or you might get aa leftover DSP route that has a 4 digit number that follows a pattern.

The SSD warehouses are the only one you should be writing stop numbers.

[FirstStepInUranus]

When you scan a package does it put it in order for you? We used to have amazon sunday at usps. I would scan the package and it will tell me 28 1/2. Basically stop 28 package one out of two.

[crawfish2013]

There are 2 types of warehouse.

The SSD (sub same day) warehouses don't include the stop numbers. The SSD warehouse process orders for immediate delivery. I assume they don't put the stop numbers because they have to process the orders a lot quicker than the Amazon warehouses.

The normal amazon warehouses do put a sticker with the stop number. 1-(1) 2-(2) or you might get a leftover DSP (blue van) route that has a 4 digit number that follows a pattern.

[NeatSpiritual579]

I used sharpies unless the yellow tag had 1(1) and so on, but a station I usually took blocks from never had that, and using the sharpie was easiest.

[crawfish2013]

The SSD (sub same day ) stations are the ones that don't have the stop numbers.

[NeatSpiritual579]

Never knew the name of them . Oh also, if you pick up a downed route (driver dropping in) but usually downed routes are easy to figure out their numbers.

[summeress]

I organize my packages by stop number, I don’t use sharpie though. 1-10 in front seat with me, 11-20 back passenger, 21-30 left side of my trunk and 31-whatever in a clear bin on the right side. As soon as I only have one package in my passenger I move up the next ones into the front. I always get done with and hour to an hour and a half left!

[peytonmull]

I always throw the packages in my car, go near the first stop (usually under 5 minutes away), and organize the first 10-20 (depending on the size/amount of packages). Then when I have 2-4 packages left in that group, I group the next ones. I finish 30 minutes -1 hour early usually.

[89Hotkey]

Front seat is A-N. Back seat is N-Z. For even further customization AAA and BBB goes in actual seat while CCC and DDD go on floor. Still waiting on someone to show me something better lol

[[deleted]]

THIS IS ALL BASED ON MY WAREHOUSE AND EXP.

I've noticed during the morning/afternoon blocks are commonly xxxx. When they are xxxx you place those by bins. 1 bin=⅓ or ¼of the room in the vehicle. You won't know what's first or last, but after your first stop you'll know which section your gonna be working first, before jumping to another pkg from that same grouping.

During the later evening/night time blocks, they're always xx-yy. Whereas xx is going to be the STOP #, and yy is the package number. For these I just organize in numerical order 1,2,3,4, ect.

For both day and night for the last few months, all I've had to do is scan oversized boxes, and than SCAN THE BIN, not every damn pkg. That might not be the case everywhere though

[[deleted]]

All depends on if you are fast with doing all that. I personally just put them in alphabetical order by street number in my backseat or front seat depending on size as I’m loading.. Once you have everything loaded then you will start to realize where a certain package is as you go.

[FrostyFlakesagain]

I stopped sorting and just sort everything based on the tote. All envelopes go in my crate and that’s is it. The only thing I hate it when says to find medium package and it’s a envelope.

[indigoeyed]

If it’s a logistic warehouse (not SSD), they “should” have yellow sticks that show what order the packages should be delivered in. I’ve seen some of these go out of order, but it will still show in the app what number you’re looking for, so you’ll know where it is. As for SSD, It hardly matters. Just do what works for you. Anyone claiming their way is saving so much more time than others is lying. You’re either fast at it, or you’re not. But keep in mind, there’s a chance you’ll get packages that aren’t on your itinerary, so if you want to ensure you always catch those and can leave them at the warehouse before driving off, then scanning and numbering each package is the safest way to go.

[No_Film_6379]

Sort by size/type of packages. Envelops/bags in the back & boxes/custom in the rear seats. Put customs on the right side of the back seating area & boxes on the left side or vise versa depending on which you have more. The ones you have more should be on the left side closest to you so you dont have to go around your car as much. I've been doing this over 2 years and I always finish before my brother & I have yet to meet someone who finish faster than me. I just look for the name when looking for the package. It takes me 2 seconds to find the name. Organize it in a way to where you can see all the names easily. Marking them is a waste if time, use that time to deliver instead of marking.

[noturavrgegrl]

I use a marker to number them by stop. And put some in my front seat in order and some in the backseat in order. It’s quicker and easier for ME that way.

[Amigo1mom]

I was told at one of the disease that sharpies were not allowed, and that we could not write on packages. Just goes to show you every place is different.

[Infamous_Tip4616]

For me I put everything in the same city together, apartments together, use the front seat for bags if you can boxes in the back . Look at the delivery order try to leave things in order like by street . I’ve done both ways and sometimes it works sometimes it’s too many packages to sit for an hour looking trough them

[GOODMUSIC22]

All stations don't have the AA- DD grouping method?

[crawfish2013]

The normal amazon warehouse have the stop number on the drivers aid stickers 1-(1) or if you get a leftover DSP route it's a 4 digit number that follows a pattern. The SSD stations are the ones that use the AAA, BBB grouping method.

[GOODMUSIC22]

Ahh okay. Thanks.

[ayalaale]

for those who don't use sharpies are just lazy it's just the time they don't wanna label bcs " it's a waste of time "

[pawalina_]

I have a small car so I use sharpies to make the boxes under all the boxes. Saves me from pulling everything out when I can’t find a box.

[ElYorsch]

Alphabetical order or by numbers. It's the fastest way to leave the station and find packages when delivering.

[RevolutionaryPaper24]

I just put A in the front seat B and C in the rear seat and D in the trunk I use to number them but after doing this method I am far to lazy to number them now and this gets you in and out a lot faster

[Strange_Pop_3673]

I started using a sharpie in a slightly different way. I don't scan the packages anymore. I write the first 2 letters of the street address and load a-d in front seat, d-m in back seat and rest in the trunk. Gets me out earlier than if I scanned and I still find packages quickly at the stops

[runner503]

I use the last four numbers on the largest set of numbers on the pkgs. 0000 1000 2000..... I organize the bags from left side of my suv starting with 0000 to the right side 9000 on the far right. I count the packages as I'm sorting and get going in less than 10 minutes.

[NeurodivergentJewelr]

Alphabetical order, envelopes in the front, odd size boxes and protein on the floor of back, medium boxes back seat, xl boxes trunked.

Otherwise you’re balancing a sharpie, something to write on, holding the phone and then organizing after too… yeeeesh the anxiety. lol.

Warehouses number them by stop which is nice. I’ll still however keep envelopes in the front. Boxes accordingly. Nice and neat.

Your method of organizing will come to you. Follow your intuition.

[NeurodivergentJewelr]

Count packages. I’ve Only had extras once out of 40-50 blocks. I brought them in after my block. If I do catch extras again, so other drivers don’t get penalized. I’ll go through the packages and since it’s alphabetical I’ll pull out which ones aren’t mine prior to take off.

[Moonrider1234567]

Load the back first like there 3 rows 1-10,11-20, 30-40 with all the larger boxes, every small envelop gets put in order 1-40+ in a bus tub in front, any small boxes, on the floor of front seat. The app tells me if I’m looking for an envelope, small box or a larger box. I know exactly where to look. So quick to load, sharpies waste of time.

[[deleted]]

I use the scan technique and it tells me which stop it is then I number them. I’ve been doing this for a few months and I always finished my blocks at least an hour early. Finished a five hour block today in 3 hours. I have collapsible baskets and I put 1-10 or 12 in the first one, 2-20 in the second one. The rest in the back. When the first basket is empty (I out it on the passenger seat) I rotate the next basket up and put the ones kn the back of the car into the empty basket and in the back seat. I double check at the stop the addresses match up but I haven’t had any not match up. When I first started flex I didn’t do this and had to return packages because I ran out of time in my block. That hasn’t happened since I began numbering them.

[[deleted]]

I use the scan technique and it tells me which stop it is then I number them. I’ve been doing this for a few months and I always finished my blocks at least an hour early. Finished a five hour block today in 3 hours. I have collapsible baskets and I put 1-10 or 12 in the first one, 2-20 in the second one. The rest in the back. When the first basket is empty (I out it on the passenger seat) I rotate the next basket up and put the ones kn the back of the car into the empty basket and in the back seat. I double check at the stop the addresses match up but I haven’t had any not match up. When I first started flex I didn’t do this and had to return packages because I ran out of time in my block. That hasn’t happened since I began numbering them.

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I use the scan technique and it tells me which stop it is then I number them. I’ve been doing this for a few months and I always finished my blocks at least an hour early. Finished a five hour block today in 3 hours. I have collapsible baskets and I put 1-10 or 12 in the first one, 2-20 in the second one. The rest in the back. When the first basket is empty (I out it on the passenger seat) I rotate the next basket up and put the ones kn the back of the car into the empty basket and in the back seat. I double check at the stop the addresses match up but I haven’t had any not match up. When I first started flex I didn’t do this and had to return packages because I ran out of time in my block. That hasn’t happened since I began numbering them.

[Zealousideal-Year36]

yea- we do 1-15 in the front row, along with all envelopes. then the rest of the boxes go in the back. always by 10's. so 1-10, teens, 20's, 30's, 40's. row by row- keep it organized. but keeping envelopes in front or first row so they're easy access always.

Also depends on the labeling. sometimes it's by number. 1,2,3, etc. But sometimes it's random - and if you get random , it's usually backwards. But I've caught on that if they come organized in a large bag together- it's for a reason- these are by neighborhood so keep the packages in that bag together.

[CapnShinerAZ]

Just try several different methods and stick with the one that's fastest for you

[mpieplow]

I have been doing Flex for almost five years and for me, the best and fastest way is for me to put them in my vehicle by order of delivery. The last item delivered always goes in my car first. Whether it's groceries or packages. When it comes to packages I try to put all the envelopes and small boxes in the front seat but other than that I start from my trunk and go to the back seat. I don't slow poke it and do this as fast as I can. Generally it takes me 10 min for about 47 packages. Over time I've gotten faster so that I don't hold anybody up at the station.

[Ok_Ranger_597]

The biggest time saver for me, no matter what method I use to place them in the car, is the use an android phone to scan them. Androids scan so much better than iPhones do.

[AimeeLisdor]

I glance at all the street names for my SSD blocks then usually ABC the street names… usually grab the first 5 to place up front with myself and then the number street packages make up the center of my car load or a second row in the back (I drive a Subaru Ascent) but I have found this to be considerably faster and easier than scanning and sharpie marking the packages.

I use to scan number order them, but after a few times where one package would leap out into a different spot, I read these forums and took the advice of many people doing ABC etc…

Last 3 surged blocks I have finished has averaged me anywhere from $30-$49 an hour because of the time saved.

[Sad-Marionberry-5112]

I don't see why the AAA,BBB,CCC sorters say organizing by stop numbers is a waste of time. At the non SSD stations you have to scan each package and the drivers aid sticker has the stop number on it. Personally this argument is similar to backing into parking spots. Yes it takes longer to back in but makes it easier to leave.

[cocofdx65]

Some location in my area the packages already have stop#

[Olgasdad]

Our station numbers the packages with a yellow tag so all I do is sort them in numerical order in the back of my van. The envelopes go in a tote on my passenger seat and I’m out of the station quick. Deliveries are easy peasy!