From: "John Oellrich" 

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Adam,

If you mean to follow "Keep this Side Up" with packages, yes. But
then = customers put their airbills on the wrong side of the package, and
for = the package to successfully make it through the various sorts, it has
to = go on the conveyor wrong side down.

Oh wait a minute, I figured out what you meant by "keepy uppy".
Keep up = with the flow. It is a tradeoff. Honestly FedEx does stress to
their = employees to treat packages carefully. But OTOH time constraints
cause = some fudging. I.e. it is a no-no to toss a package on to the
conveyor = belt during the morning sort. But gently lofting one on to the
belt is = OK ;->

At my station during the morning sort we are expected to remove 4,500 =
packages (the normal non-holiday amount I guess) from the semis that =
bring them in and sort them in 1 hour. This AM we did 7,500 in an hour =
and ten. Did I toss some packages on to the belt, sure, but those that =
obviously could withstand the flight. I also carefully placed several =
hundred packages on the belt as did other around me.

--=20
john

oellrich{at}earthlink.net
  "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message =
news:3deddc89{at}w3.nls.net...


  Do they train you to play "keepy upppy" with the fragile parcels or =
does
  that come with time & practice ?

  Adam


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Adam,
 
If you mean to follow "Keep this Side Up" with
packages, yes. But =
then=20
customers put their airbills on the wrong side of the package, and for = the=20
package to successfully make it through the various sorts, it has to go = on the=20
conveyor wrong side down.
 
Oh wait a minute, I figured out what you meant by "keepy
uppy". =
Keep up=20
with the flow. It is a tradeoff. Honestly FedEx does stress to their = employees=20
to treat packages carefully. But OTOH time constraints cause some = fudging. I.e.=20
it is a no-no to toss a package on to the conveyor belt during the = morning sort.=20
But gently lofting one on to the belt is OK ;->
 
At my station during the morning sort we are expected to remove =
4,500=20
packages (the normal non-holiday amount I guess) from the semis =
that bring=20
them in and sort them in 1 hour. This AM we did 7,500 in an hour and = ten. Did I=20
toss some packages on to the belt, sure, but those that obviously could=20
withstand the flight. I also carefully placed several hundred packages = on
the=20
belt as did other around me.
-- john
 
oellrich{at}earthlink.net">mailto:oellrich{at}earthlink.net">oellrich{at}earthlink.net

  "Adam Flinton" <adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com>">mailto:adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com">adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com>
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wrote in=20
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  they train you to play "keepy upppy" with the fragile parcels or =
doesthat=20
  come with time & practice=20
?<GD&R>Adam

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