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To: pepsi_junkie

Unless they drastically changed the test….that’s not how it was. When I took the test there were tons of memory questions.

Of course, you are thinking this was done by mail handlers. That’s not who was doing this.

Ever wonder how a billion pieces of mail get from one place to another every day? The guys who design those systems are the ones working on this stuff.


15 posted on 12/14/2021 7:26:39 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt
Believe it or not I actually worked with the guys who did the postal handling systems. Amazing how quickly it can scan and direct mass volumes of mail rapidly and extremely accurately.

And yes, the exam I saw was for entry level unskilled workers. It was not really fair to imply that they USPS workers are all (or even some) at the level where that's a challenge for them. I took a liberty of using that as an extreme case to illustrate that the USPS is not an R&D or technology organization. If they are doing it internally I'll argue that they are not suited for that sort of work. If they are paying a contractor to develop the tech than it should be subject to oversight, it effects everyone.

Anyway I should have listened to my instinct that someone would read my comment to mean that I'm mocking postal workers as dumb and not posted it. That's not what I believe, it was more about the mission, goals, and priorities of the overall USPS organization being non-technical in nature.

22 posted on 12/14/2021 7:50:06 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Vermont Lt

—”Unless they drastically changed the test…”

Henry Hyde stopped buy our local PO...

Seeing one mailsorter moving like a fast card shuffler!

Tells the worker we need to study how you are so fast and teach your method, any idea how you became so fast?

He replied, not missing a letter, “Just soon as I learn to read, I be really fast”


29 posted on 12/14/2021 9:11:08 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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