DX motorbike postie position available in Christchurch

[Oakie]

Oh. I forgot to say, we are on the lookout for a new postie in Christchurch (part time or full time) so if anyone is interested or wants more info, feel free to PM me.

[pete376403]

Yes, you get points for all that ... but they are negative points. Honestly ... safety is the big thing. #1 performance priority is keeping safe and healthy and actually delivering the mail comes after that somewhere. Depends on your run but for us in Christchurch you need to be able to deliver within certain time parameters. On a decent sized day I average one delivery every 35 seconds and I'm well within the parameter.

For me, I don't love the job, I don't hate it either. It's just a damned good fit for my life. It just doesn't feel like 'work'. It just feels like 'me'.

About how many pieces of mail would you deliver per day?

[Oakie]

About how many pieces of mail would you deliver per day?

A lot of variation depending on the day of the week and week of the month. Currently:
Mondays about 550
Tuesdays about 700
Wednesdays about 400
Thursdays about 650
Fridays about 550

Second week of the month is the heaviest as we get heaps of bank statements from a couple of banks.

I have gone as low as 200 during lockdown and while I regard 800 as a 'full day', I have done 1200 when delivering specific bulk items where many people in a street get it. Then I'm going at about an item every 15 seconds.

Wednesdays are great as I'm often home by 2pm and have been home by 12.30 from time to time. (6am start for me but I sort mail for 3 or 4 hours before heading out).

[Berries]

Can you both just keep off my fucking lawn and stop winding the dog up.

Thank you.

[nzspokes]

Do you have to sort the mail?

[pete376403]

Do you have to sort the mail?

What I was told was, yes, to a degree. (In Wellington/Hutt anyway) The mail comes to the depot sorted and bundled by street name alphabetically, but not by number.
It is the posties role to sort these by number and also arrange them by street in the order that they will be delivered. So the first hour or more is doing that, before loading the bike and heading off.

Still waiting to hear back on what happens next.

[Oakie]

Do you have to sort the mail?

In Christchurch you don't have to sort. Part timers generally don't sort ... full timers generally do sort and that's pretty much the difference between part and full time. I started as a part timer then moved into sorting my own which made me full time. Those of us who sort as well as deliver just get a box of mail for each of the areas in our run but it's not pre-sorted into streets. On average I sort for about 3 hours a day but varies. Sorting isn't hard. Just takes a bit of time.

[pritch]

How it used to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EZxJ9Bkoeg

[Oakie]

How it used to be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EZxJ9Bkoeg

OK. I'm off to write the DX poem. Now, what rhymes with 'SuperCub'?

[rastuscat]

How it used to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EZxJ9Bkoeg

That could become a fave.

[rastuscat]

OK. I'm off to write the DX poem. Now, what rhymes with 'SuperCub'?

Down the pub?

[Oakie]

Down the pub?

My word ... there's an interesting possibility

This sprang into my mind 10 minutes after I jumped into bed last night:

I am the DX postie
Based at the old freight hub
All dressed up and armoured
I ride the SuperCub.

Yeah, yeah. I won't be giving up my day job.

[nzspokes]

In Christchurch you don't have to sort. Part timers generally don't sort ... full timers generally do sort and that's pretty much the difference between part and full time. I started as a part timer then moved into sorting my own which made me full time. Those of us who sort as well as deliver just get a box of mail for each of the areas in our run but it's not pre-sorted into streets. On average I sort for about 3 hours a day but varies. Sorting isn't hard. Just takes a bit of time.

I worked for NZPost for a decade or so. Was a specialist. Always wondered what it would be like to be a postie. They had a lot of injuries from sorting.

[Oakie]

I worked for NZPost for a decade or so. Was a specialist. Always wondered what it would be like to be a postie. They had a lot of injuries from sorting.

What's it like to be a postie? Come and find out! To me it doesn't feel like work although at the end of a 6 hour delivery day that hot shower is required to loosen things up. Probably the same as any 6 hour ride to be honest.
As for sorting injuries ... apart from the odd paper cut or the broken rubber band in the guts I don't recall any of our guys getting injured sorting. A few on the road as you'd expect. I think I've had three incidents requiring physio over the 4 1/4 years I've been there but I think across all our Posties in that time the worst we've had is three with broken wrists and one broken collarbone.

[MarkH]

What's it like to be a postie? Come and find out! To me it doesn't feel like work although at the end of a 6 hour delivery day that hot shower is required to loosen things up. Probably the same as any 6 hour ride to be honest.

I think the job sounds pretty alright, much easier than what I do now - but the pay is a bit sucky.
I'm not sure I could take the pay cut.