She asked, “The postal system. How does mail get from where you put it in the mailbox to its destination? How does it get sorted? How does it read bad handwriting on envelopes? How long is a mailman’s route?’All mail sent to or from the South Texas region is processed through the United States Postal Service processing plant at 10410 Perrin Beitel Road.
During processing, each piece of mail is labeled with a barcode that contains info about its intended destination.“The machine is looking for a barcode very specifically on the front side to see if that information is available, so that we know how to sort the machine to the appropriate bin,” she added.
“Tomorrow morning, early,” Calderon said. “That will make sure that if it goes out on a plane, it’s on that designated plane. If it goes out on the truck, it’ll be on that truck.”There are 1,001 scheduled USPS trucks on the road seven days a week. Sometimes there are more if there is a higher volume of mail.“Every day I just come to work and, go to the stations, and I pick up mail at the post office, and I bring it back in so it can get us sorted,” Oliver said.
If mail is being delivered in San Antonio, its shipped out to a local post office after being processed. Velasquez makes 1,500 daily deliveries. He gets started between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. and ends deliveries anywhere from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Velasquez has not only seen lots of growth in the downtown area over the years, he’s gotten to know many of the people who live and work on his route.
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