Sorting delivery

Sorry . . . today’s entry is a personal rant . . . .

It snowed today . . . . it’s winter in Minnesota, so that’s to be expected. Our office is a sorting hub for the statewide delivery system that enables Minnesota citizens to borrow library items from almost anywhere in Minnesota. Almost 4,000 items move through our office daily between our 80+ libraries.

Well, like I said, it snowed today. The kind of March snow that bogs down traffic and closes roads while accidents are cleaned up. The last van came back in 2 hours late. At least half of our staff did not make it in to work. So, those who did come in became the delivery sorting crew.

I don’t sort delivery very often; neither do most of those who helped today. We weren’t terribly efficient, but we got the job done. Luckily, John, who is experienced, kept us organized as we just did as he told us, especially when stacking the tubs for pickup by the delivery drivers tomorrow.

Every library has a unique delivery code, which is listed on the sheet we send out every September to each library. If libraries would only adhere to those symbols, instead of finding some other creative way of abbreviating libraries. For instance, BR is Brownsdale, but a large number of the items destined for that tub were labeled BRO and BRN. It sure slows down sorting when you have to stop and figure out what the creative labeling means.

Maybe if I send out one more E-mail to remind them to use standard delivery codes?????