The Twilight Zone Revisited With a Few Tips
Welcome to the Virtual Dispatch. It was a good day for deliveries and meeting at the door. This article is about apartment complexes. The original article Counting in the Twilight Zone is about apartment complexes, and here is a link to that article.
This additional information is for use, when it can be applied. Couriers that make many deliveries to apartment complexes, will know the ins and outs, of this type of delivery. No two complexes are the same. However, some rules can be applied across the board.
A Few Tips
Firstly the address. Apartments that are labeled according to the number of the address, likewise have that number on the door. The first clue is when the courier doesn’t see building numbers. Another clue is when no apartment number is given in the delivery instructions.
Furthermore, apartments that use the address number, as the apartment number, are usually laid out from low to high. Similarly they can also be designed as odd numbers on one side, even numbers on the other.
Apartments that use building numbers, also count the apartments with the building number as the lead digit. For example apartment 719 would be in building number 7.
When the courier encounters an address number that is the building address, but not the building number, it will look like the example in the pics.
This type of apartment address, will be confusing the first time it’s navigated, however, once the courier knows the pattern it gets easier. Additionally, it’s the same apartment complex, but there are a total of 12 buildings.
The Twilight Zone
The numbering systems for apartments are as varied as the day is long. Likewise, there isn’t a pattern to follow that will work with every complex.
It’s a matter of encountering the destination and learning its details.When a courier delivers to an unknown complex at night, a few tips will help. Building numbers are the first clue to search for, upon arrival. They are located in easy to see areas (not really, but sometimes) usually on the front of the building, or the side.
When facing the front of the building, most complexes count low to high, from left to right. In the same way, the ascending floor count, will also have the apartment numbers low to high, from left to right. The pattern repeats, for each building in the complex.
These tips are largely for unknown apartment complexes and navigating them quickly, so that no time is lost in long searches. Using a few clues and knowing a few tips will get the courier through the twilight zone and on to the next. Stay safe out there.
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