It used to have a little box on informed delivery where the customer could check to say they didn't receive this mail piece... LOL .. I used to check
those all the time... Never got any feedback on any of it, then eventually they just did away with those little check boxes... LOL... 100%.... FUHGETABOUTIT.... 
It pays for itself if you look at it. For example, you have a pick up in a development that is a set of cluster delivery point, before I get to that pick up, and on the way back to the set of clusters, I'm door delivering parcels along the way like Santa. The days of "i DoNT GEt pAiD tO do DaT" are gone. RRECS has given us the ability to add time to the things we deem worthy of time to the route. Calculate the time it takes you to press that lookahead tab right next to the scan tab. Then add an unscanable parcel, or a DOORMISC, or go take a dump on EOS. The LOOKAHEAD has been the one thing they have implemented that has helped the route. But hey, what do I know, I just run a 48K, then make it go down to a 45K when they threaten to cut, then back up to a 48K when they dont care.
You get paid to scan. So do it. If you miss it, it affects the route. It takes a second to check the lookahead periodically throughout your day, or at least ONCE before you head back to the office. You probably spend more time talking garbage all morning then it takes to look at the scanner. Like I told someone else, add something to the scanner to make up for the time it takes to look. A DOORMISC, an UNSCANABLE parcel, whatever.
It may work for your route rather well that’s the beauty of rural not every route is alike. For me it is routinely missing 10-20 parcels a day. It adds 5-10 a day that were never received in my office but in other offices. Not everything is done via pass machine here, not every parcel gets manually entered by clerks or they forget to dock a scanner they used. Aka our old brick scanners which only transmit info when docked. Your system works well for you I am glad you found what works for you. I have dead zones through my entire route the look ahead doesn’t work that well. So I choose not to use it and waste my time. Just fyi when I took over this route it was a small K, got it to 64 standard hours not even a full year later. Some due to growth some due to prior carrier never had edit book mapping etc done right. I got cut next mms freeze is over and new eval will be out. Fully expecting 46-48k again.
I thought you said you DONT use it. If you know your dead spots, use it before or after. If the clerks don't input a scanbar, or don't dock the brick, it comes up as a failure for them when you scan it delivered, so that's motivation to scan everything. Everyone needs to do what they're getting paid to do. If you are confident you did your job, any discrepancies mgmt finds will be easy to figure out. i.e "I didn't have that parcel today wasnt in my lookahead". Im one of the RRECS OGs, we studied it on here, for weeks and weeks and weeks and Im telling you, LOOKAHEAD can help you.
I don’t spend anytime looking at any scanner. BTW, when I was delivering “my assigned paper route” I did my office work as quickly as possible & GTFO ! Ok, perfect person, you never make a mistake.
Perfect? No, but I make sure I scan all my parcels and I look to see if I did before I drive back to the office. I'm a professional, not a perfectionist.
I can recall wasting lots of time look thru my vehicle for parcels that LOOKAHEAD said I had, but I really didn't have.... LOOKAHEAD is NO where near any 100% accuracy that they seem to want on carrier scanning... I always heard it's hard to soar with the Eagles when you're surrounded by turkeys... When carriers are dealing with flaky scammer technology, clerks tossing parcels to all sorts of wrong locations, etc., etc.... then all that makes it difficult to achieve 100% accuracy all day/everyday... good on anybody who can do it... maybe they have better scammers, cell service, clerks, etc... most live in the not perfect world... USPS should certainly understand not being perfect... Js... a perfect organization wouldn't be losing BILLIONS of dollars
all the time.... 
EXACTLTY! I had 10 packages on my look ahead today that didn't even exist. Everyday this week I have checked it, and everyday it has been inaccurate!
I thought everybody had a part time job occasionally checking themselves out at Walmart & Kroger so I bet you still look at a scanner.
As I mentioned before, counterfeit labels are a big problem. The barcode might read one number, the QR code might be another, and the actual number on the package might not match either.
Correct I do not I did s a sub because it made me take longer to deliver any route. I was well well over 60 hrs a week at that time. As a regular why use something that does nothing to add a time standard to route. As I said before we all have our ways to do the job. Your way may work for you but it absolutely will not work for me and In fact costs me time I can not get back. As far as being a 48k you will be cut eventually as all routes should be 47k+ for the betterment of the craft.I thought you said you DONT use it. If you know your dead spots, use it before or after. If the clerks don't input a scanbar, or don't dock the brick, it comes up as a failure for them when you scan it delivered, so that's motivation to scan everything. Everyone needs to do what they're getting paid to do. If you are confident you did your job, any discrepancies mgmt finds will be easy to figure out. i.e "I didn't have that parcel today wasnt in my lookahead". Im one of the RRECS OGs, we studied it on here, for weeks and weeks and weeks and Im telling you, LOOKAHEAD can help you.
When all the basic stuff is 100% on your route, and YOU have the power to change the eval through scans alone, come talk to me table 2er. 48K for me is 105K.
In my experience even if it errors while you're doing load truck it will still show a green truck logo on the street when it does eventually load. The no loads will stay red.
That and there are also quite a few times when management asserts "you missed a scan" . Well, scroll to the scan number they "say" you missed and click on it. When the scanner shows "delete" and "view details" , THAT tells you immediately that you did scan the parcel(s). For if you did not, there would be nothing to delete or details to view. When you select "view details" , it shows time and where the parcel(s) was delivered. Plenty of times where the computer management is looking at does not jive up to your scanner.
Just these 2 posts show the "system" is rife with glitches and errors and pitfalls... hardly to a bulletproof 100% accuracy kinda thing... so why expect that from carriers....
Ha ha, I do not go to those places, however, I like self checkout, so, I can make sure the prices are correct ! My p/t job is caring for pets & seniors, gots to stay out of my wife's hairI thought everybody had a part time job occasionally checking themselves out at Walmart & Kroger so I bet you still look at a scanner.
!I wouldn't exactly agree with that. By "system" what do you mean, would be my question.Just these 2 posts show the "system" is rife with glitches and errors and pitfalls... hardly to a bulletproof 100% accuracy kinda thing... so why expect that from carriers....
Exactly. If the scanner would only have an option of "carrier error" to punch in for missed scans. Besides that, people could care less about the delivery scan, as long as they actually get their package. So in essence, tracking is really just a waste of time. If the customer doesn't get their stuff, for whatever reason, no amount of scans will change that.
