to the pre sort buffer 80 and sorted 90 and stored 100 with other garments 12 of the route however if the route has already been sorted the repaired garment 12 may be placed onto the conveyor 51 conveyed to the steaming station 60 to the pre sort buffer 80 sorted 90 and a worker will then have to manually place the garment 12 in its proper place within storage 100 e g with the garments 12 for the same customer with the garments 12 for the same employee of the customer etc also from time to time it may be necessary to add new garments 12 to the route e g for a new employee of a customer etc add stragglers or remove garments 12 from the route e g for an employee who no longer works with a customer etc 110 for the purposes of this disclosure u201c stragglers u201d will refer one or more garments 12 associated with a route that are separated from the remainder of the route for example a straggler may be a garment that is inadvertently left on or near the delivery vehicle 10 dropped on its way to a washing machine 30 or a drying machine 40 delayed in another process separated from its hanger 52 separated from the conveyor 51 etc for a new garment 12 or straggler the garment 12 may be placed onto the conveyor 51 and conveyed to the steaming station 60 to the pre sort buffer 80 and sorted 90 and stored 100 with other garments 12 of the route however if the route has already been sorted a worker will have to manually place the garment 12 in its proper place within the route within.