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<blockquote data-quote="barnyard" data-source="post: 1271777" data-attributes="member: 13921"><p>Dunno.</p><p></p><p>I would not want to be that guy, working more than half the day in the dark, delivering rural routes, in middle of nowhere, way up north. In summer, it is light out later, but the mosquitoes come out. Gah.</p><p></p><p>You would also think that the people in the area are used to late deliveries, so maybe that is not a problem. </p><p></p><p>Years ago, we used to have a regular that worked a satellite route out west. Person regularly did over 300 miles a day. Said that their day could be made or broke by who they found in town having coffee or getting their hair done.</p><p></p><p>Last year, we did a family vacation out west and I talked to drivers in Harlowton, Mt; Rapid City, SD; and a couple of other places in MT. They all did big miles and they all said that the tourists that talked to them were always UPSers that were on vacation. </p><p></p><p>Yesterday, I was taking break at a place that is 1 mile north of where a route from another center ends. 2 people asked if I was that driver or the driver for the route that I was on. Turns out the driver for the route south of me retired a week ago and they were used to finding him on route and getting their stuff instead of waiting till he got to their house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barnyard, post: 1271777, member: 13921"] Dunno. I would not want to be that guy, working more than half the day in the dark, delivering rural routes, in middle of nowhere, way up north. In summer, it is light out later, but the mosquitoes come out. Gah. You would also think that the people in the area are used to late deliveries, so maybe that is not a problem. Years ago, we used to have a regular that worked a satellite route out west. Person regularly did over 300 miles a day. Said that their day could be made or broke by who they found in town having coffee or getting their hair done. Last year, we did a family vacation out west and I talked to drivers in Harlowton, Mt; Rapid City, SD; and a couple of other places in MT. They all did big miles and they all said that the tourists that talked to them were always UPSers that were on vacation. Yesterday, I was taking break at a place that is 1 mile north of where a route from another center ends. 2 people asked if I was that driver or the driver for the route that I was on. Turns out the driver for the route south of me retired a week ago and they were used to finding him on route and getting their stuff instead of waiting till he got to their house. [/QUOTE]
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