Delivered pizzas for Dominos Pizza for about 5 years. Then X-mas driver straight to full time. My Sup jokes that the Pizza business could act as a "farm system", and then UPS could call us up to the "Big Leagues".
Ok, I might laugh at that if my sup told it to my face, LOL.
I know he's just kidding around, but its a bad analogy.
It would be more like going from tee-ball to starting pitcher at the all-star game.
As a pizza guy, your SPOHR goal is probably around 2 (30 minutes or less!

) as opposed to 20 on a residential route at UPS, LOL. I could go on, but we all know the facts.
I have to tell you though, the pizza guy is spared the one comment we get from customers at UPS on a daily basis that irritates that heck out of me and is shortening my life just thinking about it.
Anyone have a guess??
The pizza guy is never asked "What is it?" or "What did I get?". LOL.
Oh, man does that really get to me! It bothers me because I get asked it every day and I still don't know how to answer it!
What are they really asking? What are they expecting for an answer? Why don't THEY know what they are recieving?
There are two great mysteries in the world that I wonder about everyday. One, can quantum mechanics and general relativity be combined to form one unifying theory of physics. Secondly, what is in the simple minds of certain UPS customers who ask: "what is it?", "is it ticking?", or "is it a bomb?".
I'm sorry for the rant, but its this mind-set that proves the average American's "thinking process" or "mental depth" for lack of better words, are based on cliche' and to me this is very disturbing.
When was the last news report you read or heard stating "Man at office cubicle dies after signing for a UPS package that explodes"?
Where do people get this stuff? What they thinking when they ask such stupid questions?
How does everyone else here answer to the question "What is it?" When I'm in a normal mood I just read the return address and tell them where its from. If I'm in a ticked-off mood and I don't like the person's attitude I'll flat out asked them "Now, how an I supposed to know? Its YOUR package!"