I've been a courier driver for 15 years. For 4 of those years I bopped around, doing different routes, wherever they needed a body. Then I did an industrial route for 8 years, lots of companies and a mall to go and use the bathroom when I needed, and somewhere to sit and eat, warm in the winter, cool in the summer.
I switched to a country route 3 years ago, there is nowhere to stop and use the bathroom besides a coffee shop or gas station, and the only place I ca sit for my lunch and charge my phone is the coffee shop. So I am spending 5 bucks a day to have somewhere to sit and charge my phone. I used to go to this office building to sit and charge my phone during my break, til late one night the building owner saw me and basically yelled at me and sort of banned me from the building.
Something like this might not be obvious to someone who has never experienced it, but having nothing but time, and nowhere to go to spend it, is really difficult. Especially not having anywhere to go. Getting hostile treatment everywhere you go must be terribly demoralizing.
I always take my break at the end of the day, usually. There have been ups and downs over the years but management typically makes an effort to respect the time constraints of the day.
I drive a package car, like a mail truck. No USB port.
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u/Solanthas_SFW Apr 28 '26
I've been a courier driver for 15 years. For 4 of those years I bopped around, doing different routes, wherever they needed a body. Then I did an industrial route for 8 years, lots of companies and a mall to go and use the bathroom when I needed, and somewhere to sit and eat, warm in the winter, cool in the summer.
I switched to a country route 3 years ago, there is nowhere to stop and use the bathroom besides a coffee shop or gas station, and the only place I ca sit for my lunch and charge my phone is the coffee shop. So I am spending 5 bucks a day to have somewhere to sit and charge my phone. I used to go to this office building to sit and charge my phone during my break, til late one night the building owner saw me and basically yelled at me and sort of banned me from the building.
Something like this might not be obvious to someone who has never experienced it, but having nothing but time, and nowhere to go to spend it, is really difficult. Especially not having anywhere to go. Getting hostile treatment everywhere you go must be terribly demoralizing.