“Being a UPS driver is hard work.”
Not really when compared to other professions like home construction or road work. I had to take a gig in the garbage business for 7 years. When I started I was 52 years old. The company was still hand loading old school trashcans. They didn’t have any automated trucks yet.
One truck with one driver on the routes. We drove to an address, jumped out of the truck, dumped 3 HEAVY cans, climbed back into the truck and drove to the next house to repeat the cycle. Every route was an average of 400 homes a day.
And this was in the desert southwest with no air-conditioning in 116 degree heat during the summer. Air conditioning was detrimental because the quick back and forth cool-hot temp changes would kill you.
The only way I could stay hydrated was to drink at least two gallons of water a day.
I ran outside crews for 20 years in the FL heat. IMO - that's about as hard as it gets. As others have said though - UPS drivers don't get to work at their own pace. They don't go home until their packages are delivered. You dick around, you go home late - and not on the clock or overtime. On you. It's a very tough job here in FL. I imagine it isn't a picnic in Thief River Falls in the winter either.