One brown-suited carrier answered questions about his job on Reddit. [NOTE: Reddit uses anonymous sources, which can’t be verified] People asked him what his worst-case scenario was: “My worst days are any rainy day, and the entire month of December. Rain turns people into a–holes” His weirdest package: “I once delivered a package reeked like pot. I mean, if it wasn’t, it was the heaviest patchouli parcel i’ve ever seen. And the guy that lived at the house didn’t look like the patchouli type.” On whether he ever gets bored: “Every day is different so personally it’s not an option. You can burn out. An average day for us is 9-10 hrs. So if it’s really busy, you get tired by Tuesday. Bored, not really. Exhausted, absolutely.” His rudest customer ever: “A lady was once locked out of her car. She saw me pull up and hung up her cellphone, ran over to me looking excited and asked: ‘Hey…can you get in my car?’ I asked her how I was supposed to do that if she was locked out. She implied (but never actually said it) that I should know how to break into a car. I’m Hispanic and just pretended like I didn’t know what she was talking about. After asking several times, unsuccessfully, to ask me to break into her car, she gave up. Frustrated and pissed she finally said: ‘You know what?! Forget it! NEVERMIND! I’ll just call the locksmith back!’ I was floored.” And his best customer ever: “Food and especially cold water/gatorades are always welcome. In the summer, one of my customers used to leave a cooler at his front door with 3 or 4 gatorades every day. Just for me. Really nice guy.” And the true story behind the rumored FedEx/UPS feud: “I’ve never met an uncool FedEx driver. In fact, I’ve got 2 friends that work for FedEx. We make fun of each other, then I just ask to compare pay checks. That usually ends it.’
UPS men have their hands full during the holiday season, as a historic number of shoppers ordered gifts online
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Ashley Lutz
