I know I'll be frustrated as hell when I do go driving. But this chick has been a driver for 10 years AND this route is a trainee route. Last peak it had 150 packages a day.
Doesn't make it easy. We had a route in my old building that went out with about 50 stops and maybe 100 pieces. That was a bastard of a route come peak. Dark by 430, dogs everywhere, dirt roads. Those 50 stops would be a 10 hour day.
It's tough to compare routes apples to apples. There is always something about a route that make it different from the next. Could be bulk, could be miles, could be a nutso PU trace.