I quit my courier job.

[Eli]

202 miles a day average, every day.

An average of 8.44 miles per hour, every hour, every day, for the last 8 months. :shocked:

Good riddance.

I also experienced 4 flat tires, one car-totalling accident, one transmission failure, and about eleventy billion near death experiences.

As for the reasons for quitting.. Just wasn't worth it. I made good money on paper, but due to the nature of the job it just didn't work out that way. While I haven't had to worry about money overall, my goal was to rapidly pay down some of my credit card debt. This job has only caused me to go farther into debt. Not from CCs, but car loans. The lifestyle of being on the road so much is hard on your body, and expensive, too.

I can find something with a lower level of overall stress, lol.

 

[KLin]

Holy crap that's a lot of miles. :Q

 

[Eli]

I also burned through about 1632 gallons of gasoline. :laugh:

 

[isekii]

wow that's insane.

 

[JoeKing]

what would you deliver?

 

[KLin]

You're definitely in the red when it comes to carbon offsets. :laugh:

 

[Evadman]

Hey, stop stealing all my hard math work.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: KLin
You're definitely in the red when it comes to carbon offsets. :laugh:

It's funny because I drove 32,375 miles in the Focus and averaged about 27MPG, thus burning about 1200 gallons.

I've driven 23,353 in the Insight since I got it, and have averaged about 54MPG, burning about 432 gallons. :Q

:laugh:

 

[angry hampster]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: KLin
You're definitely in the red when it comes to carbon offsets. :laugh:

It's funny because I drove 32,375 miles in the Focus and averaged about 27MPG, thus burning about 1200 gallons.

I've driven 23,353 in the Insight since I got it, and have averaged about 54MPG, burning about 432 gallons. :Q

:laugh:

But you looked better doing it in the focus, which still isn't saying much.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: angry hampster

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: KLin
You're definitely in the red when it comes to carbon offsets. :laugh:

It's funny because I drove 32,375 miles in the Focus and averaged about 27MPG, thus burning about 1200 gallons.

I've driven 23,353 in the Insight since I got it, and have averaged about 54MPG, burning about 432 gallons. :Q

:laugh:

But you looked better doing it in the focus, which still isn't saying much.

:laugh:

True.

But I wouldn't care if I was driving a pink polka-dotted Yugo, if it got the MPG of the Insight. It did save me a lot of money in gas, although I don't think it saved me anything overall due to the transmission I had to replace. Maybe about even, actually.

 

[ManyBeers]

Sorry to here about it pal. Tough.

 

[Born2bwire]

Didn't you burn out a new car?

 

[BoomerD]

I can certainly relate...for many years, I drove anywhere from 75 to 130 miles each way to get to work, then worked 10 or more hours once I got there.
For me, working (usually) 6 days per week, that's an oil change every 3 weeks, new tires at least once per year, (barring road hazard crap) and a new vehicle every 4-5 years.

 

[Turin39789]

uh, now you can come fix my tercel. Just get one last courier job that requires you to deliver to kentucky.

 

[Eli]

Not working sucks. lol

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: Eli
Not working sucks. lol

At least you've moved on. My office is shutting down on July 29th, of this year. They told us about 4 1/2 months ahead of time which was nice of them, since about 500 people need to find new jobs now. But still, I'm curious how it's going to be when I go in tomorrow. All of a sudden I don't think I'll be worried about doing a bang up job, especially not since the sooner I get out the better.

 

[Captante]

I was a courier from 1985 through 1993 & averaged between 40 & 60k a year myself so I can feel your pain ... I did like 90% of my driving into NYC from Connecticut though & cleared $1000 per week after expenses which back then seemed like fantastic money.

Of course gas was a lot closer to $1 a gallon then $4 which made a huge difference!

 

[indamixx99]

You were reimbursed on gas, right?

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: indamixx99
You were reimbursed on gas, right?

Back when I did it we were paid gross 60% of invoice & supplied with a a 2-way radio & a pager by the company ... everything else was paid for by us.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: indamixx99
You were reimbursed on gas, right?

Back when I did it we were paid gross 60% of invoice & supplied with a a 2-way radio & a pager by the company ... everything else was paid for by us.

Pretty much.

I was reimbursed for gas, though indirectly through tax breaks.

 

[Squisher]

So, what are you thinking about doing now?

 

[fleabag]

Did you do a tax deduction on your car and all those things that were related to your job? I thought that would've offsetted the costs associated with your job?

 

[SearchMaster]

I hope you find something else very soon, Eli. To be honest you lasted a lot longer than I thought you would.

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: Eli
Not working sucks. lol

Did you have another job in mind before you quit? I suggest you get any job even it's crappy while you hunt for a job. Deliver pizza in the evening if you have to while looking for a job in the day. Do something, don't sit around.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

What were you doing?