On my manager, finally zeroing in and exemplifying how laden my route has been with extra packages. He heard me, but said he wasn’t going to beg me to stay. “If you’re unhappy…”
He isn’t in touch with what packages from Ground go where. “We only got a hundred pieces today” and I informed him that half of them fell on my route. “Oh.” The Cutler/Whiting Ground driver quit after the Amazon contract kicked in and buried him.
I’m close on his heels have been assured it won’t be like this long. Friday I pay off my well loan and will be able to see things in a different light.
Ground and Express are “no longer separate companies” but the software and management are still separate. I’m exploring alternatives, but accepting work-robot-mode for the time being…

Important reminder, there is a little time to smell the roses…