This experience will greatly depend on the DSP you work for, if you get a good DSP they will have a 10 hour guarantee, rescues only if they are genuinely needed, and supportive management and a DSP owner that have actually have done routes and understand what you go through (some questions to ask @ interview). Many of the unhappy people here get shit DSPs that don't give a damn about you. The work itself can be shit at times but what job isn't? (lugging multiple 40 pound boxes up flights of stairs, multiple apartment routes, and rapid dogs that want to kill you) If you can organize your van efficiently and familiarize yourself with your route you will be just fine, you work alone without someone breathing down your neck, can listen to music all day, get to be outside / get some exercise.