O'Reilly Auto Parts Delivery/Route driver

Now this sounds pretty decent. Not a whole lot of work-a-holic hours during your work week, seems like it's a well rested job, and the compensation is quite exemplary for the hours committed. And ditto with the long-haul/OTR guys that are rather older.
However, you've got the set who are possibly retired from another lifelong career and are just doing something to top off a retirement income. And then those older fellows who, despite all the complaining, are still coming back for more abuse.
As for the other reason I haven't left my current job yet, I'm pretty much on an "open schedule" with these guys. Start and end my night whenever I feel like it and don't get screamed at over "coming in late" or something. If anything, if I do go to a different job with some better pay, in a different city, I'll have to wean myself back into some sort of disciplinary routine where I got to "show up on time" again.

 

I'm no lycra warrior either. I ride in street clothes, no time for a dorky uniform(or any uniform for that matter!!)
As far as where to live, I like doing the daycab work, but I'm not really one of those state pride goofballs either. The way I see it, changing your license to another state is like slapping a different flag patch onto your shoulder every time the war-of-life is beginning to go poorly for you. Just got to feign allegiance long enough to meet your goals and then once your personal mission is complete, time to rip that patch off and hop the fence!!

That said, I'm definitely looking at purchasing a travel trailer and trailer-parking it whenever the next job comes about. Eliminate all the moving hassle and having to settle in to a new place.

 

Yeah, you really got to shop around to find the better trailer parking spots. I would suspect that due to their transient nature, there's going to be just as many undesirables laying about as there are just some average Joe's trying to save a buck and make a living. I'll more than likely do the apartment thing for a few more years, but at the same time, keep the household items down to an absolute minimum. I bought all my current furnishings from thrift stores, or found them near a dumpster, so it's all about sending them back down the line when it's time to move on.

The O'Reilly gig is still on the table, along with reconsidering some other, higher paying foodservice gigs. I'm now kind of split between Lubbock, a hundred miles away from me, and the Aurora CO DC, about 480 miles away from me. I figure it's better to deal with the scheduling and the alright, not-too-great, pay just to get some additional hauling experience again.
At the very least, open up some new doors in an area that has additional opportunities within a 10-20 mile radius. Then of course their 4-5 night/week work schedule seems pretty steady to be able to start squeezing some college courses/trade union apprenticeship scouring back in there.

 

I'm also trying to contact the Phoenix DC as well and see if the payscale is the same there. Figure an urban area with a lower cost of living and more variety in apartment styles.
So far, the pay ceiling seems to be the only bit that most have a problem with based upon reviews and such. But for the simplified, routine work, it isn't bad, as you said.

 

Well, I put in an app and had a phone interview for an O'Reilly's "satellite driver" position out of Albuquerque that opened up. Apart from apps I put in for First Fleet in ABQ and an XPO app I put in again for Denver, I'm going to see if anything positive comes up out of this.
The pay isn't exactly anything to write home about. But for what you make in there, it seems to be just right for the time spent on the job every night. This move out of the food-grade thing has been slow going