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Miguel Santiago (L) and Louis Gonzales (R).
- Coca-Cola truck drivers get to work as early as 4 a.m in New York City.
- For one day, I followed Miguel Santiago, a 66-year-old delivery driver who has worked with Coca-Cola for 19 years.
- Santiago makes deliveries to Penn Station.
One of the world's most ubiquitous beverage companies is powered by people like Miguel Santiago, a 66-year-old from the Bronx. Santiago has worked for Coca-Cola for 20 years.
Every weekday, Santiago drives a truck full of Coca-Cola products to New York City's Penn Station. Along with his helper Louis Gonzales, who has worked for Coca-Cola for 18 years, he unloads the truck and stocks shelves.
As a Liberty Coca-Cola spokesperson told Business Insider, each truck can hold up to 600 cases, and a case contains 24 bottles. That means that on any given day, they could be handling up to as many as 14,400 bottles.
I followed the two around for a day to see what a day in their lives is like.