I think we have commiserated about this before, but I’m happy to do so again. Digging is one of the worst jobs in all of human endeavour. It also drives me goddam crazy when characters dig an 8’ grave with a shovel in 20 minutes in the dark, and are just slightly sweaty at the end. Hollywood writers should all be required to go dig a goddam hole once in their lives as part of their schooling. It could honestly be a source of very interesting plot points. Characters should be stealing backhoes or stalling for hours of time so they can do it. Or perhaps they need to hire a crew, then find a way to keep them quiet. Many options better and more interesting than, “Old out-of-shape man with lung cancer (aka Walter White) digs a HUGE hole in the desert for his oil drums by himself with a shovel in an hour”. 
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