Real life MMD: Should I keep the cash?

Cloudane

Once again this sounds like the Facebook definition of a "friend" rather than mine.

On that basis she should keep the money. She's done all the hard work and her acquaintance is one of these !!!! heads who skives off work all the time and doesn't deserve it. The fact the tipper thought she was the 'usual' one is enough of a hint. Simples!

YANA

It's not your money but you deserve some of it.
So pass it on with an explanation and you'll find out if she's a real friend or not...

and tell her to STOP BOOZING!

lanavdt

geoffreyq wrote: »

... should not have accepted the tip in the first place. When I was a paper boy I always refused politely, explaining that I was paid to deliver the papers and that there was a weekly delivery charge already added to the bill. Sadly, standards seem to have declined. The only exception was if I was delivering someone else's round at Christmas. In that event, I would accept on behalf of my colleague.
It would never have crossed my mind to pocket the money myself.

Well you're newsagent must've paid heaps for you to be able to do that lol. I had a round for a year or so about 11 years ago and I was paid the pricely sum of £8 a week for delivering papers 6 nights a week.At Christmas I made over £150 in tips. Each house got a thank you card. My sister took on the round and her timekeeping was appalling. She made about £30 lol. I remember when it was normal to give tips to milkmen, paperfolk, bin men etc. If you do the job well then you deserve to be rewarded if someone wants to tip you. When did you do your round?

Smartie24

Give her the choice. If she's a good friend then she should be very grateful that you've filled in for her and saved her from being sacked.

Tell her that you got a tip on her round and ask her whether she thinks she should have it, you should have it, or you should split it between you. If she sees the value in what you have done for her, she should offer it all to you or at least offer to split it proportionally according to how much you fill in for her. If she thinks she should have it all, then she obviously doesn't see the value in the help you've given her and you should consider stopping filling in for her to make her realise what the consequences are of not turning up to work.

If you are good friends then you've probably got a good idea of which option she'd choose...

Taffybiker

You should tell your friend what happened, and that you are keeping the money since you did the work Then there are no secrets. A good friend would understand and agree. If she thinks the money is hers, it may be an idea to let her know that she will be responsible for her own round in future.

geoffreyq

[ When did you do your round?[/QUOTE]


I started at 12/6 a week in 1962, I think. 7 mornings a week.
It was in a fairly poor area. Perhaps that is why I found tipping so distasteful - most customers were less well off than my own family.

toffeecoated

I can't believe you are all falling for this. It is obviously a wind up. A drunken 17 year old paper girl with a hangover takes the morning off and her friend does her round. Then a householder gives her extra cash?

Why would a householder give a paper girl cash? Why do they need two of you if one can and often does complete both rounds alone? If you live in a village surely everyone knows everyone.
:T Nice try.

novamation

When I did a round years ago, our boss had a rule - if you do the round on the day a tip comes in, you get the tip..

toffeecoated wrote: »

I can't believe you are all falling for this. It is obviously a wind up. A drunken 17 year old paper girl with a hangover takes the morning off and her friend does her round. Then a householder gives her extra cash?

Why would a householder give a paper girl cash? Why do they need two of you if one can and often does complete both rounds alone? If you live in a village surely everyone knows everyone.
:T Nice try.

hmm, they sometimes (rarely)come out and give you a tip if the weather has been awful, or if it's easter. Tips are the norm at xmas.

I was one of those deliverers that didn't take time off and, yes, I got to do extra work when anyone else was away. Toffeecoated, I don't think it's that unusual ....

just adding that they need 2, because of the time it takes. If each round say takes 30mins, then when someones away, another deliverer has to be out for an hour. People complain when their papers are late also there's some safety in having 2 deliverers, if one ups and leaves, the other can cover while a replacement is found. If there was only one, then no ones getting a paper!

RobotBlue

1. Keep the money.
2. Tell your employer and get your "friend" sacked. By keeping a persistanly low performance worker employed you are (a) giving her the impression that this is an acceptable way to behave (it's not, grow up!) and (b) increasing the costs of YOUR employer, who may be able to pay YOU more if the other employees were as consciencious as you were.
3. Since you have demonstrated that you can do both rounds, take hers as well, earning yourself double.
(4. Remember to declare your tips to HMRC.)

dobbiesloan

Keep it. It is illegal for her to be hung over at 17 and lets face it, she is only going to spend the money on booze and that will means you will have to do the drunks paper round for her. You will be doing her and her liver a favour.
Who is stupid enough to sell her the booze? Is it the shop owner that she works for?
Why not drop them both in it and maybe knock some sense into them, Maybe that way the drunk will get sacked and the shop will hire a law abiding employee.