tiping the postman

moanin'minnie

Barneysmom wrote: »

I think a tenner is far too much. A fiver is enough, especially if another 50 or so on his or her round give the same.

My OH is a postie and has been for over 30 years and in that time would be lucky if half a dozen people on his round tipped him, I wish 50 or so would tip him it would make Christmas a whole lot easier He would be more than happy if his customers gave him anything!!

DUKE

I'll be buying my postie a bottle this year as he's so good delivering all my wins with a smile. I've checked to see what his favourite tipple is.

Adrianna

moanin'minnie wrote: »

My OH is a postie and has been for over 30 years and in that time would be lucky if half a dozen people on his round tipped him, I wish 50 or so would tip him it would make Christmas a whole lot easier He would be more than happy if his customers gave him anything!!

Do you tip the girl at the checkout? A tip should never be expected, they are paid a wage like everyone else, maybe it's not great money but that's not our fault. There are lots of people on minimum wage etc, that doesn't mean they should get a tip for the job that they are paid to do.

kjmtidea

I have a different postman for every day of the year, they don't come until 2pm most days, they give my post to my neighbours and I get everybodies post but my own. So no I won't be tipping the postmen this year . I would love to have some of the postmen described on this thread!

I do tip my milkman £5, he does a fab job.

nikkynoo_2

I wouldnt tip them at all. Why should I they get paid to do there job. Why should you tip some but not other I work in a shop and I hate it now the customers are so rude and do i get a tip heck no. But I get paid for doing my job.

If you know them quite well then thats fine as your giving a friend a gift for christmas. As for moaning about not getting a tip be gratefull you have a job that pays you a wage. My oh has been out of work for almost a year and has now givin up any chance of getting a job so has gone back to college. I work part time for a huge firm and hate but cant get another jopb for love nor money.

kippers

This makes me feel terrible...i don't know my postman as he keeps changing, the dustbin men come and go so quick i couldn't tell you who they are and the window cleaner keeps putting his price up so i wouldn't want to give him a tip. If i had a milkman then i would tip him, but i stopped having a milkman as he didn't deliver until about 11am in the morning!

cba321

Our postman changes so often, I couldnt tell you which one was coming down these days. To be honest, I never really get the tipping thing, with anything, whether it be out for a meal, postman, etc. don't they get paid for their work? Nobody tips me at work and I work hard too, why do people tip? I don't get it, sorry.

jollymummy

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Thanks Ffotogirl
Legendmum - that's one of the main reasons we buy beer for our postie and binmen they do a great job and help us out but when we first moved to our village we didn't know anyone. When I was at home with my little boy before he started school the postie would ring the door bell and hand over my little boys CBeebies comic every week and have a good chat with him. The bin men always drove by the playground and waved and gave him a thumbs up - it made his day Nice blokes. We get a fair amount of snow and blardy horrible weather up here and they deliver in it and always have time to say Hello. Good on them.

moanin'minnie

Adrianna wrote: »

Do you tip the girl at the checkout? A tip should never be expected, they are paid a wage like everyone else, maybe it's not great money but that's not our fault. There are lots of people on minimum wage etc, that doesn't mean they should get a tip for the job that they are paid to do.

I dont think that anywhere in my reply said my Oh expected to be tipped what I did say was it would be nice if he was was, and I am sure anyone getting a tip would think so too, nowhere in my post did I mention that their money was not great..... your words not mine???? but obviously you do think they are not on great money??

jackomdj

We tip the post man (£10), bin men (beer), recycling men (beer).

The post man is brilliant, knows everyone in the street, is happy to stop for a chat & gets bugged by my girls for his elastic bands! He will also leave things with my neighbour rather than taking them back.

The bin men & recycling men are great, they wave to my DD who gets very excited when the van is outside. When her pre-school was afternoons we used to drop her big sister off to school & often walked almost all the way home just behind them as their speed was about the same as hers.