Tipping, especially at Christmas

sja1951

Can we have a varity of opinions on how much to tip, especially at Christmas!

My postman is great and I normally give him £5, but in 2014 is this too low, but I feel that £10 would be much much too much!

:santa2:

damianmcr

Nice bottle of wine instead?

motorguy

sja1951 wrote: »

Can we have a varity of opinions on how much to tip, especially at Christmas!

My postman is great and I normally give him £5, but in 2014 is this too low, but I feel that £10 would be much much too much!

:santa2:

You tip him for doing his job?

McKneff

I don't tip now.


In answer to your question, he will be very very happy with a fiver.....

ripplyuk

I tip the postman £10, if I can find him, as in the run up to Christmas, I seem to get a variety of postmen/women. I put it in a Christmas card for him.

Old_Git

I only see the postie at the weekend .I never tip .

C_Mababejive

Most people are banned by their employer from accepting gratuities from customers. Even so, i dont tip anyway.

saverbuyer

C_Mababejive wrote: »

Most people are banned by their employer from accepting gratuities from customers. Even so, i dont tip anyway.

Most have limits rather than outright bans.

Postmen can still receive tips.

OP I give mine a fiver and he couldn't be more thankful. Really nice man, does a great job especially this time of the year and deserves it for walking in that weather carrying his massive bag of my crap. I tip the binmen and the folks tip the window cleaner too.

steveymp

I don't have a regular postie and this time of year we have a different one every day and we all get each others post so have to redeliver it in the evening

I do tip the binmen in a wee christmas card and they are very thankful for that, I also get my bin returned to my driveway every week whilst others are left in a group at the side of the road, so it's a few quid well invested.

I give my barber a quid extra every time I'm in for a cut, but she gets a fiver at christmas, very nice lady and very underpaid for her skills.

CEON44

Anyone noticed that a few years ago if you had a tradesman do a job for you at a quoted price, they quite often handed you back a tenner as a "lucks penny" . Nowadays though after the job is finished they expect a tip on top of the agreed price. I'm not mean but I hate tipping in any form. In fact personally I would feel like a beggar if someone tipped me. I think its shameful

C_Mababejive

#10 I must admit that i hadnt heard the lucky penny thing before. I would not expect a tip on the agreed price. However i recently bought a nice new carpet for hall stairs and landing. The price for fitting was a fixed fee agreed with the independent carpet shop who give excellent service. Considering that both the guys who did it were pleasant and did a great job, i didnt think the agreed amount was enough for their great work so added a tenner.

I know what you mean about feeling like a begger and maybe some customers feel that way too and so no longer offer.

I have been in situations in the past where i have undertaken work for a customer that i was not obliged to do,and if i hadnt done it,would have left them in a much worse position but have now learned that most are essentially selfish and dont even offer or give you the wink so i now almost always leave them in the much worse and much more expensive position..especially at this time of year and the run up to holidays.