Tips on tips:- How much to give the postie and the milkman

BaileyB

I am giving our Postlady a bottle of wine, but i have a crate of Fosters here from a Tesco overcharge last year (still in date) do you think the binmen will like this?

Murtle

gozaimasu wrote: »

Here we are on a money saving forum, trying to scrimp and save to make/buy the cheapest possible presents for our friends and family, yet at the same time, here we are, ready to give away lots of fivers/tenners and cool presents to random people in our lives such as postmen.

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We are not all here for that reason, some of us just want to get *the best value for our money* and for that reason I am more then happy to tip when I get good service.

mum2one

Mr_Kennedy wrote: »

I am giving our Postlady a bottle of wine, but i have a crate of Fosters here from a Tesco overcharge last year (still in date) do you think the binmen will like this?

Think you would have a happy team of binmen! x

dillydilly

Don't forget the lollipop man/lady ! Ours always gets a box of chocs ever since that Cadburys Roses ad a few years back... all weathers, looking after kids, can't imagine they do it for the lucrative salary

katiekittykat

tine wrote: »

Define "tip"?

Tell you what, send a bunch of firemen round my place and I'll let you know :rotfl:

Hee hee me too

But i meant, if they saved your life, or helped you out by just doing their job -would you give them a fiver?

margaretclare

We've given £5 to our paper delivery girl, because she always has a smile and a wave.

We've given £10 to our postman.

We haven't given anything to the milkman. We don't see him - he delivers at about 4.30 am! We don't even see him to pay him - he leaves a bill which then gets paid by monthly direct debit.

Margaret

alwaysonthego_2

I have just tipped our postman a fiver and he was well chuffed, bless!

Murtle

katiekittykat wrote: »

Hee hee me too

But i meant, if they saved your life, or helped you out by just doing their job -would you give them a fiver?

No, I'd give them a hell of a lot more then a fiver if they saved my life to be honest

Same for any other emergency services that performed something similar, but I wouldn't wait till Christmas for there's as I would be hoping I wouldn't need them on a regular basis.

Murtle

margaretclare wrote: »

We've given £5 to our paper delivery girl, because she always has a smile and a wave.

We've given £10 to our postman.

We haven't given anything to the milkman. We don't see him - he delivers at about 4.30 am! We don't even see him to pay him - he leaves a bill which then gets paid by monthly direct debit.

Margaret

We used to leave the tip rolled up in a piece of paper in the top of the bottle. I'd happily tip if we had a milkman that we didn't see cause he was so early, rather then cause he comes so late :rotfl:

katiekittykat

Murtle wrote: »

No, I'd give them a hell of a lot more then a fiver if they saved my life to be honest

Same for any other emergency services that performed something similar, but I wouldn't wait till Christmas for there's as I would be hoping I wouldn't need them on a regular basis.

Thanks for the answer - was just curious

(my dad was a fireman - just retired)


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