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Xmas tipping
asop
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OK-I give our paper boy $25, mail carrier $20 and the garbage guy $25.
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Very generous of you, well done.
I have given our trash workers Wendy's, McDonalds gift cards or something of the sort the last few years so they will be able to stop and get lunch a few times. These guys work hard and I appreciate what they do
We Use to give our trash guys 25.00 each, but no longer have a trash service
We Never had a paper boy / girl so no gift
We use to give our mail lady 25.00 and the post master 25.00 Yes, a big post office two people
But we got a P.O. box about eight years ago and have not seen the mail lady about the same time frame.
We may give them both something this year to show we still care even if we seldom see them
So we get by cheap ? On tipping at Christmas for such services
Mail carriers are 'discouraged' from accepting monetary 'tips'. In the old days, lots of goodies came in off the route since it was an opportunity for the farm wives to 'show off' their baking skills.😍
The old table in the employee break room would be filled with more cookies, cakes, and treats than the entire post office staff could possibly eat.😉
My mail woman want take gifts and she is second to none. All the junk I order she is 100% as I don't see how she does it. I have no garbage pickup or paper boy/girl.
We have not tipped because we don’t have trash pick up, we have to bring garbage to the dump. No newspaper anymore and mail person we not have seen in quite awhile, they leave mail at mailbox and being so far off the road we never see them.
I was a long way from home and found a nail in the tire of my utility trailer.I had a spare but the tire was still holding air.I pulled in a place that sells new and used tires and ask the guy working there to plug the tire.He did and when I ask what do I owe you he said 5 bucks.I paid him the 5 and gave him a 20 dollar tip because of the time he saved me and he was an honest good ole boy.
Judy used to bring home a LOT of goodies from her mail route patrons every Christmas. Cookies, cupcakes, fudge, bread, brownies, and just about any other holiday baked good you can think of. She has been retired for 15 years and I still miss those goodies, but my waistline sure doesn't. 😁
We don't have any of the usual folks to tip anymore, but I am guilty of leaving a bigger tip this time of year at our local restaurants when we go out to eat. Bob
I used to be a very generous tipper at eateries. Still am EXCEPT at those places with the "tip screen" at checkout. I view those as larceny. I will not be guilted into tipping more the the minimum at those. (I make exceptions when genuinely deserved, though.)
My postal guy says he's not allowed to accept gratuities, the newspaper comes in the mail now, and the garbage guys run an automated truck and are gone in 10 seconds.
I keep a stack of $2 bills in my wallet to leave as tips, when out of those I leave cash, that way I figure they can either pocket the money or turn it in as income it is up to the waiter/waitress unlike the debit card tips which are tracked…….
We've always been generous tippers of great service
We went to a great restaurant in Asheville last night named Chestnut. Really a first class joint, appetizers, entrees, the atmosphere there, everything first class.
Chestnut has been closed. They didn't have potable running water in Asheville for 8 weeks so all the businesses had to close. Chestnut just reopened yesterday. Imagine being a waiter, or a chef there, and you just went two months without a paycheck.
Our check was $150 and I left a $50 tip. Thirty three percent, that's the most I ever have tipped but it was a special occasion.
ps Chestnut was packed, people are glad that things are returning to normal. Downtown Asheville didn't flood but the pipes bringing water to town from the mountain lake were destroyed. Very costly repair job.
Good on you. And glad to hear the recovery is still moving forward.
Because we run a business out of my home and we have a LOT of mail coming and going we give our postal carrier $100. The regular drivers for both Ground FedEx, Express FedEx, and UPS we give each of them $100. I have no idea who the garbage man is here or if we have a regular guy, but if I did see him I'd gladly give him $25 or so. The local "meat and three" Diner gets $100….but that is because we order food from her once a week for everyone that works here and we make a large order for Thanksgiving.
No garbage man ,we carry our trash to a collection site. Never know which mailman will show up [post office here is a joke] . Like Rocky I draw the line at the "tip screen ". My tips are based on the service I receive . Different Fed ex , Amazon and Ups guys every time so nope to them . I keep a supply of Dollar bills handy when picking up feed at the tractor supply . The young guys are aways happy to load it for me . Only advantage I have found in getting more mature !
I agree that the work they do needs tipping. Mail person and ups person. Are always going beyond what is normal. Fedx no so much. Don't have garbage we burn it.
Do as you like but as I and a couple of others have mentioned, USPS employees are forbidden from accepting monetary gifts. Please don't put them in a questionable position.
I carried mail for 30+ years on a rural route and always accepted monetary gifts. There was a woman who owned a shopping mall who'd give me a $100 and yep I'd keep it. I think the actual policy was we were to report any cash gifts. To which they would likely either tax it or take that amount out of our pay. And I think when they came out with the policy they knew what they would get. I know my response was I never get any money, everybody on my route hates me.
Wifes grandfather was a retired mailman in Oakland, Ca. Everyday pack that bag, climb the hills of the streets, and the stairs to the house.
^^Been there, done that but with slightly smaller hills.
I started at the lowest level in the office which meant doing any/all the drudgery or being the pack mule.
Ever wonder why mail carriers hated Sears and Roebuck catalogs?