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Do you give your mail carrier or the person who picks up your garbage Christmas presents?
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I don't tip the mailman, the trashman, or the newspaper guy. The mailman already makes more money than I do and he's always delivering the neighbors' mail to my house and vice-versa.
We now have three trash trucks that come by each Thursday and the trashmen never get out. I think they make more than I do too.
If the newspaper guy were a kid on a bike who threw the paper on my doorstep and came to my house to collect each month, he'd get a tip. however, our guy drives around in his car and drops the paper in the driveway. He used to toss it under my car in the driveway until I complained.
I do try to do a small teacher's gift each year.
You ARE a cheap bastard. Do you get good service from any of these people?
If the newspaper carrier or garbage person provides a card with his/her name and address on it, I tip. If not, I don't. The ball's in their court. (I should add that most of the time they do.)
I never "tip" the mail carrier. (They can't accept money/cash equivalent, but I don't give them a gift either. They have a cushie enough job as it is.)
If the newspaper carrier or garbage person provides a card with his/her name and address on it, I tip. If not, I don't. The ball's in their court. (I should add that most of the time they do.)
I never "tip" the mail carrier. (They can't accept money/cash equivalent, but I don't give them a gift either. They have a cushie enough job as it is.)
My newspaper guy is awesome...he leaves the paper right by my door, and he's always there before five. So maybe I'll slip him something.But like Sandi's garbage people, my garbage people are whiny bitches who expect me to gift wrap my garbage and don't pick up anything that isn't exactly standard to the rules.
No presents for them!
Last year was the first time I ever tipped any of those service people - my mailman. This new guy was just fantastic, he'd go out of his way to come back later in the day if I had a package that needed to be signed, and if we went away and put a stop for a week or so, on the day our mail resumed he'd come back if we weren't home yet to deliver personally so a big pile wouldn't be sitting on our porch unattended. Always with a smile. I will be tipping him again this year.
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I don't. But we get a different mail carrier every day and I don't know who picks the garbage. I'm not home. I think we give our kids' teachers presents, though.
Oh, i don't give the newspaper guy anything either. I guess I'm a cheap bastard. He's really good...maybe I'll give him something this year.