tipping posties and milkmen

Amleto said:
Why? It's their job, for which they get paid. And it's not as though it's minumum wage work, either, afaik.
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random but.....

dont bother no more.

Our postman has turned into multiple people that suck at there job (ie we end up having to post letters to the right addresses next door etc).

and our Milkman shows up with milk when he feels like it, not when we order it. For the life of me i dont know why we still use his services when we often have to goto the supermarket anyway because we have none for days at a time sometimes. :(
 
I'm personally never awake to see the postman, otherwise when its a delivery all I'm interested in is opening the OCUK box'o'goodies, I dont see the point anyway.

Another thing, why does everyone say 'thanks driver' to the Bus driver when they get off.. its his/her job, I dont see the point.
 
Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Our postie gets the occasional tip, usually in the form of a herbal substance, to keep his spirits up for the rest of his rounds.

Never had a letter not arrive at this address.... :D
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Man i want to deliver to your house! (and become a postman....)

could be a good idea to help the postal service along....
 
i wouldnt but then again am scottish.

Sometimes though a simple thank you goes further than a tip.

Got an email at work the other week addressed to my boss boostin how good I was, at length. Certianly made my week at work more enjoyable.
 
back in london, every time i had a package delivered by DHL, it was always delivered by the same guy, after the 5th or 6th time i just asked him; "Wanna Cuppa?" to which he replied; "yeah, sure".

thus, when ever i get a delivery from DHL when i'm in london the delivery dude gets a nice cup of tea and a friendly chat.
 
iamTakeo said:
I'm personally never awake to see the postman, otherwise when its a delivery all I'm interested in is opening the OCUK box'o'goodies, I dont see the point anyway.

Another thing, why does everyone say 'thanks driver' to the Bus driver when they get off.. its his/her job, I dont see the point.
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Never tip the postie, Always a polite thanks that is about it.

I'm guilty of the latter though, Always said cheers mate/thank you when I get off the bus no idea why though!
 
people tip thier postman?

only time i've ever met mine is when something is too big for the slot then he just hands it over and immediately walks off :/
 
The only person I've tipped in recent years is my regular City Link delivery guy. He knows I work nights and always puts me as close as possible to the front of his route. He's a star, and there's a limit to how many times you can say 'thank you' without having to escalate to something much more meaningful.

In general though I'm not in favour of tipping people who are just getting on with their work. That's why they invented wages. :-) Obviously restaurants are a trickier situation though, because they often get paid SFA in anticipation of tips. But as I never eat in restaurants (I'd much rather cook) this isn't a situation I have to worry about.

Andrew McP
 
I tip delivery men from indian/chinese/jap restaurants, but that's about it. If you're from Pizza hut you can forget it (basically it's based on the price of the food lol, a £20 pizza, no chance, a more reasonable £12 per meal from a chinese, game on). The postie is a different dude every time, so that's out of the window, we don't have a paper boy nor a milkman, so again no call.
 
meghatronic said:
Sorry, what? They save you the inconvenience of what? Delivering you own mail? Disposing of trash? That's what you pay council tax and postage for!!

Or am I confused.
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You pay postage for mail you receive? I dont care if i pay for it its a nice gesture in my opinion, the guys that do my street are all really nice blokes. How would you feel if you worked at a carppy job all year and no one even bother to say thanks for all your hard work?
 
A postman was on his rounds for his last day after 35 years on the same round. At the first house they gave him £100 for his good service.The second place gave him a bottle of really good scotch, the third place gave him a box of Havana cigars, he arrived at the fourth place and there was a beautiful blonde in the doorway dressed in a negligee.

She invited him in and took him upstairs and gave him the best sex he ever had, then took him downstairs and cooked him bacon, sausages and eggs. During breakfast, he noticed £5.00 under the plate and asked what the £5 was for.

She said last night I asked my husband what we should do for you on your last day. He replied. "**** him, give him £5". Breakfast was my idea. ;)
 
Not a chance in hell. Especially when I paid to have mail redirected. Nothing was redirected and can only assume lost in post or the old house chucked it in the bin. The cheek of it and they wouldn't even give me a £10 refund.

It's also why waiters are so useless. Is because people ALL WAYS tips.
only tip when you get exceptional service then perhaps restraunts would come up to standard.
 
I always say thank you to the bus driver, just for getting me to where I want to be, alive lol

I don't have a milkman nor a paperboy and sod off if you think I'm paying the binman. They get paid a wage already and I've heard some make an extra fortune at Christmas. Never even met my postie, he lets himself into the block of flats with a code and leaves my parcels in a safe storage cupboard though, which is nice :)

Restaurants - Only tip when I've had good service and if it's poor, I'll ask for the service charge to be removed from my bill before paying. Might sound harsh but I've already paid for a nice meal and if the service is crap, they get crap back.
 
caff said:
Completely agree, and admire your stance and openness. I despise restaurants (around 50% that I visit nowadays) that add on a service charge - particularly when the service is either very good or very bad. I always like to tip anywhere somewhere between 5% and 15%, but will only do so in cash and I always ensure the waiter / waitress is clear that it is a tip for service.
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A lot of restaurants do it these days and it seems to be an excuse for average service because 9 times out of 10, the customer won't ask to have the service taken off because either a) they don't know it's discretionary or b) they don't want the hassle.
 
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