Alternatives to Haribo?

Noxia said:
I'm not your employer nor am I obligated to give anything. So no it's nothing like that.
Then again, perhaps these people are not seemingly as entitled as you are.
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What has being an employer got to do with anything here?

Giving (what I thought was) a single bag of haribo as a "tip" is literally the bare minimum. It's like giving a cup of tea as a tip, or a few biscuits.

It's also cliche.

Pretend the issue is about entitlement all you want but there's no denying, if I was your mail man and you gave me a single pack of haribo as a tip, I'd be filling out the crosswords on your newspaper with "bite me bite me bite me bite"
 
unwashed potato! said:
What has being an employer got to do with anything here?

Giving (what I thought was) a single bag of haribo as a "tip" is literally the bare minimum. It's like giving a cup of tea as a tip, or a few biscuits.

It's also cliche.

Pretend the issue is about entitlement all you want but there's no denying, if I was your mail man and you gave me a single pack of haribo as a tip, I'd be filling out the crosswords on your newspaper with "bite me bite me bite me bite"
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It’s not a tip. It’s a gesture of good will and a thank you.

Perhaps you should go wash your potato.
 
Candy Kittens are the only alternative and superior in every way. At higher cost, but quality has its price.
 
unwashed potato! said:
What has being an employer got to do with anything here?

Giving (what I thought was) a single bag of haribo as a "tip" is literally the bare minimum. It's like giving a cup of tea as a tip, or a few biscuits.

It's also cliche.

Pretend the issue is about entitlement all you want but there's no denying, if I was your mail man and you gave me a single pack of haribo as a tip, I'd be filling out the crosswords on your newspaper with "bite me bite me bite me bite"
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Well thankfully you are not and it really sounds like you're in the wrong industry for someone who comes across so miserable.

Also it's not 'literally' the bare minimum lol.

Employer bit was unrelated, my brain was thinking about how employers do things like give pizza as a thank you for exceptional stuff.
 
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HoneyBadger said:
It’s not a tip. It’s a gesture of good will and a thank you.

Perhaps you should go wash your potato.
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What is the difference between a tip and a "gesture of good will"


Noxia said:
Also it's not 'literally' the bare minimum lol
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A single bag of haribo really is.

Would be able to share what would be the bare minimum in your view?

I appreciate the op has clarified that they give more than just a single bag, so what they do is above the minimum, but my original point still stands
 
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Just don't throw away the box without checking first as a small Haribo can slip under the bottom fold in those brown boxes and go unnoticed.
 
I prefer Swizzels Matlow stuff.

Reminds me of being a kid, I don't think Haribo where around much in the 80's I don't remember ever seeing them anyway.
 
You never know everyone's personal circumstance - someone giving out a single bag of Haribo might be as much as they can afford yet they still wanted to do something to show a gesture of kindness. It's all too easy to judge people negatively but anybody giving out anything as a gift is already by default doing more than the bare minimum (which is doing nothing at all) and I don't think it's worthy of derision just because it's not deemed to be 'enough'.
 
Kenai said:
You never know everyone's personal circumstance - someone giving out a single bag of Haribo might be as much as they can afford yet they still wanted to do something to show a gesture of kindness. It's all too easy to judge people negatively but anybody giving out anything as a gift is already by default doing more than the bare minimum (which is doing nothing at all) and I don't think it's worthy of derision just because it's not deemed to be 'enough'.
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Something as small as a single bag of Haribo can make somebody's day too.
 
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