https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:51:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1269764 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:12:26 +0000 kml636 1269764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I need to tip my mailman because I get so many packages. And how would you tip them or the garbage man? Tape it out there and hope nobody steals it? They come when I'm at work...</p> <p>I am planning on giving one weeks' pay to my daycare workers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1269386 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 13:15:14 +0000 LindsayInNY 1269386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: @mrsjyw: I tip the groomer at Petco/Petsmart! Even if he just gets his nails done, I will since he can be a bit difficult.</p> <p>We will be tipping our cleaning person and our laundry delivery person (picks up and drops off and we're in a 4th floor walk up). I don't see Fedex/UPS at home so I won't be tipping them or the USPS person. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1269142 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:56:17 +0000 raspberries 1269142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How exactly would one go about tipping your service workers? I can understand putting an envelope in the mailbox, but do you tape an envelope to the garbage can? We're always out the door before the garbage man/mail workers/UPS people arrive, so giving it in person is kind of out of the question. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268981 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:03:30 +0000 Mamaof2 1268981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: Yeah our garbage men left a note on the trash can last year...I guess they wanted a gift? haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268971 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:01:10 +0000 sorrycharlie 1268971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: aww that is so nice of your postman though! I haven't run into our new postman yet, but our old postwoman was a WITCH. omg. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268962 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:58:51 +0000 yoursilverlining 1268962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tip:<br /> Postman<br /> Garbage guys (private company, not a city service)<br /> UPS guy (I order everything I can via Amazon and we have a long driveway…so he earns his tip!)<br /> Lawn care guy<br /> Pet Sitter<br /> Daycare teachers</p> <p>I thought tipping mail carriers was the norm (?) We get USPS/UPS/garbage/lawn guys a bag of nice chocolates and a $10 gift card to Starbucks/Dunkin’ Donuts - nothing crazy.</p> <p>Note: Our mailman just left a holiday card in our mailbox, so I feel sort of obligated to give him something now, haha, which was probably his plan! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268949 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:55:40 +0000 Smurfette 1268949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I agree. I have never seen our garbage people. UPS comes at different times of the day, so different drivers. We usually have the same postman, but I have never left a tip before. I mean that is their job. No one tips me for coming to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268946 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:54:54 +0000 BlueWolverine 1268946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll give a small bonus to our regular babysitter (every other Thursday and I love her), our house cleaner and my hairdresser. Really just people that we know and see consistently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268939 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:52:06 +0000 psw27 1268939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the only person we tip is our dog walker, but she is practically a family member at this point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268930 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:50:51 +0000 chopsuey 1268930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just our concierge </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268927 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:50:05 +0000 mediagirl 1268927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't tip anyone at Christmas other than someone who may give us better than average service at a restaurant. If they deserve it, they get a hefty "Christmas bonus" tip from us. </p> <p>We don't go anywhere regularly (no regular hair person, nail person, spa person, etc) and we maybe see our UPS or mail person once a month. I don't understand why we would tip them....</p> <p>@sorrycharlie: right. I don't work in a "tipping" profession so I don't expect a "tip" at Christmas (or a bonus for that matter...) and don't think that others in the same type of job expect one either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268921 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:49:04 +0000 Andrea 1268921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tip everyone! They are the same people year after year so I think it's something nice to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268908 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:46:57 +0000 sorrycharlie 1268908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: oh thankkkk god. lol. we pay at the registers, too! the weird thing is that the chick that posted it is a groomer at (a different) petsmart, so I was kind of alarmed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268904 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:45:54 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1268904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow...I'm pretty surprised at how many people don't tip! I understand they're doing their jobs, but I think it's just a nice bonus for those who probably won't see one this time of year.</p> <p>We'll be tipping our postal carrier and garbage man. I won't be tipping the FedEx or UPS guy b/c we do have a different one come to the house every time a package is delivered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268898 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:43:24 +0000 JerricaBenton 1268898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think just our mail carrier and the woman I go to for my nails. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268896 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:43:08 +0000 mrsjyw 1268896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: we don't tip at our groomer's (petsmart), we've tried adn they don't take it at ours, they have us pay at the store registers too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268891 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:42:31 +0000 mrsjyw 1268891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I won't tip any of them-- our mailman is the only consistent person, every one else changes weekly!</p> <p>We do a box of chocolates for our mailman! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268889 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:41:33 +0000 sorrycharlie 1268889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I will tip any of these? I also did not think they were "tipping" professions. ours change regularly too...and I don't utilize UPS/FedEx often anyway. </p> <p>I was horrified when someone posted on facebook about remembering to tip your groomer. when I first brought him to the groomer we use (petsmart!) my MIL was a regular there and assured me I didn't need to tip. BIL/SIL said the same. I was like ok. then four years later..I read that I'm supposed to?! horrified and embarrassed. not sure I can go back lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268864 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:29:50 +0000 Mae 1268864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: lol right. seems more appropriate in a small town where you might know your post man and maybe even run into him/her at the grocery store. All I know about our postman is that if there is a car parked on the street within 15 feet of our mailbox s/he won't deliver mail, and that if s/he can get a box into our mailbox (even by force of sledgehammer, requiring near use of jaws of life to remove) rather than walking to our porch to deliver it, s/he will choose that option :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268860 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:28:36 +0000 Mamaof2 1268860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I have never tipped before either but every year I think about it and wonder if I should.....<br /> Also just read an article on NBC about this topic, hence the post! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268858 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:28:04 +0000 LuLu Mom 1268858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I agree, I never knew this was a "thing" until becoming active online. I've never known anyone to tip these professions in my area of living. My mom did use to leave cookies for our mailwoman..but she was a neighbor (small town) so it was a neighborly gesture, I don't even know what our mail person looks like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268852 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:25:28 +0000 Mae 1268852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I never really understood that practice I guess. They're doing their jobs. They are probably a bit busier now, but everyone has a busy season at work (mostly). I just don't think of those as tip-able professions. </p> <p>(Also I couldn't pick any of these ppl out of a lineup. I've never seen our postman or garbage ppl. And there seems to be different fedex ppl all the time). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-will-you-tip-at-christmas#post-1268843 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:23:06 +0000 Mamaof2 1268843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Post man?<br /> Garbage man?<br /> UPS driver?</p> <p>What will you give them? </p>