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My parents did Christmas card/tip but we haven't! We don't really know our mail person/people tho...
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Yes, at Christmas we do a card with either cash or a gift card and some sort of baked good for the mail man, the UPS guy, and our garbage men.
Yes, they are salared employees but that doesn't mean it's not nice to show appreciation. I'm a salaried employee, and I really can't accept cash gifts and absolutely would refuse them, but we do have plenty of clients who do things like bring us cookies or coffee, etc around Christmas time. I don't need compensation but it's nice to know the people you work hard for appreciate it.
But I don't agree with the idea that tipping results in better service. Good service should come first, followed by a tip as recognition. If I got terrible service I wouldn't tip!
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No I don't, but we don't tip much in the UK. I do give him a Christmas card and some chocs. It's probably very miserly of me but I find the idea of automatic tipping a bit baffling. If someone has gone above and beyond to give me a great service then I absolutely would tip them - but giving them a tip just to ensure they don't give me a poor service seems all the wrong way round to me.
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Nope. I don't know anyone who does this. Our mail person really sucks though.
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DH and I are both the children of postal workers, so we usually do something around Christmas. He tips the garbage men too. (not always in cash...sometimes food or whatever)
With the garbage people, it's saved us some trips to the landfill because they've been willing to take things they normally would leave on the curb (due to size or whatever)
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No, I don't tip. Why tip someone that can't accept tips? I'll probably do treats at the holidays for the mailman and waste crew. They've all been very friendly to LO.
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Yes, we're a heavy amazon usage family plus other online stores so every christmas/new years we put in a card + cash for our mail person whoever he/she may be!
We also tip our UPS guy too since he's the one that delivers most of our amazon boxes!
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No, never.
But I think it actually is pretty common (at least in my area) to gift your PO worker during the holidays. My friend's dad was a mail carrier and I remember at Christmas time his house was FULL of thank you cards and treats, Sees candies, etc. They would hang the cards along their banister and I remember thinking WOW this guy is so popular haha
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Nope and I don't think I've ever heard of anyone tipping their mail carrier or UPS/Fedex delivery person before.
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I have never heard of this before! but we just moved to a new town and our mail carrier lady seems pretty great, so maybe I will tip her at the holidays.
So how do they know the letter/card/tip is for them? Do you put their name on it?
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We did before but need to get better about it. My parents do often, in cash, and it's never an issue. I also heard it was "illegal" but meh, whatever
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