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We did $50 gc each for LO's 2 main teachers, and a $10 gc (plus small gifts for each) for her favorite floating teacher.

$10 Starbucks gc plus some chocolates for the mailman

Us postal workers arent technically allowed to accept money or gift cards! Heard it on the radio! I always leave baked goods for ours

i tipped our cleaning lady $15 on top of the $60 we pay her monthly. i think i read that a weekly rate is a good tip... but i probably wouldn't do that for a daycare!

I will be tipping our two babysitters, more like a bonus, and offering a small gift.

I don't think it's done here to tip the mail carrier. I never see him unless he delivers packages and the mailman is not the same person as the package deliverer.

As for school, my son has 2 teachers and there are 2 other teachers who often help with the older kids. I was thinking a small box of chocolate for each. I would feel really weird about giving them money or gift cards, I don't think the notion of tipping is really in the culture here other than at restaurants.

@blackbird: Huh... My dad is Mailman (Letter Carrier, I guess), and he's always received a ton of tips. All the other Carriers do, and they even split their tips with their Subs. I wonder if it's a new rule, or just one not generally enforced? I do know that other Government employees aren't allowed to accept gifts... one of the Government contractors I was working with had to send a pencil back from a brochure we sent them because it counted as a gift... haha!

Super, building porter and doormen $50 each
Cleaning crew: $50
Daycare teachers $25 gcs plus baked goods and other small gifts
So much money, I'm broke already!

@swurlygurl: I'm guessing it's not enforced....a gov't employee is a gov't employee to me! The policy states 2012, though:

"All postal employees, including carriers, must comply with the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Exec­utive Branch. Under these federal regulations, carriers are permitted to accept a gift worth $20 or less from a customer per occasion, such as Christmas. However, cash and cash equivalents, such as checks or gift cards that can be exchanged for cash, must never be accepted in any amount. Furthermore, no employee may accept more than $50 worth of gifts from any one customer in any one calendar year period."

Meh Who's going to turn down cash? I know it's a *big* problem where I work, so I'm sort of hyper aware of the whole government employee kickback issue. Cliff gets treats from the Blackbird household