Post man?
Garbage man?
UPS driver?
What will you give them?
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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.
(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).
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@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.
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@Mae: I have never tipped before either but every year I think about it and wonder if I should.....
Also just read an article on NBC about this topic, hence the post! -
@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
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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.
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.
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I won't tip any of them-- our mailman is the only consistent person, every one else changes weekly!
We do a box of chocolates for our mailman!
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@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.
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I think just our mail carrier and the woman I go to for my nails.
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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.
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.
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@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!
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We tip everyone! They are the same people year after year so I think it's something nice to do.
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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.
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....
@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.
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Just our concierge
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the only person we tip is our dog walker, but she is practically a family member at this point.
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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.
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@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.
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We tip:
Postman
Garbage guys (private company, not a city service)
UPS guy (I order everything I can via Amazon and we have a long driveway…so he earns his tip!)
Lawn care guy
Pet Sitter
Daycare teachersI 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.
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!
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@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.
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@yoursilverlining: Yeah our garbage men left a note on the trash can last year...I guess they wanted a gift? haha
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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.
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@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.
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.
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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...
I am planning on giving one weeks' pay to my daycare workers.
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