OT: Do you tip your Postie? What about carol singers?

[Giraffe]

I used to tip the paper boy as I remember the joy it gave me when I was one. But as we no longer have one, I don't Christmas tip anyone now. Don't understand why you would tip grown men who are paid well for the job they do anyway.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Not really one to go tipping people for just doing the job they are paid to do but for the first time ever I was contemplating tipping my postman this Christmas. He always arrived pretty much bang on 9.30am, was always cheerful and happy to stop for a chat (my god I sound like a pensioner!!) and has been known to try to redeliver a package that was too big for the letterbox on his way back round on the off chance that someone who was out earlier when he first came past was now back home. He genuinely seemed to enjoy his job and in a very clichéd sort of way his cheerful demeanour rubbed off on others........then the local sorting office changed the routes a few weeks ago, so not seen him since and there is now more chance of Ashley Barnes being universally praised on NSC than seeing the same postman twice or having a delivery at the same time two days running.

Extra service, probably deserves a tip. I have no problem with that.

 

[Nibble]

If someone needs a tip to do a decent job, they don't deserve a tip.

 

[Eksman]

I never see my postman and maybe never will as I'm always working. I do however work for a courier firm, I hate being tipped as I feel really awkward as I'm just doing my job but specifically around Xmas time I get loads of tips, it may be as I see my customers every day and I never fail them BUT I am just doing my job..

I do also tip delivery drivers that deliver my takeaways, only a quid but it's good as some of them only go by a quid a delivery anyway. I tend to tip quite often as it goes, especially in restuRants as my wife demand that I do and I always tip my hairdresser to keep happy

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I never see my postman and maybe never will as I'm always working. I do however work for a courier firm, I hate being tipped as I feel really awkward as I'm just doing my job but specifically around Xmas time I get loads of tips, it may be as I see my customers every day and I never fail them BUT I am just doing my job..

I do also tip delivery drivers that deliver my takeaways, only a quid but it's good as some of them only go by a quid a delivery anyway. I tend to tip quite often as it goes, especially in restuRants as my wife demand that I do and I always tip my hairdresser to keep happy

Thinking about it, I do tip cabs, takeaway delivery chaps (usually), hairdresser and restaurants. No particular logic to it really.

 

[pasty]

Thinking about it, I do tip cabs, takeaway delivery chaps (usually), hairdresser and restaurants. No particular logic to it really.

In a way so do I, but I don't think of it as tipping as such, I just find it easier than rather waiting for them to faff around looking for change, I round up to the nearest £

With the exception of restaurants where, if the service has been exceptionally good, I tend to use the old 10% rule.

 

[Nibble]

Yeah, hairdressers, restaurants, take-aways, cabbies all get tipped. ****ing ridiculous really. I don't even agree with tipping just feel like it's the right thing to do. I'll stop.

Edit. tell a lie. I stopped tipping cabbies in Brighton as their prices are a ****ing rip off. I'll quite happily sit and wait for them to fumble around looking for 20p. Will sometimes tip a cabbie if they help me put bags in the boot or are particularly chatty but too many are Sri Lankans driving their cousins car at the weekend for cash and don't even know street or pub names. I have told about 15 of these scamming retards to pull over and let me out without me paying when it has become obvious they do not know where they are going.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Postie - £20
Never had carol singers. Might be something to do with the gate.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

In a way so do I, but I don't think of it as tipping as such, I just find it easier than rather waiting for them to faff around looking for change, I round up to the nearest £

With the exception of restaurants where, if the service has been exceptionally good, I tend to use the old 10% rule.

Pretty much that, especially with the takeaway guys, I'd generally rather give them the change rather than have them standing there rooting around for the right change - and I want to eat my food.

 

[dougdeep]

Including when eating out at a restaurant?

Yes. Not that I do it often as I'm a poor invalid living off benefits.

 

[red star portslade]

I used to tip the paper boy as I remember the joy it gave me when I was one. But as we no longer have one, I don't Christmas tip anyone now. Don't understand why you would tip grown men who are paid well for the job they do anyway.

I did a classic last christmas. Paperboy knocks on the door "Merry christmas from your paperboy", being the season of goodwill and being a former paperboy myself i gave him a tenner for his troubles. Me being the daft ****, it was a full 3 hours later in the middle of watching Die Hard i realised we don't even have a paperboy. Little *******.

 

[Easy 10]

In the esteemed words of Mr Pink...

Nice Guy Eddie: C'mon, throw in a buck!
Mr. Pink: Uh-uh, I don't tip.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't tip?
Mr. Pink: I don't believe in it.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't believe in tipping?
Mr. Blue: You know what these chicks make? They make shit.
Mr. Pink: Don't give me that. She don't make enough money, she can quit.
Nice Guy Eddie: I don't even know a ****ing Jew who'd have the balls to say that. Let me get this straight: you never ever tip, huh?
Mr. Pink: I don't tip because society says I have to. Alright, I tip when somebody really deserves a tip. If they put forth an effort, I'll give them something extra. But I mean, this tipping automatically, that's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned they're just doing their job.
Mr. Blue: Hey, this girl was nice.
Mr. Pink: She was okay. But she wasn't anything special.
Mr. Blue: What's special? Take you in the back and suck your dick?
Nice Guy Eddie: I'd go over twelve percent for that.
Mr. Pink: Look, I ordered coffee, alright? And we been here a long ****ing time and she's only filled my cup three times. When I order coffee I want it filled six times.
Mr. Blonde: Six times? Well, what if she's too ****ing busy?
Mr. Pink: The words "too ****ing busy" shouldn't be in a waitress's vocabulary.
Nice Guy Eddie: Excuse me Mr. Pink, but the last ****ing thing you need is another cup of coffee.
Mr. Pink: Jesus Christ man, these ladies aren't starving to death. They make minimum wage. You know, I used to work minimum wage and when I did I wasn't lucky enough to have a job the society deemed tipworthy.
Mr. Blue: You don't care if they're counting on your tips to live?
Mr. Pink: [rubbing his middle finger and thumb together] You know what this is? The world's smallest violin playing just for the waitresses.
Mr. White: You don't have any idea what you're talking about. These people bust their ass. This is a hard job.
Mr. Pink: So is working at McDonald's, but you don't see anyone tip them, do you? Why not, they're serving you food. But no, society says don't tip these guys over here, but tip these guys over here. It's bullshit!
Mr. White: Waitressing is the number one occupation for female non-college graduates in this country. It's the one job basically any woman can get, and make a living on. The reason is because of tips.
Mr. Pink: **** all that! I'm very sorry the government taxes their tips, that's ****ed up. That ain't my fault. It would seem to me that waitresses are one of the many groups the government ****s in the ass on a regular basis. Look, if you show me a piece of paper that says the government shouldn't do that, I'll sign it, put it to a vote, I'll vote for it, but what I won't do is play ball. And this non-college bullshit you're givin' me, I got two words for that: learn to ****in' type, 'cause if you're expecting me to help out with the rent you're in for a big ****in' surprise.
Mr. Orange: You know what, you just convinced me. Gimmie my dollar back!

 

[drew]

Don't tip postie because where we are they change to regularly and service isn't anything special.

 

[fat old seagull]

If the service was good I tip everybody in the service business. If I couldn't afford the tip I wouldn't.
My partner gets the arse but she's aconservative, both politically and by nature. She used to be a hairdresser but has forgotten about her receiving gratuities when she was poorer. Bit sad, but I love her just the same.

 

[surlyseagull]

When my b***dy postie gets my address right for a whole month I might consider it .

 

[Barrel of Fun]

They're getting a 9% pay rise, aren't they? I'll tip them when I start earning more than them.

 

[Nibble]

When my mother passed away The MacMillan Nurses that cared for her couldn't afford a Christmas party that year so my family had a whip round and paid for them to have a night out. When there's people like that doing that work for sod all "tips" taxi drivers can do one.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Well since my post never gets delivered before 3PM - no chance

And seeing as i live in a rough area, carol singers dont come round.......and if they do - chances are its some kids who attempt to mug you.

 

[Garage_Doors]

Tip a postman? Why exactly? They are paid to put my letters through my letterbox, which they do. Why would a postman deserve a tip for that? I tip people that do something extra, like a cabbie that helps me carry shopping bags to my door for example.

That's impressive, I've never seem a cabbie get out of the car nevermind carry something.
Even when arriving they just toot the horn. Can't remember the last time one got off there arse and rand the doorbell.

 

[T soprano]

No one tips me for doing my job laying bricks at Xmas
So why should I tip a postman or a dustman, they get pay rises every year I've never seen a pay rise in 15 years, in fact my money's gone down from what we were earning in the 90s
SO FECK EM!!!!!!!!