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OT: Do you tip your Postie? What about carol singers?
- Thread starter Fungus
- Start date
- Jul 5, 2003
- 1,497
I use to tip the postie a tenner, delivered a lot of parcels and they were always in good condition and always here before 9am. The changes were made to the rounds by head office about 3 months ago and now the post is all over the place, never the same time two days in a row and never the same postie, so don't bother now.
CorgiRegisteredFriend
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As my brother is a postie I have always tipped our one but only if they have been doing this particular round for a while.
No it hasn't gone up 9% its WAS going up 3% last April but we haven't had it yet due to us threatening to strike due to them shafting our pension and our working conditions with bullying and harrassment
Its not the postmans fault you get mail at 3pm if Royal Mail don't let us start our rounds now till 10am
I'm going to slide a small printed card into my postie's bag that reads, "I attempted to give you a Christmas tip, but unfortunately I am not at home."
When he reads it and says, "but you are at home..." I can reply "Finally, after all this time, you've ****ing worked it out."
When he reads it and says, "but you are at home..." I can reply "Finally, after all this time, you've ****ing worked it out."
Always tip the binmen because they are regular and helpful.
Posties seem to change so often these days,but our present one has been with us for some time and is reliable so he will get a tip.We have often had a shambolic service from the Royal Mail in the past.
Don't get carol singers round here.
Posties seem to change so often these days,but our present one has been with us for some time and is reliable so he will get a tip.We have often had a shambolic service from the Royal Mail in the past.
Don't get carol singers round here.
Bouncing this. Has 2 sets of carol singers around last night, neither group had made much effort to dispel the feeling that this was an open fleecing exercise. I didn't contribute. Apart from anything else, its too early. Little scamps.
Gullflyinghigh
Registered User
- Apr 23, 2012
- 4,279
We have a regular postie, really nice guy and makes sure that we've got any parcels that he's dropped off when we've not been in to receive them. He'll be getting a tip, probably £10.
I don't tip as a matter of course, especially if I'm told I have to, but I don't have any issues with doing so.
I don't tip as a matter of course, especially if I'm told I have to, but I don't have any issues with doing so.
Never had the Japanese down as being big on Christmas.
Creaky
Well-known member
Always tip our postie, normally a tenner - he's been on the same round now for over 10 years, knows where to tuck parcels and anything else that normally needs a signature.
We don't get carol singers, a bit far out of town.
We don't get carol singers, a bit far out of town.
maltaseagull
Well-known member
I need to update my profile....now in Eastbourne!
swindonseagull
Well-known member
Thats strange my postie delivered a signed for letter at 7:10 this morning..
Carol Singers: Another tradition that my kids have never really experienced, meeting with your mates a few renditions of Good King Wenceslas finished with a rousing 'Bring us some figgy pudding', lovely times.
Ok some of the recipients were miserable, but just list them down for 'knock down ginger' on another night.
Money equally shared, chips out of the wrapper form the local chippy, loved it.
However I havent had one carol singer for years, suspect the fear of imminent abduction and murder for any child that we are told cannot possibly function without a supervising adult the main reason, shame really.
Ok some of the recipients were miserable, but just list them down for 'knock down ginger' on another night.
Money equally shared, chips out of the wrapper form the local chippy, loved it.
However I havent had one carol singer for years, suspect the fear of imminent abduction and murder for any child that we are told cannot possibly function without a supervising adult the main reason, shame really.
Bad Ash
Unregistered User
How do you go about tipping you postie and binmen? The binmen come when I'm at work. The postie might catch me in if he needs to deliver a parcel and I'm not at work. I'm more inclined to tip my postie as it's usually the same chap, he's friendly and is quite handy at trying to leave parcels so that I don't need to pick them up from the delivery office (without just dumping them outside to the elements).
We went over a month with seeing any!!
Never sure about giving the binmen a tip as there are so many on each round and they change how do I make sure the right ones get it!?
Always top the milkman and postman at christmas.
Cian
Well-known member
Year later and I've *seen* the postman, once, on a day off and only because I was actually leaving the house at the time. Considering he put a christmas card for my neighbour through my door today he doesn't really inspire confidence.
Still not seen a binman!