christmas tips

[murraymints]

I am wondering about the etiquette of tips at christmas... Paerboy ? milkman ? bin men ?....quoa faire ?

[bednobs]

none, in my opinion :)

[mrs_overall]

Yes - hide when they come

[Mamyalynne]

Just pretend you are out.

[murraymints]

oooo you meanies... AND I am a Scot!!!!...

[cazzz1975]

my binmen are on strike from 20th dec, the etiquette there is to avoid giving them a tip :)

[mrs_overall]

My excuse is that I am Yorkshire born and bred - it's in my genes

[dotty.]

It's alkl taxable now anyway and so you;re just giving them a more complicated self assessment/tax return

[murraymints]

Not your tabard ?

[NazNomad]

FA ...

[andy-hughes]

We have three separate paper delivery persons, mornings, evenings and weekends, so we drop off a tip at the shop to be shared between them.

Bin men i tip when I see them.

Don't have a milkman - but used to tip him when we did - I think it;s easy to take for grantedf our deloveries in all weathers - and recently it has been all weathers - and the people are often schoolies or students, so it's nice to show the Christmas spirit.

[mrs_overall]

It's a pinny, not a tabard!
Get it wrong again and I'll give you a slap with my marigolds

[cazzz1975]

the only tip I gave the milkman plying for trade was

"come much earlier than 9.30am"

[redcrx]

I pay my council tax, they get paid a wage.If

If they went above and beyond the basics that they are required to do by their employer then i may consider it. But they dont.

I have no qualms about tipping, but only where tipping is due.

[steg]

they already get paid to do their job, so only tip from me "if you want more money get a better paid job"

[murraymints]

consider myself slapped mrs o !

[cazzz1975]

I dont think the binmen expect to be tipped mark, I seriously doubt they are going to start messing around to get even with the 98% of residents who dont tip. not to mention they would be reported to the council if they failed to carry out their jobs properly, that is what council tax pays for.

[cazzz1975]

Give the paperboy and milkman a box of quality street and the binmen a case of beers as they're cheap from Asda/tesco (under a tenner)


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