Christmas tips - postman, binmen, etc

[GatoradeMeBitch]

How much do you give them, if anything, and who do you give Christmas tips to? I think my postman is expecting something, he smiled at me this morning for the first time this year. I'm usually broke by now so it isn't an option, but I am happy to tip people this year, I just don't know how much you are supposed to give!

[NoLongerJustAShopGirl]

I don't tip - we don't always have the same postmen, there are half a dozen bin men who have gone by the time I get up - would we tip the "general waste" binmen or the food waste, or the recycling - all different?

[woollytights]

Ive never heard of tipping postmen or binmen to be honest with you... maybe a small present if youre well acquainted with them but from the sounds of it thats not really the case

[GatoradeMeBitch]

Isn't it the done thing then? That's a bit of a relief actually, I was worried my service providers all hated me for not tipping!

And that's a point about the bin men - we do get two different pick-ups next week, I wouldn't know which ones to tip...

[MegBusset]

I give the postie a fiver but we only have one and he is very helpful with parcels etc. Don't tip the bin men as I literally never see them.

[Davros]

It used to be usual but very difficult for the reasons stated above. Our lovely Postie of 20 years has been moved to another round and we have numerous "bin" rounds

[WeAllHaveWings]

We tip our 14 year old paper boy a tenner at Xmas. Don't know our postie or bin men.

[waithorse]

I don't know anyone who does this in rl.

[Methenyouplus4]

Postie a tenner (leaves parcels in porch as knows I'm busy with babies), bin men tenner (as take extra bin bags by side of bin), son's school bus driver a bottle of wine, gardener a selection of real ales in nice box... Basically, anyone I feel has gone above and beyond in some way. Wouldn't have given to postie/ bin men etc where I used to live as didn't go extra mile for you in any way.