What do you tip your bin men?

QUESTION - How do you tip the postman if you never see him?
Do you just stick an envelop on the front door with ''Postman'' written on it and hope it's not stolen?
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I agree they are paid to do a job however in my area they get a lot of abuse for doing that job and maybe an unexpected pack of mars bars takes the edge of having to put up with that all the time

£10 or more if I can afford it, our bin men are lovely and will stop the cart lifting up the bins when we are out walking as they know my little rescue dog is frightened of the noise. Lovely guys.

Different crew every week, our last providers were brilliant, I was very sick several years ago and they always put my bins back for me.

In return I left water out for them in hot spells, Easter eggs, and beer at Christmas. I see my old bin man in Sainsburys. We still chat.

Nothing. My council tax is extortionate.

So do you give money per person, or a lump sum per crew?

Because they do a really horrible job in all weathers and don't get paid very much.

And ours are lovely. Our old ones were horrible, throwing our bins through our hedge etc so I never gave them anything at Christmas. Then we moved and our new lot were lovely so we've always done it since.

They miss one of our bins about 1 in 4 times so no...

I have never tipped a bin man or postie in my life. I mean, why would you ? Do you tip cashiers in supermarkets ? Bus drivers ? Pharmacists ? It’s bonkers.

I don't tip the bin crew, or anyone else. I don't get the inconsistency really between who people tip and who they don't.

I don’t. Tipping is outdated, feudal and, with the living wage now above £11ph, unnecessary. Bin collectors work hard & do an important job, for which they are presumably paid fairly. They are not serfs and I am not lady bountiful.

Do you tip your children's teacher, the nurse who does your smear test, the person serving you in a shop, the shelf stacker at the supermarket?

Yes, that’s exactly what I do but I’m in my nightie, as I don’t wear pjs! I am quite old and have always tipped bin men, for over 40 years.

£20 binmen
£10 postman

I have always given a tenner because ours are pretty good, on the rare occasion we forget to put the bin out they collect it anyway. But the only way I can do it this year is to tape a card to the bin lid and I don't trust it to stay there if creepy neighbour two doors down notices it.

Also which crew do you tip? Main bin, recycling bin, or food bin? I assume the default is main bin, but what if some of the collectors do food bin every week?

I know it used to be a thing but I never see them....not like you used to when I was a kid and you knew the names of the 3 guys on the lorry. Now there are 6bor 7 of them, probably different every time..somedays we put 3 bins out so I assume theltas 3 different crews?
They don't do a particularly stand out job either.
So no I don't tip

We give them 20, they actually come round door to door on their best (clean) uniforms

Ours are amazing they came on Christmas Day one year, and never complain about our overstuffed bins.

This.

I don't tip anyone any more. I used to tip the postman, but it seems to be a different person every week

Binmen get a big crate of beer on the last round before Xmas. They drink it at the depot apparently! Postie gets £20 because I order a lot of stuff and he will always, always put them somewhere safe and sign them for me so I don’t have to rearrange delivery. Lifesaver!

Window cleaner gets a Costa voucher and I get my cleaner a hamper of whatever she likes or a SpaceNK voucher.

Ours been on strike for weeks so they can fuck right off.

I don't tip anyone any more. My hair costs a fortune and I usually end up buying a mask to keep the colour or the shampoo and conditioner. I felt bad last week as I went and I took dd and booked her in for a cut which only cost £25-apparently over 5 they charge for an adult cut so it should have been £55 and I didn't take a card or present for my hairdresser but tbh I could dye my hair myself and not pay £110 for it every 10 weeks. My nails I also don't tip as I pay £30. Bin men and postman also no. I pay loads of money in council tax

We give a box of sweets and last year a box of lager too. We're tight this year though so it'll be a box of sweets if anything. They do a great job are part of the community and always go the extra mile for us. They've had our daughter in the cab letting her push buttons etc as she was until this year obsessed with the bin truck. They also leave our bins half way down our steps towards our door not half way down the street. It's appreciated.
No they're strictly not meant to accept gifts as the work for the local authority but I guess that's the same as teachers who work for the local authority.

Nothing. They come before I get up in the morning, so I've never seen them, let alone spoken to them.

Yep, yep and yep!

Nope. They get paid a wage to do their job. Same as me.