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To not give the postman a Christmas bung

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MurkyMo · 18/12/2025 06:38

...to not give the postman a Christmas card with a fiver in it. Husband wants to but I say no. As for the bin men, not a chance !

What do you do?

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CarrotSeeds · 18/12/2025 06:51

I give our postie a card with £20 in it. He is fab. He always leaves any parcels in a safe place, he’s really pleasant and chatty and is lovely with our dog. Cheers Keith, Marry Christmas 🎄 🎁 .

verycloakanddaggers · 18/12/2025 06:50

It's up to your DH if he wants to, it's a small gesture and he surely doesn't have to ask permission to spend £5?

pinkdelight · 18/12/2025 06:49

Never tipped postman or bin men, don’t really see the latter anyway. We just tip milkman, not least as there’s more of a system for that - he leaves us a card in the box with the mill bottles, we leave him one with tip in. But if your DH wants to tip someone, I’d leave that up to him.

ComfortFoodCafe · 18/12/2025 06:49

Dont tip any of them. They are doing their job at the end of the day!

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Notmyreality · 18/12/2025 06:48

princesspadam · 18/12/2025 06:40

We’re giving our postman £50 because we’ve moved and changed our house name and he just sorts it all out.
hes awesome

That’s just you making a statement look at us we have money to burn.

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Notmyreality · 18/12/2025 06:47

No tips here. They are doing the job they are paid to do. Why would I tip them? I don’t tip the people on the checkout at Tesco or the people behind the counter at any of a hundred shops I go in. Or my Evri driver or my Amazon driver(s)…..

Coconutter24 · 18/12/2025 06:45

I’ve never given the postman a Christmas gift. If your DH wants to and sort it out why would you say no? Why does he need your permission to spend £5?

PrioritisePleasure24 · 18/12/2025 06:44

We rarely get post and it’s not always the same person tbh. So nope.

gerispringer · 18/12/2025 06:43

My OH is on first name terms with the postmen and knows all their family stories etc. he gives them a tub of chocs and a tenner each. There are 3 different bin teams who each get a tub of chocs left on top of appropriate bin. We get great service from them all the year round. Our Evri delivery driver is excellent too. He may get some chocs as well.

Kilopascal · 18/12/2025 06:43

If he wants to, why would you say no?

Luxio · 18/12/2025 06:42

No Christmas tips here. We're lucky to get post more than twice a week at most and on about 3 occasions this year our whole street has been missed during routine bin collections.

princesspadam · 18/12/2025 06:40

We’re giving our postman £50 because we’ve moved and changed our house name and he just sorts it all out.
hes awesome

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