To not give the postman a Christmas bung

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I never said anything about tipping. I also never said that other people dont work hard. I merely pointed out that it is not an easy job to the person I was responding to. You may want to read properly as I stated they start at 6am and dont usually finish until between 3 and 4. The first 2 hours of their day is spent unloading multiple lorries and sorting the mail.
You are also wrong. Nobody in my family or friendship group is postman or any other sort of delivery person.

What a mean-spirited interpretation of somebody showing their generosity of spirit! The British sometimes have an astonishing gift for never saying anything nice if they can say something nasty. Sigh.

Exactly. Apart from being out of date, and having no place in the 21st century, tipping is quite patronising. It kind of screams 'oh here you are you poor lamb, have five pounds from me, coz I know you are poorer than me..,'

Sounds like they are. (And judging by how angry they are, it sounds like most people haven't given them a Christmas tip this year!) 😬

Yes, exactly! It's very likely the same people who post on Facebook to say 'I'm not giving any Christmas cards out this year, I'm giving to CHARITY instead!' 🙄

No one cares ... (And most people don't believe you anyway!)

Plenty of people work hard, not just postal delivery workers. 🙄 You are making it sound like they walk around the planet everyday in hurricanes, and 6 feet of snow, and are the hardest done by workers in the world. And they are out til 8am til 3pm or 4pm? Actual wow! Many people are out/at work waaaay more hours than that.

And as some people have already said, some days they don't get any post in their village or area. We (rural village, 3.5 miles from the little town) only get it on 3 days of the week. (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday only.) So they're not always out every day, and they do pick up the post from the postbox sometimes up to 20 minutes late, as long as they get it back to the sorting office for for when it closes, it doesn't matter. (Also, the postie who delivers our mail, in the morning, is never the same one who picks up the post at 4pm from our village postbox.. And that is only collected on Monday. Wednesday, and Friday too!)

And yes, of course they're going to clock up some steps, they're a flippin' postie! 🙄

We get it, you (or your husband, or one of your close relatives) is a postal delivery worker. YES they do a good job, but so do millions of others. They don't deserve a tip any more than anyone else.

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Plenty of people work hard, not just postal delivery workers. 🙄 You are making it sound like they walk around the planet everyday in hurricanes, and 6 feet of snow, and are the hardest done by workers in the world. And they work 8am til 4pm? Actual wow! Many people work waaaay more hours than that.

And as some people have already said, some days they don't get any post in their village or area. We (rural village, 3.5 miles from the little town) only get it on 3 days of the week. (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday only.) So they're not always out every day, and they do pick up the post from the postbox sometimes up to 20 minutes late, as long as they get it back to the sorting office for for when it closes, it doesn't matter.

And yes, of course they're going to clock up some steps, they're a flippin' postie! 🙄

We get it, you (or your husband, or one of your close relatives) is a postal delivery worker. YES they do a good job, but so do millions of others. They don't deserve a tip any more than anyone else.

Tipping waiting staff originated in the US where waiters & waitresses earned ZERO salary and therefore relied on tips.

In the UK all staff, whether in the kitchen/warehouse or dealing with customers get paid a salary.

I do apologise for this, but ''To not give the postman a Christmas bung'' had me on the floor laughing!

Not more valued but posties are dealing directly with you. Just like how people tip waiting staff but not the kitchen staff.

Leave a tip, or don't. It is up to you.

Well, duh!

Loads of workers are out working ‘in all weathers’ and even more working in cold warehouses… that’s their job and they get paid for it. What makes some jobs more valued than others?

That does not mean they are only working once a fortnight. They will be doing other routes the rest of the time.

We pay SO much in taxes and council tax already - that should more than cover the bin collection and postal services!

Why should those delivering our mail receive extra income and those working in mail distribution centres do not?

Why not? Your postie is out delivering in all weathers, and having to deliver loads more this time of year. People who think it is a cushy job where you just post letters through doors need to talk to actual posties. Or have a look at the Royal Mail sub Reddit.

When I was a teen, I had a paper round and used to do well at xmas for tips etc. About £150, and that was a lot for a teen in the mid 90s.

For months the postie only appears at most once a week, lately once a fortnight with a massive bundle of post. Always a different person, never anyone I used to see.

I'm not giving a total stranger money for providing a terrible service.

What makes this thread peculiar is that the @MurkyMo clarifies she does give the postie £5 every year.

So the point of the thread is…. ?

*why

So it was your OP, “Husband wants to but I say no.”? Odd.

Very rarely see mine, and if I do it's a different person every time. Wouldn't know who to tip even if I wanted to.

Only the milkman and window cleaner here.