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To give the milkman only a £4 Xmas tip??

25 replies

fifitot · 11/12/2009 17:57

Actually I think it is a bit cheap but forgot he was coming and it was all the change I had! How much would you give?

I still have the window cleaners to tip and could do with the advice!

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HeffaMerryChristmas · 11/12/2009 17:59

Ouch, I didn't realise I had to tip the milkman! Would be interested to see how much is recommended.

ISawTortoiseFuckingSantaClaus · 11/12/2009 17:59

No tip for my milkman! Or anyone else. Can't afford to give money away!

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fifitot · 11/12/2009 18:00

Well nor can I really but thought it was traditional?

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ISawTortoiseFuckingSantaClaus · 11/12/2009 18:00

Plus he never delivers before 9am so if i run out of milk the night before kids have to have toast for brekie!

bellavita · 11/12/2009 18:02

I tip my window cleaner a tenner. Don't have a milkman.

TidyHollyBush · 11/12/2009 18:02

Don't have a milkman but I gave the window cleaner £5.

The paper boy however, will get sod all becuase we've had to complain to the paper shop about him ignoring our requests not to ride his bike over the garden (then his daddy came around and told us off for getting him into trouble )

DownheartedDaisy · 11/12/2009 18:42

what's a milkman?

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fifitot · 11/12/2009 18:46

I know I know! Hardly anyone has milkmen these days but he's a bit of a tradition round here and was complaining his round might be cut hence me signing up to a delivery 3 times a week - despite the fact I live really near the shops and buy milk there anyway!

Still....I think it's a nice tradition to have a milkman even if financially a bit silly!

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Spectroscopy · 11/12/2009 18:54

There is nothing wrong with £4! He must have hundreds of places on his round, and I am sure it all adds up quite nicely.

I felt a bit bad last year as I gave him loose change (it did all up £10 still - just....)
I generally give £10 or £20 depeding on what is in my purse/if I remember. I am sure there are years when I didn't give him anything though.
I used to give the postie money but it is almost always someone different now. I guess that doesn't matter really. I don't think I have ever tipped the bin men.

LouIsAWeetbixKid · 11/12/2009 19:01

Do I have to tip the milkman? We have only had him for about 3 months. I never see him as he delivers around 5am.

nannynobnobs · 11/12/2009 19:07

My milkman just came round for his weekly money, it didn't occur to me to tip him. It's only the 11th!

jeep · 11/12/2009 19:08

It's rather nice if you can at least tip something. Alway been tradition here too. Milkman and postman at Christmas and paper boy.

Brunettelady · 11/12/2009 21:03

Oh god, I always have a dilema about tipping. I had my hair cut yesterday, so tipped for that. Then I took my son somewhere else for a hair cut and I totally forgot about giving a tip. How much are you suppose to tip anyway? I don't have a milkman but I would think that £4 is more than enough tbh. I would never consider a £10 tip for anything!

WhoIsAskingSantaForCake · 11/12/2009 21:10

We tip the binmen as well.

The last tip I gave to our milkman was "never piss on an electric fire" (He's a grumpy old bastard and doesn't deliver our milk til about 10.00 - what good is that? )

Harry446677755 · 24/11/2020 09:25

Most milk rounds have between 450 and 550 houses. So let’s say at lower end of a round is 400 houses and every house gives £4 that’s £1,600!. But yes lowest tip usually £10 in Christmas card. Dad used to be a milkman. But I suppose it’s how well you get on with your milky.

LEELULUMPKIN · 24/11/2020 09:28

Zombie thread!

Whattheactual20201 · 24/11/2020 09:28

I never knew people had a milk man🤣

BatmanHasReturned · 24/11/2020 09:29

@Harry446677755

Most milk rounds have between 450 and 550 houses. So let’s say at lower end of a round is 400 houses and every house gives £4 that’s £1,600!. But yes lowest tip usually £10 in Christmas card. Dad used to be a milkman. But I suppose it’s how well you get on with your milky.
Well she's probably built up a pretty good relationship with him by now if she's kept using him for the 11 years since she started the thread Grin
Glitterblue · 24/11/2020 09:35

I was thinking wow people are early thinking about christmas tips - didn't realise they were 11 years early for this christmas 😂😂

Now I'm wondering whether to tip the milkman....I've never met him so I know nothing about him!

DookaDakkaDikku · 24/11/2020 09:43

I always give mine a fiver in a card as a small tip, this year I'm gong to give him more, maybe 20 or 30. We really depended on him during lockdown and he had so much more work on he had to come in a big van instead of a milk float :D

faw2009 · 24/11/2020 10:06

How do you tip binmen? They are round so early, do you tape a card to the bin?

Harry446677755 · 30/11/2020 20:20

Loads say that but for instance the milkman around mine works 6 days a week, 12.30am until 3.30am. He’s self employed and can organise his round to suit him, doing a estate one day and another another day. Must employed milkmen that don’t have the luxury of being able to persuade his customers to only have milk on days convenient for him will work from 1am to 7am. So most likely you won’t see a milkman because he’s up, out and finished before you wake up.

lifestooshort123 · 30/11/2020 20:40

I tip paperboy a tenner

ThePants999 · 30/11/2020 21:03

Since you're clearly keeping an eye on the thread, @Harry446677755, fancy telling us why you resurrected a threat from eleven years ago?

ThePants999 · 30/11/2020 21:03

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