Do you give a Christmas tip to your postman...bin men..window cleaner?

[UptheAnty]

And if so...what do you give them?

Our postman is lovely and we get the same one everyday, he chats to everyone but we have just moved here and I don't know him that well - I'm so awkward and bumbling I wouldn't know what to do!

I might make some biscuits and leave them in a little bag on the doorstep, he can either eat them on his way around or leave them there for a passing dog

My hubby is a window cleaner and quite often comes home with bottles of wine etc at christmas which is lovely!!

Ninja-

You win best postman ever

I give a tenner in a card to the postman as he's lovely and always hides my parcels in a pre-arranged spot if I don't answer the door. My nearest sorting office is bloody miles away and I do a lot of online shopping, so he's saved me a lot of bother. And he's a lovely guy who is always excited if he's delivered a parcel for DS, that DS is allowed to open immediately and he can see how happy the parcels he's delivered make him.

Yes to postman, milkman, binman and also Ocado delivery person. It may be a different person each time, but if everyone does it it evens out. I either give cash in a card, or bulk buy chocolates.

My parents always did and it's just a nice thing to do.

Although slightly tangential, I read a theory that far from spoiling children, being generous to kids makes them more likely to be generous in return. I see it as spreading Christmas cheer and showing appreciation.

My mum used to give the binmen a tip at Christmas but that was back when they came round the back lifted the bin carried it out to the lorry emptied it then returned it to the back garden. Now all they do is hook it to the back of the lorry 3 feet from where you've has to leave it perfectly aligned with the kerb

How do you leave gifts for bin men when you're not sure what time they come. I fear that if you leave an envelope taped to your bin then it will end up in the with the rubbish.

I've never given a gif at Xmas, always mean to but time gets the better of me.

My husband is a binman so takes things to work to share with workmates, like biscuits/cakes.

If they get cans/bottles/biscuits/whatever they share it out at the end of the shift. They are extremely grateful to get anything, they're just doing their jobs.

Dh gets up at 4:30 everyday and gets home at 5pm. It's good he loves his job and doesn't mind the cold!

bin men here change often, as does postman. Only one who is regularly the same is the window cleaner (who charges a fortune so can only afford him every three months) won't tip him because on his last visit before Christmas (OCTOBER!!!) he started telling me how close it was to Christmas and how this was the last time I'd see him this year.....he earns enough not to beg FFS!

Yes we do. A small amount of money usually

Bin men's presents get wrapped (in a bin bag but with lots of ribbons so it's obvious it's not rubbish) & left on top of the bin.

Don't leave the bin men or postman anything as different all the time. The window cleaners do odd jobs as well as the windows so we leave them a small gift along with a regular courier who delivers/collects to suit so worth her weight in gold.

The people we do spend more on are school staff and volunteers that play a big part in the life of the children.

£5 milkman
£10 lovely postie
£20 bin men

My ds is a paper boy and was told this morning that during the week running up to Christmas he would get given tips- anything up to £20!
I'm staggered at this - would any of you give that much to a paper boy/girl?
He does get up early 7 days a week tho and told me that there's an elderly man who sometimes meets him at the front door and asks if he will post a letter for him!

No. That would be weird, not to mention unaffordable.

The bin men get a tin of biscuits. It's always the same crew, and they've entertained my DC every week by waving, shouting hello, putting all the flashy lights on and beeping the horn to say goodbye. The boys love it and sprint for the door every time they hear the truck coming.

£20 to the postman in a card. Had the same postie for years.

Binmen change all the time (think now outsourced by our council) and leave wheelies, boxes, rubbish all over the road and pavement.

Milkman gets chocs and card left out as he comes at an ungodly hour as do binmen (usually the ones that do the stinky food recycling or the rubbish bins). Postman I usually walk up the road to the sorting office with a tin of celebrations and a card to say thanks. May change the bin men to having a 6 pack of beer but more of a chance DH will snaffle it...

'It may be a different person each time, but if everyone does it it evens out. I either give cash in a card, or bulk buy chocolates.

My parents always did and it's just a nice thing to do.

Although slightly tangential, I read a theory that far from spoiling children, being generous to kids makes them more likely to be generous in return. I see it as spreading Christmas cheer and showing appreciation.'

I guess if you can afford a window cleaner and Ocado deliveries you can afford to be tipping £20 left and right.

Our last postie is now a criminal. He was caught stealing parcels and money out of cards.

If I have a spare £20 around this time of year, it has to be into the leccy meter.