Do you give anything (tip, present, something home made or something else) to ...

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your child's nursery/primary/secondary teacher
the binmen
the lollipop person (if you walk to school and use one)
the window cleaner (if you have one)
the cleaner (if you have one)
the gardener (if you have one)
newspaper boy/girl (if you have one)
milkman (if you have one)
hairdresser
postman
doctor's surgery
dentist

your child's nursery/primary/secondary teacher - yes, childminder (present for her boys a tin of biscuits and a bottle for her and her dh.

the binmen - no

the lollipop person (if you walk to school and use one) NA

the window cleaner (if you have one) NA

the cleaner (if you have one) NA now, but we did when we had one, some smellies and an extra week's pay..

the gardener (if you have one) NA

newspaper boy/girl (if you have one) NA

milkman (if you have one) NA

hairdresser - No

postman - No

doctor's surgery - No

dentist - No

No to all except teacher (Yr 2) but that is one group present from all the Mums. This thread has prompted me to think about the Postman & Binmen, I should get something. Oh yes and the Waitrose man as I've booked a delivery for 21st Dec and he is always on time and sooo nice and polite/helpful.

your child's nursery/primary/secondary teacher - yes to primary, no to secondary (my son would get beaten up by his peers)
the binmen - yes, we leave a 4-pack of beer out or similar
the lollipop person (if you walk to school and use one) - we don't have one any more
the window cleaner (if you have one) - no, he charges a fortune and I never see him. I'm not actually sure whether he actually cleans my windows or not...or whether he just knocks on my door every 6 weeks and I have over the contents of my purse...
the cleaner (if you have one) - lolol I wish. but yes, I would.
the gardener (if you have one) - tghat's me, that is!
newspaper boy/girl (if you have one)-if I had one, I would
milkman (if you have one)- I used to - he was out all weathers and never let me down.
hairdresser - no
postman - no. I think they help themselves anyway, the amount of stuff whcih goes missing
doctor's surgery - hardly ever go
dentist - no.

AIBU to be at the box left on the counter of a shop with a hint message of 'merry christmas from the staff'.

It was an Oxfam shop.

your child's nursery/primary/secondary -teacher - Yes, small token pressie for teachers and bigger present for DS2's support worker.
the binmen - Not likely
the lollipop person (if you walk to school and use one) - We dont use ours.
the window cleaner (if you have one) N/A
the cleaner (if you have one) N/A
the gardener (if you have one) N/A
newspaper boy/girl (if you have one) normally send a fiver in a card as DH has the mail and the telegraph on Sundays and I feel sorry for him
milkman (if you have one) n/a
hairdresser - I am going tomorrow so will tip her then.
postman - I did last year but this year we have not had a regular one.
doctor's surgery - no, our GP is a git and our receptionist is a cow
dentist - no

Chickbean We had a kitchen put in just before and after Christmas a couple of years ago. One person did everything, including tiling walls and floors. We gave him a bottle of whiskey.

your child's nursery/primary/secondary teacher - yes, this year we contributed to a class collection and got DD's teacher John Lewis vouchers

the binmen - no

the lollipop person (if you walk to school and use one) - n/a

the window cleaner (if you have one) - no

the cleaner (if you have one) - n/a

the gardener (if you have one) - n/a

newspaper boy/girl (if you have one) - n/a

milkman (if you have one) - no

hairdresser - only if at hairdressers just before Christmas

postman - no, ours seem to keep changing recently so don't appear to have one regular one

doctor's surgery - no

dentist - no

your child's nursery/primary/secondary teacher - Yes - a present

the binmen - £20

the lollipop person (if you walk to school and use one) N/A

the window cleaner (if you have one)- No, he's crap

the cleaner (if you have one) - £100

the gardener (if you have one) - £20

newspaper boy/girl (if you have one) N/A

milkman (if you have one)N/A

hairdresser - always

postman - No, the post arrives about 4pm

doctor's surgery - No

dentist - No

your child's nursery/primary/secondary teacher - homemade biscuits and brownies
the binmen - £20 in a card and the same for the recycling crew (there are loads of them so I work on the basis that it's a round of drinks for them).
the lollipop person (if you walk to school and use one) - NA
the window cleaner (if you have one) - na
the cleaner (if you have one) - this is the first year. Will be getting her a bottle of wine and probably a tenner in a card or a box of chocs
the gardener (if you have one) - NA
newspaper boy/girl (if you have one) -NA
milkman (if you have one) - £10 in a card
hairdresser - if I see her close to Christmas (which I will this year) I'll give her a bigger tip than usual.
postman - £10 in a card
doctor's surgery - no
dentist - no

Our binmen & recycling crew are fabulous and always take everything we put out (I suspect we must be the only family on the street who tip them, though, as they leave other houses' crap old/broken furniture etc behind and take ours!)

Primary teacher - one of the mums is organising a collection - £10 each! (is it just me, or does this seem quite a lot?)

School staff - cleaner, caretaker etc - school is collecting for them.

Cleaner - happily - £50 & wine. Makes my life much easier.

Childminder - £50 & wine

Team members at work - wine

I'm going to sack my window cleaner - apparently he doesn't clean windows if they are dirty

Always tip my hairdresser.

TheYearofthatCat I would have thought a couple of quid x 30 could buy a pretty decent present. £10 is ridiculous and I would say so. That teacher's probably going to get a better present off her class than their own DP (if they have one!)

Riven I would maybe get the cleaner something but I wouldn't get anyone else. I would get DS' teacher something if I didn't get the feeling she wishes DS wasn't in her class

We'll tip the butcher this year - free delivery, excellent service and lollies for DS1

Will also get a present for the CM and prob box of biccies for the nursery (DS1 goes one day a week). Never see the binmen, poss will tip the postman or let DH do it