How to tip the binman?

[HomeCookingWannabe]

Hi,
My first year living in a place with bins per house (previously was communal) so need to tip.

How do you do it, given they come round at 6am? Do you wake up early and hover around? I'm obviously not going to leave cash on my bin overnight so i'm stumped

We get different postmen and women. I've never had the same Amazon delivery person more than a couple of times. We have a bin crew that seems to change as well.
I think the situation has changed from the times when you had one Postie and a regular bin man. Although it sounds as if some areas haven't changed!

As an end to this story, I heard them coming so I walked to end of drive, gave him envelope and said Merry Christmas and he put in pocket and said "bless ya, thankyou, Merry Christmas", like it was very normal (not expected, but normal).

So that's that done for another year. Merry Christmas y'all

I don't tip them.

When we get those rare really hot times in the summer they get cans of drinks, or occasionally a non alcoholic beer.

Delightful. What a lovely ending! ❤️

Kind of off topic but we’re living in a bit of a building site at the moment. During the summer months we got a Greggs for lunch. Ordered too much. It was on bin collection day. As the bin men stopped to collect our bins I asked if any of them fancied a sausage roll? They said ‘the young lad will definitely take them…’ Young lad jumps out the lorry, enjoys a sausage roll & takes the rest with him in the van. We all stopped for a quick chat/laugh (I know these guys are up against it in terms of time)

Anyway, I feel we bonded over those sausage rolls(😆)and it’s a lovely memory I have of our lovely bin men.

Merry Christmas all!

But will they though. You have no idea if it's the same bin men that do the same streets. I suspect it's all shifts and it changes constantly. And our bin men do not collect if you haven't put it out. Ever. Tip or not. Plus how would they even remember - oh we'll go and see if no 42 needs their bin collecting, as they left us a tip, Oh we'll leave no 50 as they didn't tip us?!? Do you think they keep a list in the van?!?

Why do you leave out the recycling team?

So you do tip.

My binmen are currently on strike for the next 12 days and I can't remember the last time bins were collected on time. Not great when the storm hit and there was rubbish and tipped over bins flying around the street 🤦🏻‍♀️ needless to say they won't be getting a tip from me unfortunately!

You have too much spare money if you tip these sort of jobs imo 🙈

@TwinkleLights24 Let me get this straight. You've recognised I'm financially fortunate and rather than give that money to charity and/or those who might need an extra hand at Christmas, as I do now, you think I should do what exactly, buy myself a massive tv?

I remember back in the olden days of the 1950’s my mum used to leave a 10 shilling note for a Christmas tip for the bin man. Long before wheelie bins and health and safety. The bin man carried a full heavy metal bin on his shoulder from the back of the house and tipped it into the truck.

She forgot to do it one year and swore that the bin man deliberately scattered half the rubbish along the path on his way to the truck. So that was her main reason for continuing the tradition 😆

One of our binmen keeps asking DD out, he does it very nicely and isn't creepy though.
Handy if we want to stick and extra bag in so the lid doesn't close.

😂😂😂

I would definitely tip care home workers if they were caring for my relative …. I also tip binmen….. neither are well paid

They are the same team in our area

Oh no.
they do such a good job
can gift them wine do you think ?

Good idea to ask them to knock. This morning, I saw a woman in hi vis walking down the road with a bin checking and moving the bins outside my house. I was just about to run out with my card and tip when I noticed the bin she was dragging was a black one and the wrong colour bin to get emptied today. There was also no sign of the bin lorry. I watched her go down the road with her empty bin and she looked inside every bin, moved them about a bit and carried on. Something felt off so I went back inside and when the real bin guys turned up they had on very different hi vis outfits and didn't know what I was on about!

She wasn't collecting food waste as that truck had gone past really early. I guess she was on the hunt for presents/money left. I never thought I'd see anyone do that, but I guess if people are leaving twenties taped inside bins then she's onto a winner.

I tip the bin men, the evri delivery guy (he's here so often...), the postie, the morrisons delivery guys and the two waitrose guys. I only do it once a year and I think they deserve it. My brother does the same and my family always tipped like this at Christmas.

I also get my bins brought out from their hidey place and returned when I'm away... not sure if it's connected but it's very welcome.

Just a memory, I remember as a child in the late 60s/70s before wheelie bins when there about 6/8 binmen doing the rounds, they use to knock on doors in the evening leading up to Christmas, my mum use to give them a couple of quid, doesn't happen now. I think bin collection is all contracted out now?

"Happy Christmas" or similar - it is clear they want a tip.

This morning the general bin men rang the doorbell and in the afternoon the recycle bin rang the doorbell. I didn't answer either time because in my area it is now two sets of bin men colleting different types of rubbish each week.