Does anyone tip their postman?

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DD arrived in February and our postman has had a lot of extra letters and parcels to deliver as a consequence ! He's very friendly (whatever the weather, or size of parcel!). Does anyone tip their postman at Christmas and, if so, how much??

yes, £5 in a card, saying thank you.

Just heard that Royal Mail have found 2 sack loads of post that was for Christmas 2006....

I don't, but my brother is a Postie and gets loads of tips! Normally a fiver.

If my post was delivered sometime before 4pm , I may be a little more forthcoming in the tip department.

£20 for mine

but he does all sorts for us

inc finding us a cleaner

and he's always bringing parcels back at the end of his shift if i was out when he delivered

He sounds lovely!

yes, and a box of chocolates.

Christmas card with £10 in it - it's an investment - signs for my parcels when I am out, comes back with stuff

mine is great too, I give him a £10 in a card.

No. Service is so poor here and we seem to have a different postman/woman each week. No post till after 3:30pm, and then it doesn't appear to arrive every day anymore, seems to be a pattern of once every two days at the moment So, not impressed, never see them anyway to leave it for the, and wouldn't know which was "proper" person anyway.

OK, what about a milkman? Does he get a tip?

postie, paper boy, milk man all get a tip.

bin men get beer

Same as Slubber
Gifts for babysitters, cleaners etc - anyone for whom my life would be a mess without...

...so I guess I need to get you all a gift!

I'm going to give mine a tip this year. He reminds me of Eddy Murphy, but more so! He cracks me up every time I open the door.

That's got to be worth a tenner

FIL was a postman before he retired. He got lots of tips at Christmas - £5, £10 or box of chocs or bottle of something.

I don't
Ours has trouble getting the post in the correct letter boxes

I don't and I shan't be tipping the bin men this year either considering they should have picked up our rubbish yesterday and didn't. So, I phoned the council who said they'd send soemone today - and its still there. grrrrrr...

£5 in a card here. Our postman is great and also has to deal with all dh's business post, so he definitely deserves a bit of Christmas spirit

I think I will this year as our new postie seems very nice and after watching the street last night I may try and keep her sweet so she dosen't nick off with my parcels heheheh.

I won't be tipping my postman because we have had "issues", but I will be taking a box of biscuits and maltesers to the sorting office because they are lovely and I see them most days

Bottle of red because he is kind to rabbits and always shuts their gate.

dp is a postie and hes had £39 in tips up to yet.Its always the older people and people who dont have much who tip.Hes been on his walk for 4.5yrs now so hes well known and liked. He always goes back with parcels etc.

And always delivers 1st class

I havent done in previous years but will do this year. He earns his paypacket imo.
I always leave the milkman something though

I thought I might give our postie a Christmas tip this year as he is fab.

He comes back if I'm doing the nursery run and he needs to leave a parcel as he knows how hard it is for me to get to the sorting office. Or he leaves it in a safe place with a little note.

He's great, our Dave the Postie!

I'm so pleased I found this thread to give me guidance on what I should be doing.

I'm now going to tip my postman £5 in a card and I'm going to give the lovely bin men some beer.

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