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speaking of holiday presents/tips

fusionbridefusionbride member
in November 2012 Moms
do you tip or give presents to any service providers at the holidays?  (Garbage collector, mailman, gardener or secretary if you have one, etc)?



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Re: speaking of holiday presents/tips

  • fusionbridefusionbride member
    I read in an etiquette column that you should tip your garbage collector $100 !!!!!!  I about fell over.  They also said you should always tip your mailman, newspaper delivery person, and any other people you employ (gardner, house cleaner, babysitter, dogwalker etc)

    I have never have given anything to the mailman or garbage collector.  If I had some of those other employees (like a gardner or house cleaner) who I personally wrote checks to, I would give them something extra.  But services that I don't directly pay the person (like the garbage collector or mailman) it never occurred to me to give them anything...  


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  • jg1011jg1011 member
    We tip our garbage man (yes, we give $100), our newspaper delivery guy, the mailman (he gets $100 too) and the UPS man (bc of my DH's job, the UPS man is here 3-4 times a week). I also tip the cleaning lady.
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  • winecastle14winecastle14 member
    How do you guys get the money to the service people? We aren't ever home when they pick up our trash or UPS or FedEx delivers packages. I know the USPS has a policy against giving money. Here is what their website says:
         

    Employee Tipping and Gift-Receiving Policy

    All postal employees, including carriers, must comply with the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Exec­utive Branch. Under these federal regulations, carriers are permitted to accept a gift worth $20 or less from a customer per occasion, such as Christmas. However, cash and cash equivalents, such as checks or gift cards that can be exchanged for cash, must never be accepted in any amount. Furthermore, no employee may accept more than $50 worth of gifts from any one customer in any one calendar year period.

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  • SurpriseAt39SurpriseAt39 member
    We gave the kid that delivers our paper a tip last Christmas. (16 years old)
    He didn't even say thanks.

    We definitely don't tip the garbage pick up people (it is a different person all the time). And not the mail delivery person (community mailbox).

    Don't have a cleaning lady or pool boy, so no tips there either. Lol.
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  • Jenner37Jenner37 member
    I'm so glad you asked this, there was a holiday note in my mailbox yesterday from the mailman and I mentioned it to my girlfriend, who lives in my community and she says it's standard to give the mailman a gift...I had never heard of this. I'm thinking of just making cookies and giving them to the mailman, ups and fedex people (leaving them at the door with a note) and shoot now maybe the trash man, although I feel like leaving a pile of cookies next to my trash is awkward
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  • kangtinikangtini member
    I am planning on giving a bonus to my nanny. The DH and I don't agree on how much. I think 1 weeks pay and he thinks 2 weeks. Anyone care to weigh in?
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  • winecastle14winecastle14 member
    ^^ I think 1 week is plenty.
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