This marks the 11th straight year of the USPS operating at a loss. But, a bailout is still a bailout. You probably may also want to consider skipping giving a tip to any of the professional people in your life. Here is a list of people that I do NOT tip:. My wife has changed the way that I tip servers at restaurants. In fact, during the holidays, we have a new family tradition where we go out to dinner usually to Waffle House on Christmas Eve.
And, we often leave a big tip. It is absolutely true when they say that opposites attract. That fits my wife and me to a T in most respects. She is a very kind and generous woman.
After four years of dating and now over 11 years of marriage, she has changed me for the better with my poor tipping habits with her tipping tips. What about you? Are you giving your mail carrier a holiday tip this year? How much are you giving? I have never even seen my mail carrier or garbagemen, and as I live in the city, it could be a different person every couple of days or weeks. I tip my mailman every year. We are both disabled and he really goes out of his way for us.
Our mail carrier is not exactly young. We give him a little something every Christmas. I work from home and do a lot of online shopping. Last year we bought a house by the beach and have the same mailman every day, he too is amazing and goes out of his way for us. I am a firm believer in over tipping. And they have found me. As a bartender and someone who give their extra time and money to an animal shelter in the St. Louis area, I appreciate your comment! Tips make or break us always.
Many tipped employees wrk multiple jobs and people and employers demand great service. Tipping is required for us to pay our rent, buy groceries, and give to others. Tipping a regular server or bartender at Christmas is def a nice touch and may get you better service next time your at your favorite restaurant!! I worked as a cocktail waitress in my younger days so I understand what you are saying.
Everyone should have to work as a server and also in retail. They are both hard work. I give my mailman a tip at Christmas. I live in a bad neighborhood and he always makes sure I get my mail. He does it with a smile, too. I tip my mail carrier more than is legally allowed because I leave town eight times a year and he is always having to start, stop, and hold my mail…I live in a small village surrounded by the huge Metropolis. To the author. There is no educational degree that can make you an expert on who to tip.
It is openly accepted. I think everybody should do this job for one hour. This work looks so easy when you look at the mailman. But let me tell you it is extremely physically demanding work even on the lightest mail days.
During Christmas we work 80 hour per week. All year we walk 10 miles per day in anywhere from 5 degrees to 95 degree heat, here on most of Long island.
We carry up to 30 bs of mail and parcels while looking at the addresses on the mail while navigating holes on lawns, hoses, toys electric cords, and those strings that ties down inflatable decorations. And we get yelled at when we trip over christmas lights. We also get cookies, hot chocolate etc. Anything at all is appreciated very much and we and give special attention to these people.
We rely on it as part of our salary. I deliver to house so do the math. Sam, would you tip him or her if you saw him every day? Would that make a difference in your holiday tipping? That deficit is for the postal service in totality.
The mail carriers still get their salaries and have even received cola increases every year regardless of the postal service having lost money. Amazon makes bazillions.
Their drivers do not. This cleared up a lot of things for me, especially since this is the first year I have anyone to tip. Could not agree more. I think that mail carriers who drive their routes around town get a bad rap because of those USPS employees who work inside the post office at the customer service desk.
The parents that gift me a restaurant or a gas gift card for Christmas are a Godsend. She makes good money, so why fatten her paycheck? You are so right. A lot of teachers pay out of their pockets for classroom supplies. Some stay way beyond the normal school hours. Others make themselves available online on weekends for kids to answer questions about schoolwork.
If you can do nothing else, write a note to the administrator at the school commending the teacher—it costs nothing but can really help. Where are you located? Private schools do not pay much unless they are elite. At Catholic school I earned thirty thousand a yea. Less pay—less stress from public schools. Teachers are underpaid and under appreciated. They are forming our future leaders. I actually agree with you. I think tipping has gotten out of control. Behind-the-scenes people who do a lot of the work will never see a tip.
Then again, in my areas many servers and hairstylists make a lot more than I do as well. I love my mail carrier, she brings the Dogs treats, delivers lots of packages big online shopper. The clerks at my local Post Office are great as well, always extra friendly. I tip my carrier at Christmas, and bring goodies to Post Office.
We are a town of about 35, Not big city, but not tiny little town. I appreciate the great service. I have an eBay business and work from home. She picks my packages up, not at the mailbox but from a box I made behind our well house. She goes above and beyond what is expected of her. No air conditioning in the vehicles during the summer and heaters that barely works in the winter.
Going into driveways that are not plowed, going toe-to-toe with dogs that are protecting their property and their owners.
I do agree that it is their job but if someone goes above and beyond what is expected of them then why not give them something special for the holidays to show them that you appreciate what they do for you! Do your research a little more thoroughly there, Hank..
Oh come on, Gary. They are subsidized every year by the government and every year they run at a loss and need government help to stay a going concern.
Hank you got this one very wrong. The USPS does not receive any money from tax payers except to pay for mail for the blind and mail for some non-profit organizations. The Federal government is treating USPS income like its own personal slush fund that they dip into whenever they want. Where do you think all that money the USPS is being forced to prefund is going to?
Right into the government coffers. This was because USPS was profitable at that time, and was used as a cash cow. With out this prefunding, USPS would be a break even operation. And not a dime of tax payer money has been used toward the Postal Service in over forty years.
Suggest you look it up. Having been a letter carrier for 36 years,I feel if a carrier goes above and beyond to serve the customer,than they deserve a tip. I never said no to anyone if they wanted me to buy stamps for them. If a customer needed one stamp,I gave them one out of my wallet. If it were raining,I put their parcels in a plastic bag to protect them from getting wet.
The list is endless. I am now retired and can look back on my career with satisfaction knowing I always gave my customers good service with a smile.
I agree. My mailman and garbage man go above and beyond. Always smiles. His braves the elements in the extreme weather months. I will be tipping. Our mail carrier gets a tip. He is cold in the winter and hot in the summer. My 7 yr old grandson will often stand by the box to hand him a cold drink during his summer route and he is so appreciative.
He goes the extra mile for us and he deserves the tip. I always tip him at Christmas for a job well done all year. A few times during the year, no particular holiday, if I bake cookies or fudge, etc. I do however like my mail carrier and he has always been pleasent so my daughter draws him a picture and I put it in a Christmas card. I love your response! Your gesture is one of the kindest things to do and say regarding this topic. I am a mail carriers wife.
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At any time, you can update your settings through the "EU Privacy" link at the bottom of any page. These choices will be signaled globally to our partners and will not affect browsing data. The payment processor Square crunched numbers for tips received in December for a range of businesses. Overall, Square researchers found no big jump in either the amount tipped or the frequency of tipping compared with the rest of the year.
However, cleaning services reported a small uptick in both amount and frequency, and hair salons reported a slightly higher average tip amount. Of course, if large numbers of people were tipping more in cash during December, it wouldn't show up in this digital-payment data.
She recommends writing down the names of individuals who have performed a lot of services or otherwise been helpful over the course of a year. In an apartment complex, that can mean the superintendent, doormen and maintenance staff; in a house, the person who shovels your driveway and mows the lawn. A guideline for services, such as house cleaning, is to tip the cost of one service at the end of the year.
If in doubt, ask your neighbors or the building management company for guidance. Many buildings offer suggested tip amounts, and some will pool and then distribute all the residents' contributions — a good option for those wanting to avoid potential face-to-face awkwardness. While not all workers are able to accept a cash tip, when cash is an option it's almost always the best one.
Gift cards can be nice, but nothing offers the same flexibility of use that cash does—and many of the people receiving tips will have their own year-end tips to give and purchases to make. Getting new, crisp bills and putting the tip in an envelope or card ups the "special" factor. Tipping around the holidays is a habit that's easy to remember, but if that adds too much stress to an already anxiety-inducing time of year, consider doing it another time.
You don't have to thank them just around the holidays," Stinson said. And if a service worker has done an exceptional job over the year, consider writing a note to the company they work for, with a copy to the worker themselves.
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