Tipping Etiquette

[KenL]

Does anyone tip their Royal Mail delivery person?

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Does anyone tip their Royal Mail delivery person?

Growing up everyone down my road tipped the bin men, the postie etc at Christmas

Like £20 or something

Then the council banned it because it made some people uncomfortable etc and now it's not done

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Absolutely its everyone's choice. But whilst you're taking a stand against the company, the employee is on beans on toast. Don't have problem with what you choose, your choice. I want the guy to have sausage and bacon, not beans on toast.

That's why I see my stand as giving him something extra.

I could not use the company but then it's less work for him. Less work means less pay

But if I give him a tip in person and not via the app it goes all to the guy doing the work and not to the company

 

[KenL]

Growing up everyone down my road tipped the bin men, the postie etc at Christmas

Like £20 or something

Then the council banned it because it made some people uncomfortable etc and now it's not done

My old Dad used to give them all whisky at Xmas. He worked for a whisky company and saved up his monthly allocation to give out. He never touched the stuff.

 

[jim8flog]

How about tipping the myhermes driver?

 

[USER1999]

How about tipping the myhermes driver?

He would have to find my house first.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Does anyone tip their Royal Mail delivery person?

Every Christmas postman gets £20.
Bin men also get £20. They only come once a week.
[ They are all male before someone jumps in]

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Every Christmas the manager at work who does the duty sheets, the leave, deals with our personal problems etc we get him a card

£20 each

There are 50 staff members who donate

I'd say he earns a good wage

It's sometimes level of service you get , sometimes about wage

Sometimes you just Cba with change!

 

[jim8flog]

Does anyone tip their Royal Mail delivery person?

I remember my parent tipped just about everybody at Christmas, the milkman, the postman, the coalman the dustbin men.

Not a practice I would do now as they probably have incomes well in excess of mine.

I always tip the staff in restaurants if it has not already been added to the bill.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Every Christmas the manager at work who does the duty sheets, the leave, deals with our personal problems etc we get him a card

£20 each

There are 50 staff members who donate

I'd say he earns a good wage

It's sometimes level of service you get , sometimes about wage

Sometimes you just Cba with change!

You all give someone (whos paid a good wage) £20 each just for doing their (well) paid job?
Sounds more like public sector staff buying favours. Are you all Freemasons as well?

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I remember my parent tipped just about everybody at Christmas, the milkman, the postman, the coalman the dustbin men.

Not a practice I would do now as they probably have incomes well in excess of mine.

I always tip the staff in restaurants if it has not already been added to the bill.

Mine used to, and yes I have done in he past when I had the same person all year round. Now it's constant change as to who does what, so where is the "relationship" you build with said person?

 

[Deleted member 21784]

You all give someone (whos paid a good wage) £20 each just for doing their (well) paid job?
Sounds more like public sector staff buying favours. Are you all Freemasons as well?

Oh ofc.. secret hand shakes

No he goes above and beyond..answering his phone to us on his days off. On boxing Day. Sorting out coverage from his holiday in Spain one year ..

We recognise his efforts and thank him

Nobody is forced to do it yet everyone does.. so speaks volumes for how respected he is

 

[Lord Tyrion]

How about tipping the myhermes driver?

He would have to find my house first.

I miss a good double act. Beautifully played ??

 

[drdel]

Garage delivers my new £45,000 car, perhaps I should round it up and pay the driver the £5000!

IMO a 'tip' is for service by the person which is above and beyond normal: its a deal between you ànd him/her and nowt to do with anybody else.

 

[clubchamp98]

Does anyone tip their Royal Mail delivery person?

I give her a bottle of wine and some chocs.
She’s brilliant does a very tough job in all weather.

 

[Sats]

I used to live in the states and tipping is massive over there - hence the over the top service they try to provide.

I only tip if the service is good. Why should I give extra for bad service.

 

[SteveJay]

How about tipping the myhermes driver?

Yea, I'll leave his tip somewhere obvious, like on the pavement so anyone can pick it up, or maybe leave it at a random house nearby, then swear I have given it to him in person

 

[hovis]

I give her a bottle of wine and some chocs.
She’s brilliant does a very tough job in all weather.

Tough job? Walking up a street and putting paper in a hole? I've never understood why royal mail only issue shorts ?

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Brought this up just now at work

Take aways (local people) yes tip
Cabbies 50/50
Deliveroo etc not overly

However people here don't pay cash for much anymore so don't tip as much

 

[Orikoru]

JustEat is brilliant, completely defeats the awkwardness of not tipping the driver, since you've already paid on card before it arrives (and we don't carry cash because we're under 40). Deliveroo is a little different, because the drivers work for Deliveroo and not the restaurant, but the app has a handy automatic thing where you can add however many pounds you want to tip the driver. So I normally chuck them a quid on there.