Christmas Tips

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TitanTim

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Hi all,

Was listening to a discussion on my local radio this morning in relation to giving money tips at Christmas, some lady had rung into the radio station moaning she would like to tip the bin men but they tend to be too quick for her :lol: Anyways it got me thinking as this will be my first Christmas in having all the foods shopping delivered, do I tip the delivery driver? I don't normally tip, restaurants etc as always feel slightly embarrassed unless in a group of friends :oops:

So would you tip the Bin Man :?

Tim.
 
my tip is pretend christmas doesn't exist lol

i guess bin men are on a reasonable salary any how, i'm sure there are are lot of other people on less money
 
I certainly would not tip bin men. I don't know them and since the council changed the collection rules, they are a right royal pain in the *rse as they won't take a bin if the lid is open by a cm or so. 20 years ago I used to tip them as some of them would go out of their way to help, but that does not seem to be the way.

Nowadays, the postman, barber and regular tradesmen will get a tip from me as they perform a good service, nobody else.
 
You dont tip in restaurants as you feel embarrassed!
I would feel embarrassed if I didnt leave something as a tip.
Do you always pay by card or wait for your change coming back after paying?
If you pay by cash, do you always wait for the change no matter how little it is?
 
The only person I've ever tipped is the paperboy/girl but thats mainly because I feel guilty driving past as they're struggling to bike it up the hill. We have a different postie most days so I wouldn't really tip any of them, I wonder if the likes of Posties and bin men are told not to accept tips buy their employer. My xmas food delivery is next Thurs evening so taking it as being too far away from the day for a tip, if it was xmas eve and didn't tip I would be feeling slightly scrooge like :|

Tim.
 
Nictrix said:
You dont tip in restaurants as you feel embarrassed!
I would feel embarrassed if I didnt leave something as a tip.
Do you always pay by card or wait for your change coming back after paying?
If you pay by cash, do you always wait for the change no matter how little it is?
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I always ensure I have exactly the right change :)

Tim.
 
Not tip in restaurants is a little odd though. I only don't tip if the service was appalling, otherwise around 10%.
 
Nictrix said:
You dont tip in restaurants as you feel embarrassed!
I would feel embarrassed if I didnt leave something as a tip.
Do you always pay by card or wait for your change coming back after paying?
If you pay by cash, do you always wait for the change no matter how little it is?
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Why should you tip someone who's doing their job?

No one tips me when they get a new car with a nice new engine in :lol:
 
ben g said:
Nictrix said:
You dont tip in restaurants as you feel embarrassed!
I would feel embarrassed if I didnt leave something as a tip.
Do you always pay by card or wait for your change coming back after paying?
If you pay by cash, do you always wait for the change no matter how little it is?
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Why should you tip someone who's doing their job?

No one tips me when they get a new car with a nice new engine in :lol:
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Thats a good point, I'm a public servant and all I get is beaten up :cry:

Tim.
 
ben g said:
Nictrix said:
You dont tip in restaurants as you feel embarrassed!
I would feel embarrassed if I didnt leave something as a tip.
Do you always pay by card or wait for your change coming back after paying?
If you pay by cash, do you always wait for the change no matter how little it is?
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Why should you tip someone who's doing their job?

No one tips me when they get a new car with a nice new engine in :lol:
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Sounds like the cafe scene in Reservoir Dogs :D
Most places we go to eat the people serving the food and looking after you run around stupid, unless we have had really bad service we will round the bill up and not wait on change.
Yes they are just doing their job but it is a crappy job with unsociable hours that most places do not pay well.
 
My husband's a postman and he really appreciates tips from customers. It is a hard slog this time of year. Walking 8 miles a day, carrying heavy loads. It used to just be mostly letters but now all postie do parcels as well and with internet shopping that means many more houses have lots of parcels and you have knock and wait at a lot more doors. He would give good customer service to anyone, but if you want someone to go the extra mile in the next year, then a small tip can help make a person feel extra warm towards them. Viv
 
Definitely no tips for the bin men, ours delight in leaving the wrong bins outside the wrong house or worse letting the garden waste bins get swallowed by the collector, at least 4 to date and they don't tell you.
A fiver for the paper boy/girl though.
 
Why should you tip someone who's doing their job?

No one tips me when they get a new car with a nice new engine in :lol:[/quote]


Exactly this,
I've been working for over 43 years now. No Bugger has ever given me a tip "FOR DOING MY JOB"
If you want to keep your job then going the extra mile for customer service should be the norm.
If you're a postie delivering parcels be grateful, if you relived on letters you'd have no job :poke:
As for the bin men :x
Bar Humbug :roll:
 
Tips for dining out, paper boy/girl and some times at the car wash, apart from that CANCEL CRIMBO
 
Carol M said:
Tim you tight @rse! :lol:
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Hi Carol, nice to see you on here, I genuinely mean that, I've got no-one to argue with anymore :P I'm always tight at Xmas, the rest of the year I'm generous as can be :?

Tim.
 
ruffedlemurz4 said:
My husband's a postman and he really appreciates tips from customers. It is a hard slog this time of year. Walking 8 miles a day, carrying heavy loads. It used to just be mostly letters but now all postie do parcels as well and with internet shopping that means many more houses have lots of parcels and you have knock and wait at a lot more doors. He would give good customer service to anyone, but if you want someone to go the extra mile in the next year, then a small tip can help make a person feel extra warm towards them. Viv
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I'm on a guilt trip now, I nearly got sued by Royal Mail as the post girl received half a dozen wasp stings by my front door. I mean really she always managed to get across the moat, razor wire and broken glass.

Tim.
 
TitanTim said:
ruffedlemurz4 said:
My husband's a postman and he really appreciates tips from customers. It is a hard slog this time of year. Walking 8 miles a day, carrying heavy loads. It used to just be mostly letters but now all postie do parcels as well and with internet shopping that means many more houses have lots of parcels and you have knock and wait at a lot more doors. He would give good customer service to anyone, but if you want someone to go the extra mile in the next year, then a small tip can help make a person feel extra warm towards them. Viv
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I'm on a guilt trip now, I nearly got sued by Royal Mail as the post girl received half a dozen wasp stings by my front door. I mean really she always managed to get across the moat, razor wire and broken glass.

Tim.
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Thats like the little boy who goes to the pet shop and asks for 2 wasps.
The pet shop owner says "we dont sell wasps"
The boy says "well you have 5 in the window"
Boom Boom

Tipping things like the bin men are difficult as it is not the same team of guys who empty your bins from one year to the next and when you get home to find stuff all over the road its difficult to reward them for doing a crap job. Yes its not a nice job to do but they could care a little bit more about the mess they leave behind, they are supposed to clear up anything they drop.
 
ekimj10 said:
Definitely no tips for the bin men, ours delight in leaving the wrong bins outside the wrong house or worse letting the garden waste bins get swallowed by the collector, at least 4 to date and they don't tell you.
A fiver for the paper boy/girl though.
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+ 1 ...... Years ago when the bin men would take anything they always got a good tip. Now its 3 bloody bins which they leave right in the middle of the driveway so you have to stop your car in a dangerous place to move them before you can drive in, and one of those bins you have to pay extra for even though you are already paying the national debt in council tax already.

And expect a right fisting if you have anything too big for the bin.... Bah Humbug !!
 
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