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[ifm]

[people that are tipped regularly, such as fast food delivery drivers, cab drivers and barbers dont earn a fortune and its just a NICE thing to do, THEY just might appreciate it

My barbers always going on about his exotic bleedin holidays, he must make a mint!!

[dan]

I was gonna start a tipping thread but I've seen them on 2+2 turning into slagging matches. I was interested to know how much people tip the pizza driver. I always tip a pound but I used to deliver pizzas 15 years ago and used to get tipped a pound a reasonable amount of the time so I should probably be tipping more now. Or do people tend to give a percentage like 10 or 15% and round it up or down to the nearest pound or something?

Also do people tip their postman and dustmen at Christmas? Our postman is in his 50s or 60s and does what looks like a really hard job, but giving him a card with a fiver in it seems more like a sick joke than a tip, even £10 to a 60 year old seems rubbish but £20 seems too much to me. i'm thinking about leaving a box of Stella out for the dustmen but I'm worried about it getting stolen also we have 2 dustmen the normal ones and the recycling ones so I guess that's one box on each dustbin?

Very interested in what other people do but I hope it doesn't turn into a "You're a cheap B****** if you don't tip" "WTF I don't tip anyone they get paid to do their job" "I'm sooo rich I tip everyone eleventy billion" snoozefest of a thread.

I'm a postman and yes i do get tips at Xmas. i used to have my own delivery but now i rotate around a few deliveries.

when i had my own delivery i got £235, bottles of wine, a bottle of bells whiskey, chocolates and lager.I actually feel a little embarrassed when i get tips, sometimes it can be quite awkward. People say "oh hold on a Minute" and go back into their house to get something or "can you knock the door tomorrow postman"

As for tipping, i think i sometimes tip too much, for example i tipped the hairdresser a fiver last time i went.

If i get a takeaway i only tip a £1 to the driver which seems like a little but i haven't had the food by then what happens if its crap.

taxis i tend to round up to the pound and then add a pound so if a taxi is £4.80 i give him £6. Restaurants round up to the next £5

[Colchester Kev]

i'd rather give to a homeless person than most charities because at least i know where it goes (i know this isn't tipping just giving but hey ho).

yep 90% of the time you will know that your money is on its way to the nearest off license or drug  dealer ...

Of coure 10% of the time it will be spent on food or clothing.

[bolt pp]

I also think that a failure to tip when expected reflects poorly on the individual, how he feels about himself and how he's perceived by others, Its a philosophy, a way of life, I'd think someone that didn't tip when expected(not asked for as boldie pointed out) was cheap and sad.

none of my pals or family would act in such a way, nor would i be expected to and i'd be pulled up by a lot of people if i was paying for a cab somewhere and i was paying and didn't tip, its just a liberty.

The only thing i can imagine at present thats sadder than not tipping when expected is moaning about it as well.

[ifm]

i'd rather give to a homeless person than most charities because at least i know where it goes (i know this isn't tipping just giving but hey ho).

yep 90% of the time you will know that your money is on its way to the nearest off license or drug  dealer ...

Of coure 10% of the time it will be spent on food or clothing.

Doesn't matter where it is spent as long as it went where intended

[bolt pp]

i'd rather give to a homeless person than most charities because at least i know where it goes (i know this isn't tipping just giving but hey ho).

yep 90% of the time you will know that your money is on its way to the nearest off license or drug  dealer ...

thats because they're..............ready for this...................ADULTS!! and homeless ones at that, let them get mashed out of their nut, what else are they going to do?

8:30.....rumage through bins for food

9:00.....get beat up

9:30.....lay in a urine soaked door way for 1/2 an hour

10:00....UEREKA!!!! someones given them a tenner, hhhhhhhmmmmmm..........now what to do with that tenner??? wait till primark opens in the morning and get a nice v neck jumper or go and get mashed to try and forget the last 2 hours of their living hell life thats been the same way for years and set to continue?

[byronkincaid]

I was gonna start a tipping thread but I've seen them on 2+2 turning into slagging matches. I was interested to know how much people tip the pizza driver. I always tip a pound but I used to deliver pizzas 15 years ago and used to get tipped a pound a reasonable amount of the time so I should probably be tipping more now. Or do people tend to give a percentage like 10 or 15% and round it up or down to the nearest pound or something?

Also do people tip their postman and dustmen at Christmas? Our postman is in his 50s or 60s and does what looks like a really hard job, but giving him a card with a fiver in it seems more like a sick joke than a tip, even £10 to a 60 year old seems rubbish but £20 seems too much to me. i'm thinking about leaving a box of Stella out for the dustmen but I'm worried about it getting stolen also we have 2 dustmen the normal ones and the recycling ones so I guess that's one box on each dustbin?

Very interested in what other people do but I hope it doesn't turn into a "You're a cheap B****** if you don't tip" "WTF I don't tip anyone they get paid to do their job" "I'm sooo rich I tip everyone eleventy billion" snoozefest of a thread.

I'm a postman and yes i do get tips at Xmas. i used to have my own delivery but now i rotate around a few deliveries.

when i had my own delivery i got £235, bottles of wine, a bottle of bells whiskey, chocolates and lager.I actually feel a little embarrassed when i get tips, sometimes it can be quite awkward. People say "oh hold on a Minute" and go back into their house to get something or "can you knock the door tomorrow postman"

As for tipping, i think i sometimes tip too much, for example i tipped the hairdresser a fiver last time i went.

If i get a takeaway i only tip a £1 to the driver which seems like a little but i haven't had the food by then what happens if its crap.

taxis i tend to round up to the pound and then add a pound so if a taxi is £4.80 i give him £6. Restaurants round up to the next £5

Thanks Dan, so if I leave a card in an envelope with "Postman" written on it and a tenner inside stuck to the door that would be OK in your opinion?

[ifm]

Thanks Dan, so if I leave a card in an envelope with "Postman" written on it and a tenner inside stuck to the door that would be OK in your opinion?

Where exactly do you live mate?

[matt674]

i once gave a tip that the Baltimore Ravens would beat the Cincinatti Bungals..................

 

[ifm]

I wouldn't tip the postman because he only brings me bills and junk mail (tons of 'em) and i wouldn't tip the dustmen because i have to take my own rubbish to the end of the street or they won't take it and if they don't like the look of the bag they leave it anyway.

[byronkincaid]

Thanks Dan, so if I leave a card in an envelope with "Postman" written on it and a tenner inside stuck to the door that would be OK in your opinion?

Where exactly do you live mate?

I live in Sutton Surrey, as I say our postman is pretty old, does a great job and is always friendly whenever I speak to him. I don't think our dustmen are supposed to take wheely bins that have so much stuffed into them that the lid doesn't close or binbags left next to them. They do take them though which was especially helpful when our daughter was in nappies. I have done a couple of jobs where I was very grateful for getting tips.

[thetank]

 i wouldn't tip the dustmen because i have to take my own rubbish to the end of the street or they won't take it and if they don't like the look of the bag they leave it anyway.

Vicious circle?

[matt674]

Thanks Dan, so if I leave a card in an envelope with "Postman" written on it and a tenner inside stuck to the door that would be OK in your opinion?

Where exactly do you live mate?

I live in Sutton Surrey, as I say our postman is pretty old, does a great job and is always friendly whenever I speak to him. I don't think our dustmen are supposed to take wheely bins that have so much stuffed into them that the lid doesn't close or binbags left next to them. They do take them though which was especially helpful when our daughter was in nappies. I have done a couple of jobs where I was very grateful for getting tips.

i think he was after the actual address so he could come round and take the tenner

[ifm]

 i wouldn't tip the dustmen because i have to take my own rubbish to the end of the street or they won't take it and if they don't like the look of the bag they leave it anyway.

Vicious circle?

No, it has always been the same.
It's funny i suppose but if you put a split bag out they leave it yet if i buy a binman from my local pub a drink he'll come and take away anything i leave out!!

[Rod Paradise]

[people that are tipped regularly, such as fast food delivery drivers, cab drivers and barbers dont earn a fortune and its just a NICE thing to do, THEY just might appreciate it

My barbers always going on about his exotic bleedin holidays, he must make a mint!!

Funny, mine doesn't make a lot