Do you "tip" the UPS guy around the Holidays?

[MickeysMommy]

I know that they are technically not supposed to take tips but do you?

My UPS guys is the best and I would like to give him something around the holidays. Any suggestions?

 

[Towncrier]

Funny. My UPS guy delivered one of my packages to the wrong house on my street last week. He misread 1094 as 1196 and the package ended up on the front porch 10 houses up the street. I guess if my UPS delivery person were good, I might consider some form of tip. My only tip to our UPS driver is to get some new glasses.

 

[RickinNYC]

I used to back a few years ago when I was working from home and received packages a couple of times per week. Now, nope.

 

[Tiffann4k]

I dont...

 

[Toby'sFriend]

ahhhhhhh - It is a tip thread!!!!!!

Nope, I don't tip him. I very rarely even see him. I'm not too sure he even comes all the way up onto my porch. I have a feeling he just pitches the packages up there from the sidewalk like a newspaper or something.

Better than the Fedex guy who just leaves it leaning up against my garage door - right where I"m sure to back right over the top of it if my SUV is in the garage and I don't know the package is there.

 

[Ergens2]

I have the same UPS driver here at work as I do at home. So I will usually give him cookies or something. He is great and almost always stops in to see me, even if he doesn't have a package for me!

 

[Zandy595]

Nope, I never even see them. They leave stuff at the front door and don't even bother ringing the bell.

OT - What happens if someone steals a package off your porch when you're not home?

 

[Texan Mouseketeer]

My brother is a UPS driver and has been for almost 20 years now. I don't think he's received many tips - if any at all, but he does get things like cookies and pies and stuff around this time - he often brings them to Thanksgiving and Christmas to share with us. I think it is nice. He does some commercial drop offs along with residential and if they are retail, they tend to give him free stuff around this time, too.

 

[TiggerPiglet]

I don't, mostly because I never seem to be home when he/she comes. I do tip the mailman and sanitation men for Christmas

 

[MickeysMommy]

I don't, mostly because I never seem to be home when he/she comes. I do tip the mailman and sanitation men for Christmas

How much if you don't mind asking? Or, what do you give them if it isn't $$?

 

[Kae]

I also have the same UPS driver at home & work. And we give her a huge basket from South Bend Chocolates. She loves chocolate. And I think it is the Postal Carrier that can not accept money, not UPS.

Kae

 

[pixiemomma]

I also have the same UPS driver at home & work. And we give her a huge basket from South Bend Chocolates. She loves chocolate. And I think it is the Postal Carrier that can not accept money, not UPS.

Kae

Plenty of mailcarriers accept tips whether or not they are supposed to to. I know my step-MIL did. I don't know her very w ell but she didn't really strike me as a rulebreaker.

I also don't tip mailcarriers/UPS drivers but I think it is nice that others do.

 

[aprilgail2]

I get a lot of packages so I tip him 10.00 at christmas.....I tip my mail man 25.00 at christmas.

 

[MySonAdoresPoohBear]

As the wife of a UPS driver, I know that my husband does not expect tips. He doesn't usually receive any as he does not have a regular route. I will say though that customers who have offered him a cold drink when it is 100+ degrees out are really appreciated.

Now that daylight savings time has come, it is more difficult for the drivers to read addresses. If you receive packages often, please take a look at your address at night and see if you can see the numbers from the street easily. If you can't, neither can he/she.

I purchase dog bones regularly even though we don't have a dog... It is the only way he can keep from being bitten at times. Sounds crazy, but the first bite taught us that it's best for him to throw a treat than be bit.

J.

 

[marybet]

I always thought tips were for people who don't make minimum wage or do something personal, like hair, nails, a massage. I have never felt the need to tip UPS, mail carriers, sanitation workers (who can't even empty the can), or the paper carrier. They get paid, and some make a very good living, UPS, mail carriers.

Why should we tip people for doing what they get paid to do? When I get packages, if they knock and hand them to me, I say "thanks".

 

[jbdreamer]

Heck no. He doesn't deliver the mail until 6 pm! And on Saturday it is 7 pm. I didn't know mailmen worked so late. It drives me crazy. The mail is never there when I get home.

But even if my service didn't suck, I don't think I would tip. I never see them.

 

[malibuconlee]

My driver never knocks. Just opens the enclosed back porch and leaves it. Freaked me out the first time!!

 

[stevenpensacola]

he's probably working extra long hours, and making time and a-half, so he's getting his "tip".

 

[floridafam]

Sure. Maybe not cash but I might make him some bread or cookies or something.

I get packages almost every day this time of year.

My driver always rings the doorbell and will set heavy boxes in the house if I am holding the baby.

 

[scoutsmom99]

Heck no. He doesn't deliver the mail until 6 pm! And on Saturday it is 7 pm. I didn't know mailmen worked so late. It drives me crazy. The mail is never there when I get home.

But even if my service didn't suck, I don't think I would tip. I never see them.

lol UPS not USPS!!

My sister is a UPS driver and she never recieves cash tips, but a lot of places give her coffee or other food items.