Sanitation workers

[dreamin_disney]

$0

I asked dh and he looked at me like I was crazy. He also said he doesnt tip the newspaper carrier. I asked who is our paperboy and he said theres no paper boys on bike, it's the man that drives by in his car and tosses the paper.

Our old paper delivery person would include a xmas card with a return envelope for tips.

we have different mail carriers so it just not one person.

I dont know but its just to much tipping going on....workers, counter tip jars, drive thru tip jars............we just stick to waiters/waitresses, my massage therapist and if i get my hair done then the stylist

 

[jessica52877]

I love tipping threads! In the old days I probably would have tipped but I was a kid. We saw the same trash men every week. More then likely my parents did. We don't have trash pick up now so not sure what I would do.

I do tip my postal worker. She is awesome and the little I give her at Christmas ($10-20) is well worth it to me. I appreciate her hard work and she is super kind. I see her most days of the week.

 

[akl432]

You could see which neighbors did or didn't tip the sanitations folks because on that day those who did had neat pail, those who didn't were missing covers, they were in the street- run over covers.

That is just shameful! Shame on them!!! Great illustration of what's wrong with society today.

No one tips me to do my job; my regular salary compensates me for my work.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

How much do you tip your sanitation workers for the holidays?

That would be my husband, who hauls our trash to the dump. He gets a thank you

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

I do tip my postal worker. She is awesome and the little I give her at Christmas ($10-20) is well worth it to me. I appreciate her hard work and she is super kind. I see her most days of the week.

It is illegal for a postal employee to accept cash gifts. I am surprised this person would jeopardize her job by accepting money from you.

http://www.oge.gov/Laws-and-Regulat...onduct-for-employees-of-the-executive-branch/

See subpart B.

http://www.ehow.com/way_5498605_postal-regarding-christmas-gifts-employees.html

 

[rockawaybeachgirl]

When I lived in NY it was expected. You would tape the envelope to the underside of the pail cover. I knew it was recieved when I came home and the covers were on my pail and the pail was neatly on the driveway. We always did it the last pickup day before Xmas Day.
You could see which neighbors did or didn't tip the sanitations folks because on that day those who did had neat pail, those who didn't were missing covers, they were in the street- run over covers.

When I moved to FL- it seemed like a different culture- tipping was rarely expected. The appliance man was in shock when I tipped him- and the furniture movers were stumbling over themselves. The first year I taped the envelope to the cover and it was still there when I got home! Finally I asked neighbors and was told it was not expected.

We live in NY and it is generally the norm. We usually give 100, but after how amazing they have been throughout the Sandy cleanup, we may give more.

NYers seem to drive the rest of the country crazy with their tipping culture (you'd be amazed at how much I spent on doormen/porters when I lived in Manhattan!), but really if you are comfortable with what you do-or do not do- then what skin is it off your nose?

 

[mrssmith06]

Nothing.

I don't know anyone around here who does.

 

[mackeysmom]

Another New Yorker here ...

Sanitation - $60 ($20 each for the driver and 2 workers) & cookies
Mailman - $20 & cookies
Newspaper delivery - $25
UPS Guy - $25 & cookies

- Laura

 

[mrodgers]

They make more than I do, so the answer is $0.

I love tipping questions on a budget board.

What's wrong with tipping questions on a budget board? Budget is allotting money to an expense category. If you tip, you allot that money to a tip category

 

[MAJPLO]

The garbage men in our city work for the city, not Waste Management or some other large corporation. We have very good rates and the drivers are all very kind, considerate, helpful, and will do anything you ask if you need something. We do not give a cash tip but always leave a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates. Sometimes maybe a gift card. The garbage men who work for our city work every single weekday of the year except Christmas Day and New Years Day and they even have to work the immediate Saturday after the "holiday" to make up for the day off. In my book they deserve a little extra for their commitment, hard work, and willingness to wave and honk to every little kid on the block who runs out to watch them every week.

 

[Ginny Favers]

It is illegal for a postal employee to accept cash gifts. I am surprised this person would jeopardize her job by accepting money from you.

http://www.oge.gov/Laws-and-Regulat...onduct-for-employees-of-the-executive-branch/

See subpart B.

http://www.ehow.com/way_5498605_postal-regarding-christmas-gifts-employees.html

Yes, I LOVE my mailman-- so he's probably the only person I WOULD tip, if I had the chance!-- but I found out a few years ago that it wasn't legal. Since then, I've given him candy.

 

[Gina]

It would never in a million, billion years have ocurred to me to tip the garbage men... good lord. I dont tip people for doing the job they're already paid to do, and especially that I have already paid for myself both in taxes and direct bill. Maybe I should put a tip jar on my office desk... Next time someone wants me to do something I'm already being paid to do, I'll just nod toward the tip jar.

If you have $100 to burn right now, maybe go give it to a homeless shelter, animal shelter, children's hospital, etc?

 

[SaraJayne]

Nothing - mine never leave their trucks - trucks have arms that pick up the garbage barrels.

Same here, which is another reason they don't get a tip. If it isn't in a can, they don't touch it and leave it there.

 

[Zhoen]

For those that want to tip their Postal Carrier-- you can give them a "non-cash gift valued at less than $20." So a gift card is allowable--even a visa one-- so long as the value is $20 or less.

Most years I don't tip the postman or the garbage men. Mainly because their salaries are fine, and in my neighborhood, the only time our garbage men do a decent job is the few weeks before Christmas, when they are campaigning for tips. This time of year they are left neatly with their lids on... the rest of the year they are literally thrown here and there, lids elsewhere, sometimes in the road, sometimes at the wrong house, even!

When it feels "expected," that's when I'm least likely to do it... but that's just me...

I do think we'll do a little something for the school crossing guards, but the bus driver made me mad a few weeks back, so she's outta luck this year.

 

[daughtersrus]

We tip everyone $50 and a case of beer.

Seems to be totally appreciated! If we need extra cans or an extra pickup I can always count on these guys!

Love the garbagemen!

Wow! I'm in a suburb of Chicago. We have a garbage truck, a recycle truck and a truck that picks up lawn bags (not in the winter). Would you tip them all?

A quick count of the houses just in our subdivision would net each driver over $5,000 in tips. That's just our subdivision on one garbage day. If everyone gave $50 that's a HUGE bonus. I wonder if all of these people that are being tipped are claiming the $ when they file their taxes.

 

[ilovemk76]

We usuall tip $20 to the postal person, two garbage collectors and paper delivery person.

The paper was not delivered again on Sunday. This has been habitual this year, so no tip.

 

[MAJPLO]

Wow! I'm in a suburb of Chicago. We have a garbage truck, a recycle truck and a truck that picks up lawn bags (not in the winter). Would you tip them all?

A quick count of the houses just in our subdivision would net each driver over $5,000 in tips. That's just our subdivision on one garbage day. If everyone gave $50 that's a HUGE bonus. I wonder if all of these people that are being tipped are claiming the $ when they file their taxes.

In my area it is the same driver who does all three even if all three are not picked up at the same time. Some people don't realize this and leave two gifts- one for the garbage man and one for the recycling/yard waste man I guess.

 

[rockawaybeachgirl]

They make more than I do, so the answer is $0.


What's wrong with tipping questions on a budget board? Budget is allotting money to an expense category. If you tip, you allot that money to a tip category

So your criteria for tipping is whether they make more money than you? That seems arbitrary. So a high school kid taking his girlfriend or boyfriend out to dinner on money he's saved from Christmas and birthdays should not tip the waitress, because she makes more money than him? Alternatively people who make a lot of money should tip everyone, because they make less?

I know some bartenders/ waitresses who make 1500 a week- I hope people don't ask them how much they make before deciding whether or not to tip
them.

Sanitation is a messy, ugly job. I am grateful that we have dedicated folks who make my neighborhood look nice. To me, it's worth it.

 

[disneychrista]

For those tipping beer/wine/alcohol be sure that you KNOW that the person is of age. You could get into BIG trouble if they happen to be under age.

 

[Pesky]

I gift a $5 target GC and some chocolates. I never know who is coming. My friend has a different waste company that is family owned and she knows the guys on her route so she gives them each $25. I think it depends on the circumstances.