Comments on: Tipping Your Mailman For The Holidays and Christmas Is Crazy

By: j. j.

j. j. — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:49:41 +0000

It is inappropriate and uncessary for public school teachers to receive any gifts from the parents.

By: alice

alice — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:53:08 +0000

It IS crazy to tip a mail delivery person because a) it is again the USPS regulations to give them cash and b) because they get paid a LOT more than you think when you look at their salaries and compare them to salaries of people doing similar kind of work in the private sector. A home-baked treat would be nice for lots of people including the mail person and who can afford a lot of cash in this economy. I have worked hard as a legal secretary for many years and worked for ONE attorney who used to give me $25 or so to type a deed because I wasn’t really his secretary and he needed the deeds typed right away.

By: www.DealPI.Com

www.DealPI.Com — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:21:51 +0000

I do not tip the mailman, though I’ve never heard of anyone doing it before

. I do not even have a choice which mailman I can have deliver my mail!

At least when I go to the barber I can choose who and tip based on the service.

There should be no quality of service difference in one mailman to the other. It’s not like a waiter or other standard tip person.

Do Mailmen expect a tip?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:15:14 +0000

“Ever think you are the reason why your mail service sucks?”

I didn’t realize EXTRA tips, outside of their salary that’s already payed by our taxes, are required to do a job correctly. Why doesn’t anybody tip me for using their services? Everybody gets a tip just for being themselves!!!!!

By: shelby

shelby — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:24:36 +0000

I am a 7th grade teacher. We do not receive as many gifts as you might think. Last year I only received about 5 gifts out of my 102 students. Most were homebaked items. Its a nice gesture but teachers do not expect gifts nor do we treat students differently or give them lower grades because we did not receive a Christmas gift. Moreover, students earn grades…teachers do not give them to them. Teachers are professionals that choose this career for the love of children and learning. They work harder than anyone can wrap their mind around or than anyone gives them credit for. There is no dicussion amoung teachers at my school about which child gave a gift and which child did not. So please do us all a favor and only give your child’s teacher a gift out of the spirt of christmas and not because it is a necessary evil.

By: Hank

Hank — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:53:02 +0000

@ Meg – Thanks for your idea about the cookies. I don’t have as much gripes about my mailman as I do about the counter service in the actual Post Office. I wonder how much money or cookies it would cost me to get good mail service out of them?

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:45:55 +0000

Ever think you are the reason why your mail service sucks? I don’t tip the mailman-I bake him cookies. We are on a first name basis. He is friendly and thoughtful and a little gift to say “thanks for always having a smile and hello for me” just seems polite.

By: Making Me A Millionaire

Making Me A Millionaire — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:28:02 +0000

I completely agree with you. I don’t believe in tipping everyone and their mothers just because it’s the holidays. I will consider tipping someone if they frequently offer services to me (like on a weekly basis or something) and I have developed a relationship with them. I think having to get a teacher a gift is a necessary evil. You know other parents are doing it and you don’t want to stand out to the teacher as the parents who did not get a gift because you never know how that might affect your kids and their grades.

Right now I’m not tipping anyone extra. Instead, what I do is give my change to the salvation army stands outside the malls or buy food for those in need.