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Old 12-12-2016, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Gpsma View Post
Call me Scrooge but I never have tipped mail employees or sanitation workers. Unless these workers are going out of their way for me I believe they dont deserve a tip. I have in the past tipped UPS workers who have had to make an exceptional number of deliveries or pickups.

Do you tip police or fireman? They are providing us as valuable a service as sanitiona and postal employees.?
Police and fire personnel make a lot more than sanitation workers or our contract mail people. So, no, I don't tip them but I do drop a plate of goodies, which seem to have always been appreciated. The mail people bid on their jobs. Sadly, they usually make below minimum wage. Sanitation workers here actually make a semi-decent wage but not enough for the thankless job they do.

I don't see it so much as a tip but more of a way to thank these people and let them know their appreciated. And don't forget your paper delivery person!
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