[kilowatt]

I`VE HEARD A FEW DIFFERENT AMOUNTS ON THIS SUBJECT AND THEY REALLY VARY? CAN I GET SOME INPUT ON THIS?

[chuckinca]

I tip ten bucks to the daily paper delivery guy at Christmas (but I am still working - won't be able to afford a daily paper with all the golf expenses when I retire after next year)

[bamafan]

How do you get the tip to them. I never see em, as I am asleep when the paper arrives. It's like I have a paper fairy and the paper just shows up.

[Muncle]

Originally Posted by Bama

How do you get the tip to them. I never see em, as I am asleep when the paper arrives. It's like I have a paper fairy and the paper just shows up.

The carrier included an Xmas card a few weeks ago that conveniently had the name and address "just in case" you might want it to mail a tip.

I think $10 is about right. Am I correct in remembering that you can also include a tip when you pay the bill. I know at least one of my papers has that option, and I rounded it up. Again, about $10.

Also, the mail room folks conveniently inserted a card in the boxes a few weeks ago with pertinent info for an Xmas appreciation. Is 10 bucks about right there too?

[zcaveman]

I give $20 to each paper person (Daily Sun and Sentinel) $20 to the mail lady and $20 to the yard man. You are talking $5 a quarter folks.

[Hope2b]

Oh my gosh!!!! I have been feeling cheap because I give $25.00 each for the two papers we get.

[abracadabra]

Back "home" I used to tip $1 per week, so I continued the same down here. I don't do it through the newspaper, rather I sent a check ($50) to the address on the Christmas card that was with my paper. Seems I'm over tipping unless people are tipping on a weekly basis and then giving an extra tip at Christmas.
Like most jobs in FL, the pay can't be that great.
What were the instructions for the mail carriers? I didn't get a notice unless I threw it out by mistake. Please advise.

[kilowatt]

Thanks for the replies. I tip a buck a week(I used to be a paperboy) and of course it`s up to the individual. Mail person was $20.00. The paper had a flyer with the delivery person`s name and address, I think it was in there in the last couple of weeks. Also as someone else stated you can included your tip when you renew your subscription.

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by abracadabra

What were the instructions for the mail carriers? I didn't get a notice unless I threw it out by mistake. Please advise.

I usually make sure that the regular mail carrier vehicle is there (don't want a temp to get the gift) and then I either knock on the door and give it to them or stick it through the mail slot onto the floor. I make the check out to cash and put one of my return mail stickers on the envelope and the card so she knows it is from us.

[juneroses]

We also tip our paper carrier $50.00. Daily, weekends, holidays our paper is always there lying in the driveway, easy to find. When we have downpours it's double bagged, dry when we open it, and ready to read. When we place a temporary stop on it, the carrier remembers and our neighbors don't have to pick up for us. We get excellent service and are fortunate enough to be able to show our appreciation in this way.

[Frangyomory]

I worked for the government and it is against the law to tip anyone who works for the post office. Apparently no one ever reports this since it has been going on for years. I don't believe in tipping postal folks anyway. They make an excellent salary for what they do.

As for our newspaper person, when she gets the paper NEAR my house, I will consider tipping her. When I complained about having to move the car to get the paper she responded that it was too much trouble for her to slow down or stop to throw my paper since I live on a corner. So, it is too difficult for me to put a ten spot in a card for her.

Tipping has really gotten out of hand these days. Tips are supposed to be based on level of service and usually for service above the usual requirements. Now everyone expects a tip just for being on the job.

Hate to sound like this but I will tell you, I am a good tipper since I was raised by a father who worked in the service industry and he relied at lot on tips. However, he also worked his buns off to make them.

[REDCART]

FG, I'm more inclined to follow Juneroses's lead. Put in all in perspective. We're talking about one dollar a week. My father-in-law give the garbage men $10. He's stuck in time when people earned a dollar an hour and $10 was a respectable tip. The Daily Sun is so cheap, I can't believe they pay very much to deliver the paper, and it's there for most part like clock-work. On the other hand, while I tip the barber at Christmas time, I've always wondered why the barber doesn't give all his customers a free hair cut as a way of saying thankyou for your patronage (and tips) throughout the year. George

[Hope2b]

A couple years ago my Daily Sun was being thrown under my car. When I sent in the Christmas tip I also sent a note saying please do not throw under the car. Never had to climb under the car for it again. If it had been ignored there would have been no more tips.
Next year I will give more but I thought it was a little weird to give a bigger tip then the subscription cost.

[jtdraig]

We tip about $50.00 a year for the sentinel person and the sun person...our papers are always there. They get up at some ungodly hour and delivery is prompt. Cracks me up to see people whining about where their paper should be and use any deviation as an excuse not to tip...if it's on the driveway and always there, give them a tip....they deserve it.