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People have to remember, most mail carriers and trash collectors are not govt employees.The companies have contracts and these people are employees,just like most of us are or were.

Same here. And the trash man will go to the back yard, drag the can around front, and put it back if we're away.

Not that it's anybody business whether I tip or not.

Tips go to the individual, not the gubmint. Our son has a friend who's a carrier. He works his ass off.

I don't think the US Postal Service is funded by taxes. Or they shouldn't be... May have been a bail out or two, but they are funded by rates they charge for postage.

My rural carrier isn't a USPS employee. She's a contractor with a route, like the newspaper delivery folks.

I'm not adverse to tipping her. I've seen her go above and beyond to accommodate us. We know her by first name.

we leave a small christmas gift each year for our carrier. She will bring the package to the front door if it won't fit in our box. SHE could leave a note telling me that I have a package at the PO in town and make me go get it, but she doesn't.

Anywhere from $20 -$50, Trash man, Recycle guy, Mailman, and Paper Boy.
Plus 18% tip on our Friday night dinner.

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Yep.
Newspaper man and Garbage men at Christmas time.

As a retired carrier I can say I've been given cash, cards, food, booze, soda by the case, gift cards etc.
When you take care if your customers they don't forget, well some of them anyway.
I never looked forward to that just cause it's my job, but if they gave I received.

My mailman is an alcoholic bumblephuk. I am surprised he hasn't run over his head by now.

Ive never tipped them, or given them a Xmas present. They never came to my place of work to leave me money or gifts......

i don't think we have the same people all the time out here. garbage guys leave my cans almost on the road. i blame the companies because they send a garbage truck with 1 guy. he drives and tosses the garbage. he has one of those loaders for the big can but still, they work their ass off. if i knew it was the same guy i would probably tip him.

FedEx guys and gals are good to us... same with the rural route USPS... They bring treats or ham biscuits for the dogs (sometimes)... I send them out with pecan (last few days)... of some preserves. Not every time, but often.

Gave the UPS guy a box of 9mm ammo a while back... he stopped to chat and found out he was one of us.

Internet guys were fantastic (and WAY BEYOND the standard install). They flagged off the next appointment and we shot some cool toys.

Yes we are kind to the folks that help us... I was raised that way.

I have the private cell numbers for many tradesman/internet folks etc. One call and they are instantly "on it".

Kindness works both ways.

That's the way it is SUPPOSED to be, but as with all Gov programs, the USPS is woefully inept. They love to use the "Stamps fund the USPS" line, but receive a yearly bailout from Congress. Last year it was up to 10 billion. They project a 2 billion MONTHLY deficit for 2022.

So, outside of accounting tricks and semantic arguments, the USPS is funded by our tax dollars.

I give my two trash collectors a bottle of Jack every Christmas. The cleaning couple, pool guy and paper "boy" get an end of the year tip.

Not a lot, just a $10 gift card for the local Wawa store to the mail lady every Christmas, but she appreciates it.

Our mailman is a good guy. Avid hunter and shooter. Busts his ass. Always walks packages to the back yard. We were talking one day and he said that he and his wife saved their money up and enjoyed expensive wines. I don't know schit about wine, cant stand the stuff. Got him a gift card to a high end wine store. He reacted like I gave him a million bucks

I live on a farm with about 5 miles of gravel roads before one can hit pavement . The mail lady is a family friend, I fish with her husband, and she always has treats for the dogs who know her vehicle. The wife used to buy her a blouse every year but these days she prefers several jars of our home-made strawberry jam. As for the garbage man, he comes once a week and the wife puts a piece of pie, honey bun, or some other treat every time he picks it up.

We have before but now we have a different one every other week!

Makes me think of a post when this subject came up several years ago,

"I tip the garbage man $50 each Christmas, if I had a roll of carpet with a pair of feet sticking out one end the guy would make it disappear."

I don't tip my mail person but Always keep the mailbox plowed out (and the near neighbors too) every winter and the bushes/brush trimmed back in the summer (mailbox is on the cross road neighbor so I can't cut down the bushes/trees). They have dumped small packages in the snow as opposed to bringing them to the house, given us the wrong mail and lost other mail too.