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Growing up I never heard of such a practice, then a few years ago I was shocked to learn that people willingly give their money to a FedGov employee above and beyond the taxes that are taken from us at gunpoint by the IRS. Who tips the TSA for frisking their wife and children in an airport? Who tips the FBI for their exemplary 'work'??

Christmas - there are many times when he will bring a package to the door instead of leaving a note in the box.

I give the garbage man a little something. Our guy hussles and has definitely taken some stuff that they aren’t required to according to their contract with the county.

Mail, garbage, repeat people get something at Christmas absolutely. They do something for me I don’t want to do myself.

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We dont.

But my grandparents were trying to get a smooth entrance into Heaven. That and they were high rollers.
They used to buy presents for the garbage man, mail man, the doofy that pumped their gas at Phillips66

We dont have trash pickup, you haul it to 6 miles to a mini waco barb wire compound. Our mail people make good as contract folks. They dont need any Whitmans from us.

Have a bud that carries a rural route, couple of years ago he showed me his stack of Christmas gift cards, said he gets plenty of cash too. Had 25-30 gift cards.
Personally I don't though.

Years ago we had a great garbage guy, he would even walk the 50 yards to
get our can if we forgot. He helped me get rid of big things too.
He got tips for the big stuff and a Christmas tip.

Now, I drag my can across the yard to put it near the neighbors.
Just to make it easier for them. They have never grabbed my can if I forgot.
They aren't interested in doing anything extra.

Haven't tipped in years. And won't.
They are paid to do a job.
They don't work for me, and if they won't do extra...

Once in a great while I get a "Thank You" at work.
For doing the job beyond the normal routine. That's tip enough.

They pay the agreed upon wage, they bought my efforts and abilities
for that time period. How can you expect more?

My moms old school.

She gives the mail lady some kinda home made crafty thing each year.

Tipping has become a virtue signalling prestige thing.

Just read some of the threads about servers.

It becomes a race into absurdity over who tips more.

My daughter was bringing home around $100 daily in tips from her after
school waitressing job. Working 3:30-7pm at a low end family restaurant,
in an area of low income folks.
I guarantee she was bringing more home
in 4 1/2 hours than many of her customers made in 8.

And it was bring home.
People often talk about the low hourly pay for wait staff.
That's the wrong way to look at it. It pays their taxes.

The kid was knocking down $20/hr+ in tips.
After all taxes, she still got a paycheck that filled her gas tank, bi-weekly.

She took a full time office job a few months ago, in an effort to
maybe build a career. (Daddy ain't happy)

It came with a good pay...

cut!

We have done it in the past when we had a carrier who WORKED. We felt she deserved something for her exemplary service above and beyond.

Usually the girls put some Xmas cookies in the mailbox. Not like her fat ass needs more cookies, but it's the thought

I never have, hardly the same person two days in a row

Our mailman and garbage collector gets some baked goods every Christmas and sometimes other holidays. Show a little appreciation and it s usually returned four fold.

Those do anything that don't tells a lot about the person.

No but i do leave the trashMAN a 12 pack after christmas trash pick up

Give cookies or something like that. They can get terminated from their job, for accepting any gratuities.

I live in a rural area of NY. We tip at Christmas. Most people think mail delivery is easy. BS. My wife ran a rural route, 50 miles long and over 500 stops back roads, some dirt. Did it 30 yrs. We get some good snow here and blistering cold and she is driving around with the window down at -15º F. Summer temps high 90's. Yep, easy job. We had to supply the vehicle (we had a Subaru) and was paid for its use, not enough to maintain the car like I did. I needed it to be extra reliable. Dedicated, aggressive snow tires mounted on wheels. Oil changes every 2500 miles. Brake jobs every 8,000 miles (F), every 13,000 (R) which I did. Yes, I have a brake lathe...

Rural carriers have a tough job. And what do you do when you have to pee????? Hahahaha.

Yes they do.
And that right front tire/wheel/suspension on a POV takes a beating.

I built a conversion, mounted a steering wheel and pedal set up so she could drive from the right side of the car...

Not the mailman, but I usually leave 40 bucks for the trashman at Christmas. He's a young guy and runs the truck by himself. He hustles and busts his ass. The dude is usually at my house around 6:30am and he handles my sinking ass trash twice a week. I should give him more than that.

We leave our rural guy a dozen eggs every week or so. I know him, we are friends. He often goes above and beyond.

The analogy of my mail carrier and a TSA guy is kinda lame.