Tipping the mailman??

JS19 · 12-13-2006, 09:31 AM

This is something I have never heard of. Is it proper etiquette to tip your mailman? We recieved a holiday card from the mailman, something which has never happened before, at least to me anyway. I asked someone else about this and she said that you are supposed to send him a tip. I'm not doing it, sounds like a scam.

Poli · 12-13-2006, 09:33 AM

Give him a buck.

rkmsuf · 12-13-2006, 09:39 AM

Your mailman is horny.

Cuckoo · 12-13-2006, 09:52 AM

My understanding is they're not allowed to accept cash, but it is customary to tip your postal worker, particularly if you've had the same one for some time. My mailman's pretty cool, and he's been around for years so I typically give him something - gift card usually.

lordscarlet · 12-13-2006, 10:12 AM

I never seem to have a mail person for more than a week.

flere-imsaho · 12-13-2006, 10:15 AM

My gift to our mailman was to remove all the ice from our front walk.

Seriously, though, our mailmen (OK, mailpeople) rotate pretty often. When I grew up, we had pretty much the same mailwoman all the time, and my Mom would leave her a gift every year.

CraigSca · 12-13-2006, 02:46 PM

We have a good one, who helps out my wife and her eBay shipping a lot, so we're getting her a small gift. I think by law they can only accept gifts and only gifts that are < $25.

QuikSand · 12-13-2006, 02:48 PM

A modest consideration is appropriate, like a $10-20 gift card or the equivalent.

Pumpy Tudors · 12-13-2006, 02:54 PM

I just offer my wife, really. It works out OK in Greensburg because we only have one guy who delivers the mail regularly. In New Orleans, we probably had about 15-20 different men and women who did the job, so my wife had a hard time remembering who liked what. I may have mentioned this in another thread here, but that's the reason that we moved.

spleen1015 · 12-13-2006, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

I just offer my wife, really. It works out OK in Greensburg because we only have one guy who delivers the mail regularly. In New Orleans, we probably had about 15-20 different men and women who did the job, so my wife had a hard time remembering who liked what. I may have mentioned this in another thread here, but that's the reason that we moved.

Typo. You should have been Pimpy Tudors, eh?

Pumpy Tudors · 12-13-2006, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by spleen1015

Typo. You should have been Pimpy Tudors, eh?

Busted.

Kodos · 12-13-2006, 03:06 PM

I prefer to tip the cow.

Passacaglia · 12-13-2006, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by spleen1015

Typo. You should have been Pimpy Tudors, eh?

I thought he was making some weird joke, then after I finished reading the paragraph, i was like "I don't get it."

Pumpy Tudors · 12-13-2006, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

I thought he was making some weird joke, then after I finished reading the paragraph, i was like "I don't get it."

Nobody gets me.

Eaglesfan27 · 12-14-2006, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Nobody gets me.

I got you until you moved.

My mailman says to tell your wife hi.

JonInMiddleGA · 12-14-2006, 09:17 AM

See this thread from last Christmas for more thoughts on the same subject.
http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...hlight=mailman

Raiders Army · 12-14-2006, 06:54 PM

Give him some earmuffs.

12-13-2006, 09:33 AM	#2
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Cuckoo College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edmond, OK	My understanding is they're not allowed to accept cash, but it is customary to tip your postal worker, particularly if you've had the same one for some time. My mailman's pretty cool, and he's been around for years so I typically give him something - gift card usually. __________________ Commissioner - North American Football League Dallas Cowboys GM

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12-13-2006, 02:46 PM	#7
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	We have a good one, who helps out my wife and her eBay shipping a lot, so we're getting her a small gift. I think by law they can only accept gifts and only gifts that are < $25. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

12-13-2006, 10:15 AM	#6
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	My gift to our mailman was to remove all the ice from our front walk. Seriously, though, our mailmen (OK, mailpeople) rotate pretty often. When I grew up, we had pretty much the same mailwoman all the time, and my Mom would leave her a gift every year.

12-13-2006, 02:48 PM	#8
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	A modest consideration is appropriate, like a $10-20 gift card or the equivalent.

12-13-2006, 02:54 PM	#9
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	I just offer my wife, really. It works out OK in Greensburg because we only have one guy who delivers the mail regularly. In New Orleans, we probably had about 15-20 different men and women who did the job, so my wife had a hard time remembering who liked what. I may have mentioned this in another thread here, but that's the reason that we moved. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

12-13-2006, 03:06 PM	#12
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I prefer to tip the cow.

12-14-2006, 09:17 AM	#16
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	See this thread from last Christmas for more thoughts on the same subject. http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...hlight=mailman __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

12-14-2006, 06:54 PM	#17
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Give him some earmuffs.

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