RobsyUK

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Bin men get the nasty wine - unopened in the glass bin.

Post man gets a nice bottle and a card.

Milk man wanted a go on the wife so we stopped getting milk.. Greedy shunt!

Jamescsti

Nothing from me, our regular post man has disappeared and we get random people now.
Bin men are useless, leave not only mine but neighbours bins blocking my drive every week, wouldn't mind but it's not like its a communal drive the neighbours house is a walk from mine

ditchmyster

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[QUOTE=specialx;10388736]We used to tip the bin men in the good old days you know when they would come around the back of your house take the bin and empty it then bring it back!

Today my bin men wont even push it to the back of the truck if my lid is open by 3mm!

Errr, maybe thats because you don't tip them tight wad.

Give them a tenner and they will lick it clean after they empty it but seriously my bin men pull it out and put it back if i forget, and on the odd ocaision i leave an extra bag beside it they take that too, but hey i give them a tenner every year....ya skin flint

DARB

I put my bin out and fetch it in, they have to move it about six feet, they should tip me !!

As for the postie he actually stole a pair of Cat boots from the porch so that's another tenner saved towards a new pair

DCI Gene Hunt

Bin men.... tipping, what the **** for? as said above, the days of them actually being helpful are long gone... so why tip them.

It's like when you go on holiday and drag your case half way round the world only to have some greasy git wheel it up a lift, open your room door and expect you to tip them for it...

richs2891

No and No, they both get paid and in my eyes seem to expect to do the minimum. Bin men turn up random day but can always tell they have been by the amount of rubbish they leave on the road and leave the bins where they feel like it and not always on the pavement.
Postman turns up every 2 days at some thing like 4 pm, but must be the last call of the route as if have a parcel or oversized package then the failed to deliver ticket is pushed through rather than wait at least 2 seconds.
Richard

jef

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both provide me with excellent service year round,

none of this leaving the lid open 1cm and it doesnt get collected

postie extra helpful

both will get £50 from me, bin man a few cans also

top top service, year round

well done.

DCI Gene Hunt

in internet vouchers maybe, why stop there though? what about the checkout till girls at your local supermarket, your doctor, dentist, local garage who MOT your car....

CrisPDuk

Our bin men are great they'll take anything extra if asked nicely, unless a Waste **** is on their route that week. They got a four pack this morning

Our old postie was brilliant, we gave him a fiver every year, but he retired this summer His replacement is fecking useless, so he'll be getting **** all

CrisPDuk

They get enough of me every year just forcing my two through their MOTs

Leslie

Its a British tradition to tip for good service during the year and we have always done that.

Les

lordharding

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No tip from me Alson
Postman is grumpy ,never learned to smile and always complains my letter box is too small for A4 envelopes ,complains the drive is slippy ( I have gravel so hardly slippy ) and when he is on Holliday the others leave them in my bungalow next door as they can't be bothered to walk up my drive
And of course they can't read the
Keep the gate closed sign
Bin men leave the bin on the roadside instead of pushing it back 10ft to my gate and recycling let the bags get blown down the road instead of taking it back
I get loads of complaints as councillor about the bin men
Thier dept excuse
Works ,time and motion means they haven't time to do everything
Ten years ago they all got a tenner of me not now

But the local recycling depot lads are great when I take all my rubbish to the tip
Normally half an hours chat with them every time I go ,great bunch of lads who share good council "gossip" with me so I'm down with their presents tomorrow

jef

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whats so funny?
not been to doctor this year, 1 trip dentist, get my car mot'd by my best mate, and give him my work when it needs done.
i like to give these guys some money at xmas, and you know what they usually remeber it and any issues during the year suddenly seem to disappear.

ive got a good relationship with them, its pay day for them.

altho beer just for binmen, as dont want posties standards slipping because of hangover lol

joz8968

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This.

Oh how things have changed................. For the worst.

lozgti1

Another no and moan I'm afraid.

Used to when the postman actually came early in the morning.Could be anytime nowadays and Post Office seems to have got ten times worse when they should have less to deliver.

Same for milkman.Used to be great years ago.Milk on the doorstep in the early hours.Bloody useless now,.In fact given up trying to be kind and keep them going and now get milk from supermarket

Don't know what has happened over the years

XRS

Already tipped postie and green bin men, tomorrow the recyling team and bib get get it. All have again provided excellent service this year

PaulC72

judging by my council tax I tip them at least once a month...they do get paid for what they do and paid well, the bin men get perks of keeping any of the rubbishn we throw out if they find it useful, maybe a meal or 2 and the post man manages to take some things out of envelopes that are supposed to be delivered here so I consider it stealth tipping.

davegtt

I wont be tipping either of the above mentioned either. Service is pretty poor nowadays so they can get knotted.

Jaybird-UK

Nothing, I hate the tipping culture that's creeping in here from the States. The thing that grates me the most are taxi drivers, they arrive outside the pick point and rudely honk their horn instead of knocking and charge a fortune for the shortest of journeys only to expect more money on top of what they charged you!

Resturants are the only exception for me.

jef

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seems im blessed with a decent service here

some of these stories sound pretty bad

if that was the case i wouldnt be tipping either

but its not like that for me, so like to thank the guys for what they do

Lisawrx

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Sadly, a no to both from me too. When I am off work and actually see the postie, it's more often than not, a different person. As for the binmen, well they turn up and do the bare minimum. We put the bin out at the kerbside, they come, empty it and dump it anywhere, usually it seems to be in the middle of the pavement and we're lucky if we get the same bin back week to week. Next door have theirs taken out of and put back in their garden so we're left with whichever one they leave out. The plan is to get whichever one we have at the time cleaned and our number put on, then hopefully we won't get their stinking bin anymore.

It's not that we're getting terrible service as such, we're just not getting anything above or beyond. That is fair enough, they do their job and they're paid for it, we rarely see them, so it's not even like I can say they are nice people and I'll tip for that alone.

When I was growing up, various people got tips. The postie, the binmen, the coal men, the milkman and the paper boy, and Mam's hairdresser always got a little present (even though she always tipped her on every visit). But that was when you got good service, by the same people.

I too, work in the service industry and in 12 years, I have been given one tip, which I tried to refuse, but he insisted. I don't expect any as I'm paid to do a job, one in which I often go above and beyond what I get paid for, but that is just trying to give a good service. Not doing it hoping for reward, although a little appreciation wouldn't go a miss from time to time. Maybe that is why I see things as I do. Why tip for just normal service they are paid to give?

All that said, I did give the hairdresser I went to last week (I don't have one that I always go to) a little tip as she was canny and in local salons, they are not usually all that well paid.

Lee247

I tipped my Post Lady, as she is amazing.
Was in two minds about the bin blokes, as they are a bunch of lazy *******, but I have been decorating, so had loads of bags by the bin. When he came through the gate, I opened the back door and he was just about to have a whinge, when I produced a tenner and said Merry Christmas. Christ, what a change in attitude and all the bags were removed. He also said, any Christmas extra rubbish bags, to just put out and he would take.

Turbohot

I'd like to give our postman a Christmas card and a tub of sweets, because he is a very nice gentleman. He always talks to my cats. But I am not too keen on our waste collection peeps. They launch the roll of binliners (we get them here every 3 months or so) like a missile over my fence. What if it lands on my car, my cats, my family members, or on my head?? Not good. However, If I see our waste collection team, I may give them a tub of sweets to share. All forgiven, Merry Christmas.

stevie2011

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people who tip are sayin good job you have worked hard to help us thoughout the year but the government thinks different,,, you know what hard work is and its to say thank you because you help us and if it didn't happen we would be proper F**********.. merry christmas and a happy new year....

pimmo2000

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My dad put a load of old magazines in his recycle bin, they refused to take it as it was too heavy .. he's 67 .. so no ..

DYK

Why can't i have a post lady,i would see about tipping her in my own special way
As for tipping well i don't see any of them really throughout the year.But from what i hear,we seem to have a different postman every few weeks.

DYK

joz8968

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EFA

FurballPhil

Not happy about having a comment of mine deleted here.

Why is it ok for a member here to post a comment so offensive about bin men that myself isn't allowed to reply to it without mine being deleted. ?

I drive HGV for a council and the comment that is still there is out of order and ignorant.

If I'm not allowed to voice my opinion in defence of bin men, then those ignorant ******* posting offensive comments should also be deleted.

Ant

It's not your opinion that got deleted for a guess, it's how you put it with the name calling.

Try a more civilised way to getting your point across.

Swearing and calling people don't make you look cooler