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Christmas Tips?

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    #1

    What do y'all tip various people who perform services in your home?

    Cleaning staff?
    Piano teacher?
    Letter carrier?

    etc...

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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      Aqua Letifer
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      I start at 'bout 20 and go up from there.

      Please love yourself.

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      • LuFins DadL Offline
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        Depends on the service. $50 total for the garbage crew. $100 for the ladies that come in and clean every 2 weeks…

        The Brad

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        • LuFins DadL Offline
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          I read somewhere that if it’s a service where you routinely pay for their services directly and often (cleaning lady, Music teacher, etc…) that you should tip them 1 regular visit. If you pay a teacher $40 per lesson, tip $40…

          The Brad

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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            #5

            I've heard that "One Week's Service" is an appropriate tip.

            That's what I've done for the cleaning lady, piano teacher, etc.

            (we cross posted)

            For otherwhere, I tip the letter carrier $20. The UPS guy brings packages upstairs to my condo, so he gets $50.

            ETA: Dry cleaner - they deliver: $50.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • JollyJ Offline
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              Jolly
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              #6

              No money for mail carriers. I think that's against the rules. We do give her a goody tin, though.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • JollyJ Jolly

                No money for mail carriers. I think that's against the rules. We do give her a goody tin, though.

                George KG Offline
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                George K
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                @Jolly said in Christmas Tips?:

                No money for mail carriers. I think that's against the rules.

                I wasn't aware. Mr. Anderson always, always, puts a card in our mailbox hoping we'd leave an envelope with some cash in it wishing us a "Happy Holiday."

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • JollyJ Offline
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                  Jolly
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                  Is he USPS?

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • JollyJ Jolly

                    Is he USPS?

                    George KG Offline
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                    @Jolly said in Christmas Tips?:

                    Is he USPS?

                    Sure is.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • JollyJ Offline
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                      Jolly
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                      #10

                      Ok, you made me look up the rules and I was wrong. Postmen may accept a cash gift of up to $20 for Christmas.

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      • JollyJ Jolly

                        Ok, you made me look up the rules and I was wrong. Postmen may accept a cash gift of up to $20 for Christmas.

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                        George K
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                        @Jolly said in Christmas Tips?:

                        Postmen may accept a cash gift of up to $20 for Christmas.

                        Emphasis mine:

                        https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22349/html/cover_025.htm

                        All postal employees, including carriers, must comply with the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Exec­utive Branch. Under these federal regulations, carriers are permitted to accept a gift worth $20 or less from a customer per occasion, such as Christmas. However, cash and cash equivalents, such as checks or gift cards that can be exchanged for cash, must never be accepted in any amount. Furthermore, no employee may accept more than $50 worth of gifts from any one customer in any one calendar year period.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • AxtremusA Away
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                          Axtremus
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                          @Klaus @taiwan_girl @Nunatax @wim @xenon ... I suppose you may have experienced different tipping cultures; even if you don't call it "tips," do you have a custom of giving the service people gifts or something extra for major holidays?

                          E.g., the Chinese typically do not "tip," but it's still common to give the domestic workers "red packets" with a bit of extra cash for Chinese New Year (and it's pretty much limited to Chinese New Year).

                          Just wondering if there is something similar among the Europeans, the Indians, or the Thai.

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                          • jon-nycJ Offline
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                            #13

                            Now that I’m in an apartment building much of that I don’t do anymore.

                            Always an extra 20 for the barber the last haircut I get of the year.

                            Double pay for the cleaning lady the last visit before Christmas. She’s been with me 10 years. I paid her a full year during covid despite her not coming.

                            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                            • George KG George K

                              @Jolly said in Christmas Tips?:

                              Postmen may accept a cash gift of up to $20 for Christmas.

                              Emphasis mine:

                              https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22349/html/cover_025.htm

                              All postal employees, including carriers, must comply with the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Exec­utive Branch. Under these federal regulations, carriers are permitted to accept a gift worth $20 or less from a customer per occasion, such as Christmas. However, cash and cash equivalents, such as checks or gift cards that can be exchanged for cash, must never be accepted in any amount. Furthermore, no employee may accept more than $50 worth of gifts from any one customer in any one calendar year period.

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                              @George-K said in Christmas Tips?:

                              @Jolly said in Christmas Tips?:

                              Postmen may accept a cash gift of up to $20 for Christmas.

                              Emphasis mine:

                              https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22349/html/cover_025.htm

                              All postal employees, including carriers, must comply with the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Exec­utive Branch. Under these federal regulations, carriers are permitted to accept a gift worth $20 or less from a customer per occasion, such as Christmas. However, cash and cash equivalents, such as checks or gift cards that can be exchanged for cash, must never be accepted in any amount. Furthermore, no employee may accept more than $50 worth of gifts from any one customer in any one calendar year period.

                              Well...I was right the first time, until I read the rules too fast...

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              • RenaudaR Offline
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                                None. No tips other than to my barber.

                                Elbows up!

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