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Christmas Tips?

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    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.

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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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        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?

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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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            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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              @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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                @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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                  #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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                    @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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                      #15

                      None. No tips other than to my barber.

                      Elbows up!

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