Begging For xmas Tips

[Pat Ostman]

Suppose im a grumpy sod when im on the streets,So this maybe the reason my tips are only around the £50 mark if im lucky.

I wonder how grumpy I am then if I only got a tenner last year.

Same here! Not bothered though being a reserve :)

[Judgee]

SHOW ME THE MONEEEEEEEY!

[dvbuk55]

I'll be honest,i don't like getting tips,but they don't take no for an answer.
It's a nice gesture though,and i'm chuffed they think of me.

Exactly how many lunatic asylums do you deliver to?

Why did you miss him today, get up early and catch him tomorrow.

[Wiggins79]

Try being the day off cover. You get feck-all garaunteed every year. What I find particularly insulting is when people come to the door as you are delivering with armfuls of goodies, or a handful of cash, see it isn't the regular postie, mutter something like "oh, it isn't so and so" and promptly shut the door in your face. Even worse is when they try and make you take the gifts for the other regular. Yes, I say, I'll have no trouble fitting that bottle of booze into my already overflowing puch, and then trying to juggle it when I pick up my next overflowing pouch. All for absolutely no gain for myself.

[post_bitch]

Try being the day off cover. You get feck-all garaunteed every year. What I find particularly insulting is when people come to the door as you are delivering with armfuls of goodies, or a handful of cash, see it isn't the regular postie, mutter something like "oh, it isn't so and so" and promptly shut the door in your face. Even worse is when they try and make you take the gifts for the other regular. Yes, I say, I'll have no trouble fitting that bottle of booze into my already overflowing puch, and then trying to juggle it when I pick up my next overflowing pouch. All for absolutely no gain for myself.

[hampshireman]

Nearly all my time is spent as a reserve, but I did 10 months covering a float.

Don't expect tips and was therefore not disappointed.

What does annoy me to see though is walks that get £800 plus in tips , reward their float with the square root of eff all.

[97gaz]

W

[krussel]

reward their float with the square root of eff all.

I always split whatever my rest day cover gets 50/50. Last year he got about £40 and seemed happy with that.

Another thing that annoys me is last year i delivered to a house which hammer Ebay all year and get parcels every other day, as i got there the Adeco shopping delivery guy was just finishing and i had to wait to get a packet signed for. She then hands the delivery driver a tenner and says "thats for you, merry christmas" before returning to me, signing the pda, then closing the door without a word.

[jaylime]

I'll be honest,i don't like getting tips,but they don't take no for an answer.
It's a nice gesture though,and i'm chuffed they think of me.

I totally agree with this.I feel embarrased when I accept.But like Postman says,I really am chuffed they think something of me.

[Lounge Lizard]

My third Christmas I averaged £1 a house, and that's without cards or Santa hat.

[dvbuk55]

My third Christmas I averaged £1 a house, and that's without cards or Santa hat.

What........... you only have 3 houses on your delivery

[Lounge Lizard]

My third Christmas I averaged £1 a house, and that's without cards or Santa hat.

What........... you only have 3 houses on your delivery

Well, you could call the other 297 bungalows or mansions.

[DGP1]

My third Christmas I averaged £1 a house, and that's without cards or Santa hat.

What........... you only have 3 houses on your delivery

Well, you could call the other 297 bungalows or mansions.

You've only 300 homes on your duty are you in London then

[Broxi51]

You've only 300 homes on your duty are you in London then

But they dont need tips in London, DGP, the pavements.....................

[DGP1]

You've only 300 homes on your duty are you in London then

But they dont need tips in London, DGP, the pavements.....................

Yeah I keep forgetting that