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how you doing for tips?

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
krussel
Posts: 5300
Joined: 26 Jan 2009, 18:03
Gender: Male
Location: Out on the streets.

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by krussel »

£205 3 bottles of wine 4 chocs. Happy with that :Very Happy , but really ive just wanted to get finished and get home this week. :sad:
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
dolphlundgren73
Posts: 39
Joined: 10 Sep 2009, 11:46
Gender: Male

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by dolphlundgren73 »

On 345 so far.I reckon about £150- 200 will be added to that in next week
IloveMYredTROLLEY!
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 1923
Joined: 02 Apr 2010, 06:54
Gender: Male

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by IloveMYredTROLLEY! »

Think I ended up with ~£101.50 (couple of tenners and loads of fivers, one £1.50); bottle of Chardonnay; Thorntons choccies... Gobsmacked to be honest! :dance
Hitcher
Posts: 1540
Joined: 20 Sep 2009, 09:59
Gender: Male

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by Hitcher »

4 bottles of wine and £465. :Very Happy
richystran
Posts: 72
Joined: 20 May 2010, 02:01
Gender: Male

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by richystran »

£240 and vodka and some sweets, im a floater and its about average what i get year on year. Was on a run over christmas a couple of year ago and pulled in about £700, i know at least two in our office get well over 1000 and lots of other things etc, ones that hungry he always offers to work his day off if need be on the run up to christmas! And any other time of the year he would NEVER work his day off, incase the floater might get one of his tips! lol
shuffler3
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 27
Joined: 29 Jun 2009, 21:44
Gender: Male

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by shuffler3 »

£580.00 , three bottles of wine ,bottle port , bottle whiskey , x amount of chocks and im only on this run 2 years :Very Happy
Dorset Plodder
Posts: 4351
Joined: 29 Apr 2009, 20:05
Gender: Male

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by Dorset Plodder »

Ended up with about £50. Merry Muckin Christmas :Very Happy Hope you jammy bastards with £1000 worth of tips are declaring them to the Tax Man! :wink: They monitor sites like these you know ;liar
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
Fishyfingers
Posts: 162
Joined: 05 Jan 2007, 22:04
Location: Highland

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by Fishyfingers »

richystran wrote:£240 and vodka and some sweets, im a floater and its about average what i get year on year. Was on a run over christmas a couple of year ago and pulled in about £700, i know at least two in our office get well over 1000 and lots of other things etc, ones that hungry he always offers to work his day off if need be on the run up to christmas! And any other time of the year he would NEVER work his day off, incase the floater might get one of his tips! lol


How do you manage to get so much?i'm a floater and got sod all,any tips that i get i pass onto the duty holder.
Darren Bent
Posts: 2150
Joined: 05 Oct 2007, 15:38
Gender: Male
Location: Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8XL

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by Darren Bent »

if you get tips as floater keep it. We don't get enough. (only pass it on if it got his/her name)
bolton1969
Posts: 61
Joined: 12 Sep 2007, 18:13

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by bolton1969 »

750 resedential delivery points.
2 X tips.
1 X £3
1 X £4
Total =£7
Tight fookers.

Maybe its just me they dont like!!!!!!!!!!!
richystran
Posts: 72
Joined: 20 May 2010, 02:01
Gender: Male

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by richystran »

Carew wrote:if you get tips as floater keep it. We don't get enough. (only pass it on if it got his/her name)
Exactly! The majorty of the people who tip me also tip the usual one too!
Wessex
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 1267
Joined: 10 Jul 2007, 17:20

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by Wessex »

1x chocs
1 x fiver
1 x bottle of red wine

New walk( and had xmas off. :dance)
Stormproof
Posts: 6116
Joined: 07 Jul 2007, 21:03
Gender: Female

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by Stormproof »

Same as last year, nothing. Packet driver last year and on light indoor duties this year so expected to get nowt.
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets


Illegitimi non carborundum
REDLETTER
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 748
Joined: 27 Oct 2008, 19:00
Gender: Male
Location: EX-ROYAL MAIL

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by REDLETTER »

Got a Fiver of the bloke who sells illegal cigarettes, not sure if it was a tip or a bribe not to snitch on him :Very Happy :wink:
Sippin40oz
Posts: 170
Joined: 24 Oct 2010, 18:29
Gender: Female

Re: how you doing for tips?

Post by Sippin40oz »

Only got 2 x £5 this year... Pretty tight from the rest of my walk if you ask me! Especially as those two tips were from probably 2 of the poorest looking people on my round! Almost felt like giving it back to them :left: