Christmas tips

[deristrong]

There's a rural walk down here where the average is £3.5 k and, guess what, the postie works all his days off and, never, ever, goes sick in December!

£3500! Bollocks.

True, it was £3500 worth of stuff (not all cash).

[Dorset Plodder]

Christmas tips are very emotive subject. Personally I don't work for Tips, and I don't worry about kissing any customer's arse all year...just to make sure I get a tip.
I give all the customers the same level of service. The one I'm paid to give them. If someone Tips me great.

Me thinks you doth protest too much

Could be a bit of Sour Grapes BF. Doesn't do much for Office Morale when you've got some Gobshites bragging about how much they made in tips. And as mentioned by Barbels, some don't think about giving the cover anything. Here's a thought.....anyone ever though of giving their PHG (Locker Man) a cut? Some may be assholes but ours is a really good guy and I always give him something from any cash I might receive.

[arnold cheshire]

I'm up to 2k so far

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I'm up to 2k so far

2k - cocaine, special K, potatoes ????

[arnold cheshire]

I'm up to 2k so far

2k - cocaine, special K, potatoes ????

Money

[steveoooo1]

So far nothing...and probably won't as our d/o has no regular posties on the rounds.well apart from the rurals.

[comeracing]

I got a cracking tip the other day its running at Kempton park on boxing day

[Spedley]

I'd be very happy with £1 per address but unfortunately it averages at more like 10p. One year I bought a tin of quality street and put tinsel around it and a note saying "Happy Christmas from your postie" and got £160 from there in tips! I was only saying thanks because it was one of my bag drops and people often buzzed me in.

[uncleboldy]

I got £50 one Christmas from a woman who thanked me for hiding her handbag in her porch after she left it on her drive and drove off to work. Funny thing was ,it wasn't me who did it. It was my floater. Still i gave him half ...

[wacko74]

I'm calling total BS on those claiming to get £3.5k and £2k, although why they feel the need to make these tales up is another matter.

3 rurals in our office all deliver to very wealthy country houses and farms, all been on the same duty for years so are well known and loved by the customers, yet they still only (only!) get £300-£500.

[dave72]

Seem to get more tips from the people that look like they need it more, the "richer" end don't even say morning/afternoon or thank you - which I would appreciate more - so no chance of a tip

Do well at the farms though, cuts of beef, eggs, veg and the odd bottle of wine

[Hitcher]

I'm up to 2k so far

2k - cocaine, special K, potatoes ????

Typo, he meant 2p.

[steveoooo1]

2-3.5k tax man is rubbing his hands together lol

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Of course everyone on here who is publicly stating that they have received large amounts of money in tips is well aware that the government should receive 20% through Tax (but no NI). Of course they won't deny it if HRMC are able to tie a boast down to a particular employee. No one is that daft are they ? https://www.gov.uk/tips-at-work/tips-and-tax" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not forgetting RMs own policies: https://www.myroyalmail.com/news/nation ... ribery-act" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's the season of goodwill.

But it's important to be careful about accepting gifts so you don't fall foul of the Bribery Act.

Christmas tips are allowed. But they should never be accepted in return for favours, for example, earlier delivery, enhanced collection etc.

Other guidelines
Bribes must never be offered or given – nor requested or accepted. A bribe is not just about money, it could be any gift, hospitality or favour
Gifts may only be given or accepted up to a value of £30; any gifts over £30 must be politely declined
Hospitality may only be given or accepted where there is a business reason. Limits apply:
o Hospitality less than £25 per head in the course of business meetings is allowed and does not require pre-approval or registration

o Hospitality greater than £25 per head requires line manager pre-approval and must be recorded in the Gifts and Hospitality register

o Hospitality greater than £100 per head also requires a functional director's pre-approval and must be recorded in the Gifts and Hospitality register.

Penalties
The penalties under the Bribery Act are severe:
Individuals could face unlimited fines and imprisonment for up to 10 years
Companies face loss of reputation, unlimited fines and could be barred from participating in public procurement contracts.
If you have any queries please contact your.news@royalmail.com

[wacko74]

One of our guys pulled up to the gate of one country home on his rural delivery, the letter box is built into stone gate pillar so he doesn't need to enter the property, hung on the gate was a christmas bag with an expensive bottle of whisky so he took it and gave a cheery wave to the home owner who was stood watching him at the front window... it was only when he got home and looked at the attached card... ''To our wonderful binmen, thank you for doing such a grand job all year!''

Whooops