Darwinsdad wrote:
Some people get mega stressed about tips. I believe I get paid to deliver the mail...No Tips....No Problem.... I won't kiss someones ass all year just in case they give me a tip, if they do that's nice
My feelings exactly. Any tips I get are split into two envelopes. One envelope goes to my postie the first working day back after Xmas, the other goes to the local hospice.
That's very Big of you DD. I'd have to put ALL the tips in the Hospice envelope because my Posties a Tosser and doesn't deserve a Tip! Some guys can be pretty insensitive Post Christmas bragging about how much money they've made....Great when you're a Part Time Reserve and you haven't made bugger all!
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
robbertwhitton wrote:Am expected to hand all my tips in from my rural delivery about £1200 and have it shared out with my "colleagues " who mess my round up!! And I get £350 back? Mmmm your welcome!!!
WHO tells you to hand your tips in? My 1st reaction would be to tell them to f**k OFF!
Fair Enough share a bit with your Day Off cover (I would suggest 16% per day of cover), and I always bung the PHG/Locker Man a bit. Apart from that the rest can move away in short jerky movements!
Please do tell as I've NEVER heard of this kind of thing before!
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
weary_posty wrote:Lad in our office writes out 600 Christmas cards and sticks them in with his D2Ds at the start of the month.
It's fair to say he does pretty well one the tips front
One or two do that in our office,I think it's a bit like grovelling really. However ,if Yeats your thing,then fair enough,each to their own.
I used to work with a guy who printed "Merry Christmas from your Postman Alan" on all his 739s with a rubber stamp (not quite as bad as a card I'll give you). He was told he shouldn't do it as it was basically asking for a Tip, and could be construed as begging!
Nowadays I work with a women that does give everyone a card. I would suggest the same applies? I hope she's a lot more friendly once she gets out on her round because she's a miserable cow in the office!
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
Just thought i would get back to you as there seems to be some bitter postman out there .i have plenty of long drives and i go over my time every day and i only say hello how are you if i see any customers,as for tips if i get them fine if i don't i couldn't really care,i think there is no easy job as a postman anywhere i.e three times in the last month i have came into work after my rest day (which i take through ill health)and found 1, two days mail to deliver 2, half a round not delivered 3, 2 sacks of packets not delivered making a total of seven.
you think this is an easy job?
We fail nearly every day but no one seems to care.three rounds are sometimes left on the bench,which a year ago would have been unheard of.as for bullshit leave it out
Yeah there's definitely a lot more failures this christmas than last. We've had failures every day so far this month, a lorry turning up unexpectedly after everyone has gone out on their round.
As for tips, I'm not fussed. I got 200 quid last year which was a lovely bonus, however I'm partial to the folks who give me a box of chocolates or a bottle of beer, gives me something to look forward to after tea lol. On a different round this year where there's not many tips but I can't say I'm fussed. However there is one house who leaves a crate of beer out for the binmen but nothing for the posties
Dorset Plodder wrote:
I used to work with a guy who printed "Merry Christmas from your Postman Alan" on all his 739s with a rubber stamp (not quite as bad as a card I'll give you). He was told he shouldn't do it as it was basically asking for a Tip, and could be construed as begging!
Nowadays I work with a women that does give everyone a card. I would suggest the same applies? I hope she's a lot more friendly once she gets out on her round because she's a miserable cow in the office!
If I had one of them through my letterbox I'd be thinking to myself, "cheers Alan and Merry Christmas to you too", as I was standing in the rain and cold outside the callers office along with the 30+ people in front of me, waiting to be served/abused by the one desk attendant who hasn't had their Valium that day, hoping that my parcel could actually be found
Only had a fiver so far. From a lovely little old lady living on an estate. With the money I bought her some chocolates and her dog some treats. Cost me six quid! Soft sod I know.
Dorset Plodder wrote:
I used to work with a guy who printed "Merry Christmas from your Postman Alan" on all his 739s with a rubber stamp (not quite as bad as a card I'll give you). He was told he shouldn't do it as it was basically asking for a Tip, and could be construed as begging!
If I had one of them through my letterbox I'd be thinking to myself, "cheers Alan and Merry Christmas to you too", as I was standing in the rain and cold outside the callers office along with the 30+ people in front of me, waiting to be served/abused by the one desk attendant who hasn't had their Valium that day, hoping that my parcel could actually be found
Ha Ha Should have explained more clearly....... he used to fill out the 739 as per usual but he'd stamped his "Greeting" on the reverse where it says Duty no.
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
If anyone covering my walk gets a tip then good for them. Personally I'm not arsed how much or little I get. I don't often have time nor the inclination to pay much attention to customers or go out of my way for them...I'd sooner get finished on time and pick up the kids from school or get home on a Saturday and spend a bit of quality time with the family.
weary_posty wrote:Lad in our office writes out 600 Christmas cards and sticks them in with his D2Ds at the start of the month.
It's fair to say he does pretty well one the tips front
Shouldn't he be paying for stamps for this mail that he is feeding into the system?
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I'm on a reserve duty and do different walk every day or so, if a customer asks me if I'm the regular I say no. I know of one reserve in my office who takes a tip when it's not meant for them, that's unacceptable in my opinion.
stephen5708 wrote:I'm on a reserve duty and do different walk every day or so, if a customer asks me if I'm the regular I say no. I know of one reserve in my office who takes a tip when it's not meant for them, that's unacceptable in my opinion.
Like I said Tips are a can of worms. In this instance I'd have done the same, although it's slightly galling that customers don't actually know who their Regular Postie is. An exception would be if a customer came out and said, "Here's a Christmas Tip for you Postie". Although I did once have the Regular Postie have a go at me in the Office, "Old Granny Smith gave you a tip the other day...AND IT WAS FOR ME"! I took a Tenner out of my wallet and threw it at him (he'd not given me ANY share of his tips that year) and said, "You obviously need the money more than I do Merry Christmas Asshole"!
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
I'd have to put ALL the tips in the Hospice envelope because my Posties a Tosser and doesn't deserve a Tip! Some guys can be pretty insensitive Post Christmas bragging about how much money they've made....Great 
when you're a Part Time Reserve and you haven't made bugger all! 
