Christmas Tips

Post by **wacko74** » 09 Dec 2018, 16:20

ted_e_bear wrote:Been on the same duty 3 yrs, "looked after" loads of the regular parcel receivers using their garden sheds etc,also already delivered lots of incorrectly addressed Xmas cards to the right houses, anyway I'm safe enough from the taxman, so far.......fuk all !!

Same for me, regardless of whether I've been a duty holder, floater or reserve I always consider I've been polite, efficient and helpful to all the customers I've ever dealt with in 17 years... taking pkts to neighbours or relatives, delivering mis-addressed items, rectifying other posties mistakes, generally always willing to ''go the extra mile'' yet I've never received more than about £30 total tips in any given year.

Yet posties who are miserable, awkward, unhelpful tossers get £300, £500 £700 or even more

I just don't get it.

clashcityrocker · Post by **clashcityrocker** » 09 Dec 2018, 16:31

I once took over a post round in late October. It was rumoured to be excellent for xmas tips.
One particular household got loads of mail and packets. i was always very polite and attentive to the woman who answered the door.
Come Christmas Eve and I took a large parcel to the door. A completely different woman came to the door.
I had spent 2 months being polite and attentive to their cleaner.

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 09 Dec 2018, 17:27

If you are going to follow the HMRCs rules then tips need to be written on a tax return along with bank/building society interest accrued above one thousand pounds. Of course given that the majority of taxes go towards paying benefits to some who would rather not work you may feel resistant to doing so.

Sir Henry · Post by **Sir Henry** » 09 Dec 2018, 17:41

Welfare got 14% of our tax contributions in 2018. Out of that how much actually goes to 'benefit' scroungers' and not people who have worked and contributed but find themselves now in need?

As near to f**k all as makes no odds in the grand scheme of things.

Sir Henry · Post by **Sir Henry** » 09 Dec 2018, 17:43

And the grand total of tips I have received thus far is about average. SFA.

Post by **wacko74** » 09 Dec 2018, 17:46

The best (worst) Christmas tip story I have, it was Christmas eve a few years back, house with a long steep driveway that I'd just trudged down and back up again, just as I'd got back to the pavement the owner came to the door and shouted "hang on postie I've got something for you"

I headed back down the drive and stood at the door waiting for him to reappear.... he eventually came back, wished me a merry Christmas and handed me a huge bundle of junk mail for the previous occupants that he must have been saving up all year.

t**t

Post by **CPTNemoUK** » 09 Dec 2018, 19:06

I would of told him sorry can't take them. You need to take them to a post office.

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 09 Dec 2018, 19:08

Sir Henry wrote:Welfare got 14% of our tax contributions in 2018. Out of that how much actually goes to 'benefit' scroungers' and not people who have worked and contributed but find themselves now in need?

As near to f**k all as makes no odds in the grand scheme of things.

The HMRC occasionally sends letters out to some tax payers giving full breakdowns on where their tax & NIC has been spent. I have received these letters at least twice and they are quite interesting reading.
In the 2016-2017 tax year I paid 5212 pounds in total tax and NIC of which 1267 pounds were spent on 'Welfare'. This was the highest figure on the list and formed 24% of the total amount.
The next highest four you can probably guess but they were:
Health: 1058
State Pensions: 672
Education: 641
National Debt Interest: 287.
Gives you an insight into the composition of the national debt.

zombiepostman · Post by **zombiepostman** » 09 Dec 2018, 19:22

If you get tips the way to look at it is, a personal gift(not taxable)but if its a tip for your service it is taxable,
So all my tips are gifts as for bribery that is a joke as no customer should get treated differently(and they dont on my round apart from the good looking ones !!!!

dlee1 · Post by **dlee1** » 19 Dec 2018, 11:04

Hello!

My name's Dulcie Lee, I'm a journalist for the BBC News website.

If this post isn't appropriate then I apologise and please do delete it.

I'm writing a story about whether Christmas tipping is still going strong among posties, binmen, milkmen and the like.

I'd love to speak to someone about their experience of getting (or not getting) Christmas tips.

If anyone is up for speaking to me about this (you can stay anonymous if you like), please message me on here on on dulcie.lee@bbc.co.uk - I'd ideally want to speak to someone asap, if not sometime today. Can do over the phone too.

Thanks!

Dulcie

PS - FYI Royal Mail confirmed to me that "Royal Mail regards the giving of Christmas tips as a matter between customers and individual postmen and postwomen."

NWpostie · Post by **NWpostie** » 19 Dec 2018, 13:29

I got £1m and 4 "offers" from housewives

30+YEARMAN · Post by **30+YEARMAN** » 19 Dec 2018, 13:48

rehabron wrote:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -jail.html

Who gives the Postman £30 anyway, I,m lucky to get 30 pence out of the tight gits I deliver to

Post by **wallop** » 19 Dec 2018, 20:01

Someone gave me £60 the day they moved out In November.

WDPostman · Post by **WDPostman** » 19 Dec 2018, 20:08

Only a fiver so far

panch1989 · Post by **panch1989** » 19 Dec 2018, 20:30

Not a penny. Fair few in the office are the same aswell. It seems it's dying out with the generations