DYK

I'm surprised anyone has the same posty or bin collectors all year round these days.

I don't think i've ever tipped anyone at christmas time,if i have i'd have to take my mind way back ..

davegtt

This always makes me wonder peoples mind sets when they say stuff like this. You dont want to receive a tip... explain that, then justify your reason for offering a tip every time you do

Bean1984

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We get loads this time of year from the patients. Last year a couple was getting married but the brides grandad was stuck in london. She really wanted him there so at 6am i pick up the old boy n take the 200 mile journey. Realusing that we not make it on time to the next hospital for his drugs, ive banged on the lights and sirens n hit the gas. Luckily we made it just in time altho i gotta admit the ols boy had one big cheesy grin on his face.

Eventually we get to hospital so in tru style i Blued him the last 100 yards as they was waiting on us.... So i help the old boy out the car and get him in the church. Ive got back in my car n seen an envelope titled "Paramedic" had a look inside, the guy left me a £1000 quid for making sure he got to see his grandaughters wedding. 2 days later he passed on.

ChrisB

Bah hambug

Postie comes around lunchtime these days, so we've been out at work for hours. Likewise binmen and window cleaner. We don't have a milkman.

jef

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postie £40 - aslong as hes been the regular year round, or most % of the year

blue bin collectors £20
grey bin collectors £20

i tip at restaurants always, and as hypocritical as it seems i tend to give a bit more to the homless at this time of year - probably guilt driven. they get my pocketful of change, try to make minumum of £5.
its weird as some i just walk by, others i feel compelled to give. not sure why i choose who id for the homless - its usually the ones i think "look" most needy - total stereotyping on my part and not a very fair way to do it, and alsi by how much change in my pocket at the time. i obviously havent worked out my "fair cash % for the homless schedule" very well, lol

BULLITT

Because I get paid enough and my customers tip me purely because I'm nice to them. I'm not doing anything different, I treat all my customers the same, that said, a lot of people can get offended when they hold out a tip and you turn it down, so I ask for them to put it into Poppy Appeal box or I do it myself.

As I've said, I've worked in thankless jobs, working long hours and not getting so much as a thank you for it so when someone gives me good service I tip them, just like my customers tip me.

I must say what a cynical place this site is turning into if I have to explain why I choose whether or not I accept a tip from someone or whether I choose to do the same to someone myself. The fact is that is the way I am, I work hard for my money (salary, not tips) and I'll spend it how I see fit, if you don't like it tough.

SwissTony

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Usually tip the binmen and postie as we know them pretty well and they are always cheery

davegtt

Bullitt, Dont feel offended because I asked you to explain your reasoning. Do you not see how very contradictory it is? Im not a fan of tipping but I do if I feel Ive had very exceptional service with a smile. I only asked because you say you dont accept tips but feel the need to tip someone else....

donny andi

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Eh?
Your a paramedic? , you do a 200 mile drive to take a old boy to his granddaughters wedding in a ambulance running blues and two's
I'd assume that's a instant sack able offence straight away
Then he bungs you a grand ......

Fella..... I read some bull**** but the above takes the biscuit
My old dear was a nurse for 30+ years and accepting any kind of gift was risky....£'s was a instant no no

dpb

40 quid xmas bonus for the postie

Flaps

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You weren't a teacher were you? I would be happy with a 'thanks' at Parents' Evening but we don't even get that!

jef

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LOL exactly what i was thinking, B.S or just daft enough to post on the internet,

"one time we were responding to a major aircraft incident, but my brothers step son was due to arrive on stand 13 alpha, so i went to the stand to see him off the plane - 50 people died at the incident, but the grateful boy left a thankyou card and bottle of vodka in the cab of the appliance for me - top bloke"


p.s all above is total B.S, as i suspect the paramedics story is lol

chocolate_o_brian

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I thought that too. There was a thread on here recently about a paramedic's superior asking him to do the blue's for picking up his dinner. Straight refused but did this?? Eh?

Bean1984

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Just noticed mate, you may have misread it in your post. He was blue lighted to the hospital 1st for emergency drugs. Hospital transfers are authorised to be completed if a patients condition is time critical which this patient was.

Theres different sections of the ambulance service then just your regular 999 crews. They old boy was in a bad way. Im not allowed to say too much but he had a few machines keeping him alive as well as being given certain drugs so that comes under the catergory of being a time critical patient hence the trip to hospital before hand. If i accepted the money in my own pocket yes it is a sackable offence so any form of tip is given to the station officer who then decides what to do with it either by putting it in as a donation or actually declaring it too the tax man.


On the matter of blue lights, its the courts who decide if you keep your job as you have to attend court to answer any driving offences you may commit

CharlySkunkWeed

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Lol , did it take u that long to check the rule book ?

Bean1984

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If a blue light driver can stand up in a court of law to defend himself for that reason then yes they can. The use of lights and sirens are the sole decision of the personel. The control room, police, public, doctors and so on can request you drive on an emergency basis but the decision lays with the crew as its the driver that will be facing the court room

Bean1984

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Nope been at work all night

Leslie

Anyone who has done something for you particularly well for which you feel grateful.

Those who are too mean to tip get back what they deserve!

Les

DARB

I'm not too mean to tip, if I get good service in a restaurant then gladly chuck em 20 maybe 30p but years ago our dustbin men came down our path collected then bin, then later came around with the wagon and emptied it, and after that they came around to replace it, now I put the bin on the edge of the kerb for them to move a few feet on its wheels and they still refuse to take it if its not facing the right way or the lid is not shut tight, some would say "if you tipped them they may be more helpful" well I say " I tip for good service I don't expect to have to tip before I get it "

Leslie

I can understand just how you feel over that sort of treatment and would feel just the same.

Les

corradoboy

I work all year ensuring people get their magazines to read, and also teach people to drive, yet no-one has ever tipped me so why should I ? They have a job which pays a wage for the task expected of them. If the wage is insufficient, then seek a pay rise or another job !

Bah, HUMBUG

the shreksta

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everybody gets the same tip from me inc you horrible lot-the tip is.............

never eat yellow snow

Lisawrx

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This ^

Nowadays, very few people go above and beyond so to speak and in some cases barely do the minimum required for what they are paid for. I'm not going to tip someone just because they have done their job.

Plus, I rarely see our bin men as I'm out at work myself, so it's not like I can even say that I pass the time of day with them. Same goes for the postie now (when I see 'him' on the occasions that I am about, it's rarely the same person).

I will tip for good service in restaurants and the hairdressers, but not if it is poor.

Back when I was growing up, my parents tipped pretty much everyone. The bin men, the postie, the paper boy, the milkman, the coal men, the window cleaners, the hairdresser always got a present. I'm possibly forgetting people....The thing then was, people were about more and knew each other and all of these people then were constant, we always had the same person(s) and they gave good service/ were pleasant.

IWatkins

Bin men have a stack of bacon butties and a mug of tea and a mince pie, and a chat, on their last round before Xmas. Lovely guys, always helpful in the year, push all the various recycling boxes up the drive and jet wash them out every two months. Take all our garden stuff without requiring us to pay for and use green sacks. Got a big stack of junk to shift, e.g. Furniture, no worries, they'll sort it.

My postie gets a quality bottle of Scotch. He is overworked, underpaid, but always works hard. I work from home and get 10-15 bits of important post almost everyday. On those days I'm at HQ he'll drop them in much later or will wrap them in a waterproof bag and stash them for me in an agreed place. At this time of year, he also delivers all the ParcelForce stuff. In the seven years he has worked on this round I've not lost a single bit of post. And he wears shorts year round. Everyone thinks he is excellent. He is about 4ft 10in and always has a smile and some news of local goings on. The guy is legend.

Everyone else can go whistle. I only tip in restaurants/cafes if the service is above what I expected. Rarely.

RobJenks

Here in Thailand , tipping is expected for services rendered .I will tip any BG that sticks her finger up my **** and double it if she swallows.

urban

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Does your wee brother go with you to carry the dvd player?

pimmo2000

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BG ? Boy/girl ?

RobJenks

Ha Ha BG is an acronym for Bar Girl.
I dont bat for the other side. Ha Ha

CharlySkunkWeed

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Only when he's on day release.