mick wrote on 12/25/09 at 22:26:38:justin_o_guy2 wrote on 12/07/09 at 11:32:29:Bull Fetherz, Micks too cheap to pay you for what you enjoy.
talking of being cheap,on the 23rd I took a walk down to the mailbox to catch the mail lady so I could give her her anual tip,it's only $20,so I asked my brother in law for a $20,he said "we don't tip the mail lady"
I have been doing that for as long as I can remember ,is there a reason you guy's don't ?,or are you just cheap; Don't call me cheap I was in the tipping business most of my life and we are notably big tippers,so please do not insult me,you know nothing about me.
Sir Mick, In 1970 in Pennsylvania I worked as a mailman for 1 month. I worked inside the Post Office, and delivered on route. I watched mail sorters deliberately throw parcels marked "fragile" down onto the floor. Uninsured parcels that looked interesting were opened and the contents stolen on route. Magazines were opened and read during lunch break, and stolen if they were interesting. I became so disgusted with this that I quit.
5 years ago in Orange County, I heard a a loud thud against my front door. I quickly got to the door only to see the mailman walking back to his truck, after having thrown a parcel through the air at my front door. I knew this because the box had bounced off the door and was laying about 4 feet from the door on the lawn. The box was marked "Fragile", and was not even addressed to me. I immediately called the Postmaster to tell him to come back for the box since it was wrongly delivered, and to complain about it being thrown at my door. He didn't seem to care in the least.
The mailman gets paid very well for what he does, and has great government benefits and pension. They do what they are supposed to do, and nothing more, and they get paid very well. They are not like those employed in a low paying job where tipping is expected for survival, like a waitress. In Orange County CA, the waiting list for a mail carrier job was over 10,000 applicants. I have an aunt living in PA who tips the mailmen, and her reason is she is afraid they will not make the required effort to deliver her mail in a responsible manner. She thinks this way from years of experience getting shoddy service from the mail carriers.
Case in point: If you move, never ever fill out the cards at the Post Office for forwarding your mail to your new address. Once you do that, some of your mail will be forwarded, some will be delivered to your old address, and some will be returned to sender "address unknown". Once you fill out the forwarding cards and submit them to the Post Office, you're screwed. This has happened to me twice, and to friends and relatives over the years.
Anyway, its for reasons like the above, that I've known few people to tip the mailman. And those that do, do so because they are afraid he will retaliate with poor service if he doesn't get his Christmas 'tip'.
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