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Default Fie on you Walmart!
On 5/24/2016 8:20 PM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 8:36:18 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>
>> It certainly never occurred to me to tip the garbage people.
>>
> Thank you.
>>
>> I don't tip the person who delivers my mail, either. Then again, I'd
>> have to figure out exactly *who* is delivering the mail. I have
>> continually had problems getting my neighbors mail. I walk it down the
>> street and put it in the correct mailbox. These people need to be
>> tipped? What for? I'm doing their job for them.
>>
>>
> About every 6 weeks I have a new mail person. Yes, I'm getting
> mail that sometimes belongs 10 blocks away. I put it back in the
> mailbox with "delivered to wrong address" written on the front.
>>
>>
>> Unlike some areas, they're not walking down the street with a heavy mail
>> bag slung over their shoulder. They're driving around in
>> air-conditioned cars. They still can't get it right. No tips, no
>> Christmas presents, sorry!
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
> People don't realize mail carriers are some of the best paid
> government workers in the country. I'm supposed to tip them
> for a job they're already well paid to do?
>

I don't tip the mail carrier for various reasons, but I do tip the UPS
guy at Christmastime because I do most of my non-grocery shopping from
Amazon and other places to avoid shopping because I just can't do it
anymore, so I get a lot of deliveries. This guy is so great, and so
friendly and will even carry heavy boxes into my house.

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