Holiday bonuses

[TS Garp]

Do you give a holiday bonus/tip to anyone? Mail carrier, garbage collector, babysitter/nanny, landscaper, etc? If so, how much?

[heyelander]

Mail Carrier, Newspaper, Cleaning woman...

Cleaning woman... cleaning woman... CLEANING WOMAN!!!!

[TranaGreg]

what's this "newspaper" that you speak of???

yes, CLEANING LADY!!!

(or woman)

we typically do $50 each (there are 2 that work our house) ... if I recall correctly ...

[Hornsby]

Do you give a holiday bonus/tip to anyone? Mail carrier, garbage collector, babysitter/nanny, landscaper, etc? If so, how much?

Anyone who does a personal service like child care , landscaping, etc, yes I would. Mail, Garbage, etc, no...

[revo]

We used to give our Nanny an extra week's pay and the week off as a bonus.

I used to tip our longtime mailman $50, but he retired and now it's a host of different ones. I tip my barber $20 (who's also a tenant). I don't tip the garbage guys. That's about it, since I'm our landscaper!

[overkill94]

As a man with zero service personnel on staff I am oblivious to this question. Since I hope to hire a housekeeper in the near future I am thankful for the guidance

[chancellor]

If you still get a newspaper delivered, always tip your carrier. Having done that for almost six years, I may be slightly biased.

[B-Fly]

I tip our regular morning babysitter, our bi-weekly house cleaner, and our 3x/week dinner cook around $100 each. And we contribute to holiday gift funds for the kids' public school, aftercare and religious school teachers. I honestly have no clue if our mail carrier is regular or variable - never see him or her, and I haven't given a holiday tip, although this thread has me thinking about whether I should.

[Steve 2.0]

I tip our regular morning babysitter, our bi-weekly house cleaner, and our 3x/week dinner cook around $100 each. And we contribute to holiday gift funds for the kids' public school, aftercare and religious school teachers. I honestly have no clue if our mail carrier is regular or variable - never see him or her, and I haven't given a holiday tip, although this thread has me thinking about whether I should.

I just want to know how you know the babysitter is regular.

[madducks]

The same mail carrier who delivers my mail to the neighbors and the neighbors mail to me? The same mail carrier who leaves the flap open on the top of my mailbox when it's raining so that i have to hang my mail over a chair to dry before i can read it? That's the guy i'm supposed to tip? I don't think so.

[TranaGreg]

The same mail carrier who delivers my mail to the neighbors and the neighbors mail to me? The same mail carrier who leaves the flap open on the top of my mailbox when it's raining so that i have to hang my mail over a chair to dry before i can read it? That's the guy i'm supposed to tip? I don't think so.

I re-read this post with LL Cool J's I'm going back to Cali in my head.

[Ken]

I just want to know how you know the babysitter is regular.

No, no, you misapplied the adjective there. His regular morning babysitter is for the good days; when he has an irregular morning he has to call in the "special" babysitter. She gets paid more to put up with... well you know.

[Steve 2.0]

No, no, you misapplied the adjective there. His regular morning babysitter is for the good days; when he has an irregular morning he has to call in the "special" babysitter. She gets paid more to put up with... well you know.