kalanamak Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I felt I should this year. Since I live 2/10ths of a mile off the road and one carrier always drives back with my oversized packages, I gave her a very nice travel mug. Any of you give cash etc? I think I'll write a letter, too, to her boss, but I don't know her name! Can't really call her "the peppy Asian woman who always wears shorts and smokes" can I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I want to do something for our carrier. We have a longer driveway and he has done more than his fair share of coming up the drive this year. I actually talked to him the other day, I usually never catch him, and he asked when we were getting a bigger mailbox. (blush). Actually it's been on the list for a while, that might be his Christmas gift. :lol::lol: Seriously, I don't even know his name, he's not always the driver, but I plan to get something. Cookies? IDK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 We call the guy who delivers priority mail "Mr. Happy" because he's always so dang jovial and happy. I'd make him some treats if I knew when I'd see him next. We always wave, honk, and even stop to say hi when we see him out and about the neighborhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wide eyes & laughter Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 a VISA gift card from anyone! Or iTunes gift card if you notice whether she wears an iPod, maybe. One year we gave our mail carrier a gift card to a restaurant - but that was when we lived in our old neighborhood and had a carrier who went the extra mile. Now we have a carrier who merely does his job - bare minimum. So, no need to recognize that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 We call the guy who delivers priority mail "Mr. Happy" You may be too innocent to know your kids are calling him a name that means something else to many adults in the USA.... (I mean this seriously, but it is funny...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 ...but my UPS guy gets freshly baked bread! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanga Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I am giving the mailman and the garbage men gift cards to a local restaurant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 We usually do cookies or something, but I like the idea of fresh baked bread! I think that's what I will do this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn of ns Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) I think I'll write a letter, too, to her boss, but I don't know her name! Can't really call her "the peppy Asian woman who always wears shorts and smokes" can I? When you do write the letter be very general and don't mention that specific service that you're appreciative of. I say that because I used to deliver mail and I'd sometimes go out of the way for customers BUT I was doing it contrary to regulations or proper procedures. If the post office had gotten a hint of what I was doing they would have told me to cut it out. Oversized parcels in particulkar HAD to be carded for pick up at the post office. When you write you can simply refer to, "the wonderul lady who delivers my mail," and include your address or route number if you have one. They'll know who it's meant for. Any gifts I got on the route were appreciated. Usually a box of chocolates, GCs to a local coffee shop, an ornament, 10 or 20 dollars in an envelope or even a Christmas card. I generally give our mail carrier a box of chocolates and a Christmas card whether she's gone out of her way or not. It's just one of those invisible jobs where a litte recognition can make a person's day. Edited December 17, 2008 by dawn of ns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 My dh has received baked goods, candy, gift cards to restaurants, ornaments, a windchime, a ham, a turkey, a Barnes & Nobles gift card, etc. One family gives him 2 homemade sweet potatoe pie every Thanksgiving and Christmas. He usually brings home a plate of cookies once or twice a month. We usually receive so many baked goods that I wouldn't have to bake if I didn't want to. God bless, Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needleroozer Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 You may be too innocent to know your kids are calling him a name that means something else to many adults in the USA.... (I mean this seriously, but it is funny...) Okay, I guess I am naive too, cuz I have no idea to what you are referring.:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 Okay, I guess I am naive too, cuz I have no idea to what you are referring.:001_huh: Even I, who have seen very few "pop" movies, have heard Mr. Happy refer to a penis. I have heard it at work and on the radio (my carpooler listens to "chat" radio in the morning...not "talk radio"), too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in Toronto Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Letter carriers here in urban Canada (Toronto, anyway) walk to do deliveries. Up your front walk, mail in the box or through the slot. Rain, snow, whatever. Trucks drop off mail to locked distribution boxes in the neighborhood, then the letter carriers pick up bagsful and walk their route. Only larger packages are delivered by truck. Some wear shorts in the summer and wear YakTrax in the winter to deal with the ice. I will definitely be tipping my guy, who has to listen to our terrier yapping his head off from inside the house every time he comes up our walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I give a box of my favorite candy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 We give a $20 bill in a card to him and always try to catch him to do it in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 If you are going to give gifts to the mail carrier, be sure to do it ASAP! At least where I live, often the regular carriers get vacation time and a substitute delivers the week of Christmas. Not that the sub wouldn't like a treat, too, but I want my gift to go to the right person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanestMomInMidwest Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 We know our mailman and love him. We have a very long yard (part of 13 acres) and if he sees the dc in the yard, he'll pull over to hand them the mail cuz he knows they like to carry it in. We call him "Mr. Firstname, the mailman" and he's been delivering to us for 8 years now. We'll give him something homemade and a $20 Panarea gift card. We also give the newspaper carrier a giftcard, but just because its a thankless job and I know it doesn't pay much (we never see the newspaper carrier and the newspaper is delivered to a box by the road). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 No, I don't tip someone for doing his or her job, harsh as that may sound. I would tip if I felt that person was being particularly helpful, etc. That definitely is NOT the case with our rural route carriers, as I've mentioned here before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Yes. I usually make some sort of baked good for the mail guy. I have one last package coming Friday, so I think I may make up a goodie box for the UPS gal, too. I live on a tiny, narrow street and she has to back the truck down it so she can get out easily. I've made that gal back down my street a LOT this year! Just because it's their job doesn't mean a little appreciation would be unwarranted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I thought that mail carriers were not allowed to take gifts! So I have wanted to give my UPS lady, particularly, a gift, and have not done so. But this year, I will! Something nice, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 If you are going to give gifts to the mail carrier, be sure to do it ASAP! At least where I live, often the regular carriers get vacation time and a substitute delivers the week of Christmas. Not that the sub wouldn't like a treat, too, but I want my gift to go to the right person. :iagree: We have finally gotten a reliable mail man and every year I get something for him and he's off at Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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