Do you give a gift during Christmas, to your postal carrier or trash man?
@lookatdesktop (27146)
Dallas, Texas
December 21, 2017 9:05am CST
I never think about it, but since I read the post in Yahoo! Answers, about this very subject, I find that there are lots of very good and generous folk who actually do give something nice to the men who carry our mail and who pick up our extra trash at Christmas time.
Read the article below for more.
Garbage & recycling staff, mail delivery people, security guard, parking lot attendants... for what industries do you provide gifts during the holidays? If you gift cash or a gift card, how much do you give them?
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@1creekgirl (44527)
• United States
21 Dec 17
We give a Walmart gift card to our mail carrier. She goes out of her way at times and we want her to know we appreciate her.
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@m_audrey6788 (58418)
• Germany
21 Dec 17
We don`t get the chance to see them here 
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@lookatdesktop (27146)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Dec 17
They are probably so fast that they are there one minute,
than gone the next.
than gone the next.2 people like this
@totallyundecided (3188)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
Most of the time, I give a small amount of money to the garbage men who never fails to assist me in getting my garbage out of our home. Sometimes, when I am short on my budget, I give them food or cold water to quench their thirst.
I feel positively that they like to do their job more when they are being given a token of appreciation because I know their salary may not be enough for their everyday expenses. It won't hurt to share them our blessings.
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@lookatdesktop (27146)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Dec 17
That is exactly why it is a good thing to do this. And of course, Do unto others as the Golden Rule says.
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@lookatdesktop (27146)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Dec 17
Actually, I have not often given anything but small talk to my mail carriers, like, "Why do you bend all my mail?" LOL
@Daljinder (21534)
• Bangalore, India
21 Dec 17
We give sweets to watchman, garbage man/woman during Diwali (which is equivalent of Christmas here)
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@snowy22315 (214070)
• United States
22 Dec 17
I haven't, but I have thought about it. I am not really crazy about my mail person..because if she has a package for me she brings it up and leaves the other mail in the box..huh? Maybe if I have some extra cookies I will leave some for her.
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@lookatdesktop (27146)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Dec 17
If it turns out from this you get better service, it will prove worth while to give a few cookies. A friend of mine gave cookies to an area pawn shop and got better luck finding good DVD and Blu Ray Movies to buy at nearly a buck or two each.
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@TiarasOceanView (69614)
• United States
22 Dec 17
I used to but not anymore..never get my mail properly now in these apartments
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@TiarasOceanView (69614)
• United States
23 Dec 17
@lookatdesktop Yes, it is a challenge for them here to do their jobs so...
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@lookatdesktop (27146)
• Dallas, Texas
23 Dec 17
I would not even bother to order a magazine or book online. I would rather just visit the local library, check out a few magazines and books and take them home. As for correspondence, I seldom write any more. I do however, call my family a little. I am sorry your mail service isn't any good for you in your apartments. That is understandable as to you not wanting to give anything, cause you have to get good service to even feel like handing a soda pop to a mail carrier on a hot summer day, when they leave your mail on the ground in the rain in your next door neighbor's yard for 2 days. LOL
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@lookatdesktop (27146)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Dec 17
In our case, it's the same. Every other day it's always a new person. I think we are on the US Postal Service's practice route and they are all newbies anyway. LOL
@lookatdesktop (27146)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Dec 17
So they don't celebrate Christmas, I get that. It took me some time to figure it out. Here is a link that explains it.
Also: How Arabs choose names for their horses, and what new companies must look out for in their advertising and marketing literature.
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@lookatdesktop (27146)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Dec 17
@peachpurple , Well it says a lot about our foreign relations with those types of people from a political and social standpoint, as being divided by religious dogma can make it nearly impossible to achieve common ground with those of countries that both do not relate to Western philosophy but tend to oppose us on other levels as well as we do them on certain moral and philosophical levels thus creating unwelcome difficulties in better future relations in certain areas of both government and commerce.
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@dgobucks226 (37210)
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23 Dec 17
I do give a gift to my postal carrier. He is responsible for delivering my mail and sometimes important packages like my medication so if I find him efficient and friendly I do indeed tip him.
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@lookatdesktop (27146)
• Dallas, Texas
23 Dec 17
You are both kind and generous.
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@creativeaashish (2609)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
22 Dec 17
Oh I think this service is limited in US. It would be great if it were here too. Thank you! And happy Merry Christmas!
Thank you!
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@lookatdesktop (27146)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Dec 17
Happy New Year to you. Hope for the future in 2018 for everyone on planet Earth.
@lookatdesktop (27146)
• Dallas, Texas
23 Dec 17
@creativeaashish , We are. Thanks for asking. The weather might take a turn so I am on the look out for more rain, not snow or ice so I am glad for that.
