I moved to Bed Stuy this year, and for the first time in my adult life I have a fantastic postal worker.

She keeps stamps that I can buy from her, deals with packages, showed me how to deal with international postage by myself, and generally acts like this mobile post office with no wait.

I should tip this woman at Christmastime, right?

How much? What’s the standard? I want to exceed it. Anyone?


Comments

  1. USPS is a government agency.

    If you aren’t at home when she/he comes by (and this goes for sanitation guys too) how do you tip them? I’d love to give them a tip, but since I’m at work when they come by, I have no idea how to show my appreciation.

  2. Since postal workers are not government employees, the the rules maybe different for them. Who knows?

    I say tip the lady! It sounds like she’s doing a lot more than her job requires.

  3. You do know what the “k” stands for, right? You are trying to tell me that the trash guys each make $50-70 thousand each december? Where do I sign up.

  4. A good friend of mine works for sanitation dept. He gets 50k to 70k in tips this month. It may be a stinky job, but they only work 2 to 3 hours a day and get paid for 8.

  5. And no, I don’t work for tips myself, but have in the past. This woman basically makes it possible for me to work efficiently from home. She seriously kicks ass.

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