Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since covid, our favorite pizza place now automatically adds %20 to PICK UP orders. I am a little annoyed by that (we are all hurting financially right now, not just restaurants) Are we supposed to tip on top of that?

No don’t tip on top of that.

That us a delivery charge, none of which goes to the driver. Tip on top of it or your delivery person is paying for the privilege of bringing you food.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People often give $ to the postman or UPS driver at Xmas. This is not a new idea and should not be confusing. Just give them holiday cash if you would like to. You won't be the only one, so they will not be shocked.

Only in value up to $20. We gave him wine one year andhe had to get OK from his boss that the value of the wine was less than $20. So we got a giftcard this year for precisely $20.
*Civil servants are not allowed to receive cash tips. But if you wish to recognize your mail carrier, the U.S. Postal Service asks that your gratuity not exceed $20 in cash value.

When my parents' mail carrier retired this year, their block threw a big block party with food and got a group gift. Multiple blocks on the route did this. Everyone also gives holiday gifts. It blows my mind because I couldn't pick my mail carrier out of a lineup. Maybe the difference is that I live in an area with drive-up mailboxes and everyone where my parents are has mail slots which requires the carrier to walk the block.

The interim guy says people are competing for that route now.

Anonymous wrote:Yard guy gets 0 because he’s lucky enough to sleep with me (my husband)...

This, strangely....had a woody effect on me.

Anonymous wrote:Whatever you do, (once things are back to normal and people start traveling again), please leave cash for the hotel housekeeper. It makes a big difference in their lives and its physically draining, unappreciated work done by women living on the margins of society.

Unless they work in a union city...in which case they are paid well.