Mail deliverer and other gifts

[amaranth]

Do you give your regular mail deliverer or UPS driver gifts? What about other professional contacts?

Our mail lady is great so I want to get her something but I'm not sure what or how. Do I wait by the window all day to hand it to her, or do I stick it to the mailbox with her name and trust a substitute to not take it? Do I do cash or a gift card?

[katespade]

We've never met our mail deliverer or UPS driver, so I definitely wouldn't think to get them anything. Do you ever talk to your mail lady? If I were going to get them something, I would probably want to deliver it in person so that I was sure it got to them.

[bk1]

I never have. 

I know my mom does. She leaves something in the mailbox for her regular mail carrier. 

[awick14]

I have in the past but this year I probably won't because we have had 8-10 different carriers in the past 2-3 months. It's been weird, I've had to complain to the post office because of misdelivered mail and such.

[amaranth]

I do talk to the mail lady a few times per week. She also carries our packages into my house to be extra helpful.

The problem is that she delivers anywhere from 2-4:30 so I'd have to be staring outside the whole window. I guess if ibget it now I can just wait until we criss oaths naturally.

[miniroller]

My mailbox is at the bottom of the hill, so I leave my mail lady's gift in my mailbox; I prop the card up & label big in red (festive;)) Sharpie USPS.
Last year I did $25 Starbucks gift cards for post lady & UPS driver & $10 GC for FedEx (doesn't come nearly as often). I'm Amazon Prime & live on top of a hill that they often have to walk during snowy season, so I try to show a little love. I'm thinking of Visa GC's this year, but haven't done it yet.

[estrellita]

We don't have a mail carrier but I'd probably do a gift card and leave it in the mailbox but just make sure it's obvious it's not outgoing mail, haha.

We should get ideas for daycare.. there are a couple main teachers but there are other teachers in and out so I have no idea what to do, lol.

[pooh8402]

I don't because none of our mail/ package deliverers are consistent. I say hi to be polite and that's it.

[pooh8402]

Dec 4, 2016 10:08:01 GMT -5 estrellita said:

We don't have a mail carrier but I'd probably do a gift card and leave it in the mailbox but just make sure it's obvious it's not outgoing mail, haha.

We should get ideas for daycare.. there are a couple main teachers but there are other teachers in and out so I have no idea what to do, lol.

Gift cards for the main teachers, and baked goods for everyone else.

[amaranth]

Dec 4, 2016 14:43:53 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

Dec 4, 2016 10:08:01 GMT -5 estrellita said:

We don't have a mail carrier but I'd probably do a gift card and leave it in the mailbox but just make sure it's obvious it's not outgoing mail, haha.

We should get ideas for daycare.. there are a couple main teachers but there are other teachers in and out so I have no idea what to do, lol.

Gift cards for the main teachers, and baked goods for everyone else.

Does $5 to starbucks per teacher sound okay or is that stingy? M has 3 teachers but he only goes once per week. 

[Blue Moon]

Dec 4, 2016 10:08:01 GMT -5 estrellita said:

We don't have a mail carrier but I'd probably do a gift card and leave it in the mailbox but just make sure it's obvious it's not outgoing mail, haha.

We should get ideas for daycare.. there are a couple main teachers but there are other teachers in and out so I have no idea what to do, lol.

I have no idea who my mail/USPS carriers are, so I won't be doing anything special.

As far as daycare, I do Target gift cards for B's three main teachers and bring in donuts for the center as a whole to say Happy Holidays.

[pooh8402]

Dec 4, 2016 15:50:13 GMT -5 amaranth said:

Dec 4, 2016 14:43:53 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

Gift cards for the main teachers, and baked goods for everyone else.

Does $5 to starbucks per teacher sound okay or is that stingy? M has 3 teachers but he only goes once per week. 

I was planning on $10 each (he has 4 main teachers) but he goes 3-4 days/week.

[HoneySpider]

YES! My mom delivered mail for 20+ years and the carriers definitely appreciate tips you leave for them. You can leave cash (people always say they can't accept it but they can - it makes up the majority of their tips!) in an envelope for them - if a sub is on that day, they will give it to the regular carrier (regular carriers typically give a portion to their subs so they shouldn't pocket it unless they are a total jerk)

It's especially nice to do if you get a lot of packages, schedule pickups, etc ( unless they screw it up, I have had some bad carriers in the past so I get it that some of them suck, unfortunately)

I also give a tip to UPS since I typically get a decent amount of packages.

I think last year I gave $40 to USPS (I get a lot of packages and also did some pick ups) and $10 to UPS. I'm not sure what I'm doing yet this year since I haven't left my tips yet. I think for a typical customer, $25 for USPS is a nice gift.

[MrsMB]

amaranth I did a cutesy little gift bag for L's 4 main daycare teacher/contacts....SO not anything MMM would approve. I simply didn't have a ton of funds allocated for it.

I need to encourage J to do something for our mail carriers. Our UPS guy gives the dogs treats.

[amaranth]

HoneySpider such helpful info, thank you! Glad you know about the subs, that has been my worry.