ENVELOPES FROM PAPER PERSON/MAIL CARRIER - Page 5

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@hckynutjohn The envelopes are addressed, so I guess enclose your gift/tip, stamp it and mail it.

Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

This is the first time you got these from the letter carrier or paper delivery person?

It's up to you, how much you think is acceptable. Or not.

Buffalogal47 · ‎07-14-2010

@KingstonsMom : It's the newspaper delivery people who are leaving the envelopes, not the USPS letter carriers. Newspaper delivery people depend on their Christmas tips because they aren't paid a lot to deliver their papers, plus, they have to use their own cars. I don't get the paper anymore, but when I did I always gave the crew a generous holiday tip. Mail people get nothing more than a Christmas card. Letter carriers are very well paid.

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

We ended up canceling our daily paper because the service was so bad with missed or late deliveries. I'd call to complain and ask for a partial refund. The publisher would just extend the subscription. It got to where I had no idea where I stood with them. We still get a weekly local paper but it gets delivered with our mail. At one time, I used to leave a container of Christmas cookies and wrapped candies for the mail carrier, but eventually stopped. It was rarely acknowledged so I never knew if the regular carrier received them or if a sub kept them. Then there's the question of if the carrier has diet restrictions so I eventually quit. I used to bring a couple boxes of Fannie Mae candy to the bank but eventually stopped that too.

Mj12 · ‎03-09-2010

We get online newspaper subscriptions so I can't comment on that one.

Are you 100% positive your mail carrier left the envelope and not anyone else? I honestly cannot imagine a Federal employee would risk a well paying job/benefits/pension over a $20 (or whatever) tip knowing full well it is prohibited. JMO

San Antonio Gal · ‎05-18-2017

I've never heard of a mailman soliciting for gifts with a self addressed envelope.

San Antonio Gal · ‎05-18-2017

@Buffalogal47 wrote:
@KingstonsMom : It's the newspaper delivery people who are leaving the envelopes, not the USPS letter carriers. Newspaper delivery people depend on their Christmas tips because they aren't paid a lot to deliver their papers, plus, they have to use their own cars. I don't get the paper anymore, but when I did I always gave the crew a generous holiday tip. Mail people get nothing more than a Christmas card. Letter carriers are very well paid.

Yes, this makes sense about the newspaper delivery person leaving an envelope for a gift, but not the mail person.