What's a decent tip to leave for Christmas for my newspaper delivery guy

**Easy-Rider 66** · 12-09-12, 06:34 AM

Originally posted by stevenash

The guy who delivers my NY Daily News to my doorstep has been flawless all year.

When I leave for work before 6am, my paper is on my stoop, day in, day out, all year long.
Even the Sunday paper, which most delivery guys get to whenever they feel like it has been there before sun up.

The guy never misses the stoop either, flings it from his car, always on the stoop, like the basketball player who hits 98 percent of his free throws.

So, I'm thinking, what? 25 dollars in an envelope? Too little? More?

The guy has been rock solid all year, bad weather and all.

**tto827** · 12-09-12, 06:53 AM

Completely depends on your neighborhood/current situation. If you are barely squeaking by, $25 is a very nice gesture, middle class homes maybe you up to $35. IF your property is worth more than 750k, you should give the guy $50 probably.... If gambling isn't your main source of income, I would say the proper gift is .75-1 unit (if greater than $25)

**konck** · 12-09-12, 06:56 AM

Good for you kid!
Thats how you do it.
25 is

he will be very pleased you will be at the top of his list.
Its cool to do a little extra for some one who's done a good job for you all year

**wtt0315** · 12-09-12, 08:38 AM

Make sure you give him a letter saying don't start gambling and if you do find Brock landers and fade.
That will be worth more then 25

**sigtauslimer** · 12-09-12, 08:40 AM

Yeah 20-25 is what we usually do in our neighborhood (outer edge of Indianapolis). I searched online when we started a few years ago and that seems to be the general consensus amount. Great gesture man.

**thetrinity** · 12-09-12, 08:52 AM

i used to deliver papers when i was a kid, i admittedly was lazy and just trying to get it over with most of the time and i usually got about 20 dollars. if this guys that good id say 50 bucks.

**Smoke** · 12-09-12, 08:57 AM

$20 and a handjob

**William Walters** · 12-09-12, 08:58 AM

Nice gesture Nash. I'm sure he'll be appreciative of anything around that figure.

While were on the tipping subject.............what's a good year-end tip for my gardener? Guy comes every week.........and my monthly bill is $100. Mayan..........check in pal.

**Br0nxer** · 12-09-12, 08:58 AM

25 is plenty good

If he does a really good job and puts the paper somewhere different when it is raining out so it doesnt get wet then throw him 50

**InTheDrink** · 12-09-12, 09:08 AM

This place has classed up since jj and nickaaaayyy haven't been around.

Those brokedikk fuks wouldn't tip shit if the paper guy had to swim thru a pool of piss with snakes and alligators on a daily basis.

**crustyme** · 12-09-12, 09:10 AM

Originally posted by Smoke

$20 and a handjob

**str** · 12-09-12, 09:23 AM

25 sounds like a good number.

Nice gesture.

Guy will really appreciate it.

**crackerjack** · 12-09-12, 09:43 AM

I delivered papers as a teen and got tips from 5% if I was lucky. And I was good. $25 is more than generous. Maybe put $25 on your favorite bowl game and give him the bet slip.

**BuckeyeT** · 12-09-12, 09:46 AM

37 SBR points should be good.

**Br0nxer** · 12-09-12, 09:52 AM

Originally posted by crackerjack

I delivered papers as a teen and got tips from 5% if I was lucky. And I was good. $25 is more than generous. Maybe put $25 on your favorite bowl game and give him the bet slip.

Thats a fukkin terrible idea

You think his paperboy wants his x-mas tip riding on a football game?

Only a jerkoff douchebag would do something like that

**darkhat** · 12-09-12, 10:03 AM

bet slip dumb idea

give the kid 25 or so

**Dank_Fire** · 12-09-12, 10:10 AM

Originally posted by Br0nxer

Thats a fukkin terrible idea

You think his paperboy wants his x-mas tip riding on a football game?

Only a jerkoff douchebag would do something like that

**opie1988** · 12-09-12, 10:16 AM

Originally posted by William Walters

Nice gesture Nash. I'm sure he'll be appreciative of anything around that figure.

While were on the tipping subject.............what's a good year-end tip for my gardener? Guy comes every week.........and my monthly bill is $100. Mayan..........check in pal.

Willie....does your gardener do all of the mowing as well? If so, how the fukk are you getting out for $100 a month? My landscape maintenance runs about a c-note a week. What's the deal here, pal?

**Optional** · 12-09-12, 10:21 AM

$50 tip for the bloke that delivers the newspaper? Americans are just damn weird with this tipping thing.

Leave it up to the bloody employer to pay his damn wages. Give the bloke a nice thankyou card and/or a bottle of wine. A much more personal and genuine sort of thankyou.

**Ralphie1412** · 12-09-12, 10:29 AM

Originally posted by Optional

$50 tip for the bloke that delivers the newspaper? Americans are just damn weird with this tipping thing.

Leave it up to the bloody employer to pay his damn wages. Give the bloke a nice thankyou card and/or a bottle of wine. A much more personal and genuine sort of thankyou.

just because you are a cheap loser that doesnt tip doesnt mean we are. #america!

**darkhat** · 12-09-12, 10:40 AM

tip him

it is hard work watch and learn

**Optional** · 12-09-12, 10:47 AM

Originally posted by Ralphie1412

just because you are a cheap loser that doesnt tip doesnt mean we are. #america!

Think for yourself Ralphie! Escape the lemming herd. Break the brainwash cycle. ;-)

If you didn't participate in the senseless dehumanizing system maybe employers would pay a decent wage eventually. Your tips are part of the reason grown men in America work for 10 bucks an hour or less.

**Madison** · 12-09-12, 10:49 AM

Similar service here except I get "end of driveway" as it would take Johnny Football to reach my door steps from the street. $20 and a thank you here.

**BigDeem5** · 12-09-12, 10:57 AM

Give him $100 and consider it your volunteering for the holiday

**dj_destroyer** · 12-09-12, 11:13 AM

Originally posted by Br0nxer

Thats a fukkin terrible idea

You think his paperboy wants his x-mas tip riding on a football game?

Only a jerkoff douchebag would do something like that

I do this at craps tables... Have their tip ride on a bet, that is.

**Br0nxer** · 12-09-12, 11:23 AM

Originally posted by dj_destroyer

I do this at craps tables... Have their tip ride on a bet, that is.

Yes, they work in the gambling industry. Most dealers probably prefer there tips riding on a bet if you ask them.

This kid is a paperboy

**jarvol** · 12-09-12, 11:28 AM

Who still gets a newspaper?

**doublej95** · 12-09-12, 11:30 AM

I give the UPS guy $25 every year.

**William Walters** · 12-09-12, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by opie1988

Willie....does your gardener do all of the mowing as well? If so, how the fukk are you getting out for $100 a month? My landscape maintenance runs about a c-note a week. What's the deal here, pal?

In simple terms 88.........................supply and demand. In other words........we have an abundance of mexicans here in SoCal pal.

**byronbb** · 12-09-12, 11:31 AM

Originally posted by Br0nxer

Thats a fukkin terrible idea

You think his paperboy wants his x-mas tip riding on a football game?

Only a jerkoff douchebag would do something like that

It's a tip of $12.50

**Keith Richard** · 12-09-12, 11:39 AM

Get a real job buddy.

**CollegeOverUnder** · 12-09-12, 11:41 AM

great gesture man, my grandma always left her paper boy a $30 gift for Christmas.

**Boner_18** · 12-09-12, 12:03 PM

Originally posted by Optional

Think for yourself Ralphie! Escape the lemming herd. Break the brainwash cycle. ;-)

If you didn't participate in the senseless dehumanizing system maybe employers would pay a decent wage eventually. Your tips are part of the reason grown men in America work for 10 bucks an hour or less.

Ridiculous. The cost of producing and delivering newspapers is fixed. You shift part of the cost to the publisher and he's just gonna pass it along to you the consumer, and probably at a premium. At least in tip environments the consumer can have some say in the cost.

**paco** · 12-09-12, 12:05 PM

I thought news papers were only used to clean windows or to pack stuff nowadays. Go online Nash. Save the world lol