Originally Posted by
soxwin
Think about it,
you go to a restaurant once a week and a waiter brings you your food. Maybe he/she fills your drink a 2nd time and that is it. You tip him/her 15-20% of the bill. No cooking just bringing the food from the kitchen. Say your bill is $40 you are tipping him/her $8. Once a week for 52 weeks is $416/year just to bring you food from the kitchen...and you should tip him/her there is a service provided for you.
you go to get your haircut once a month or for the ladies styled once a month. You have to go to their shop, and then tip them after each cut. Then at xmas time you tip them another cost of one appointment. What did they do? make you come to them, then spend 20 minutes cutting your hair or styling for an hour. When all is said and done you probably have tipped your hair stylist anywhere from $40-$200...and you should tip him/her...there is a service provided for you
Now the mailperson doesn't make you go to them like the restaurant or the barber, the mailperson comes to your house 300 days a year. Unlike in some countries where you have to go to the PO to pick up your mail every day. They do their job outside in whatever climate there is summer heat, winter cold, pouring rain, etc...All this so you don't have to get off your ass and get it yourself.
People are willing to tip a restaurant waiter $416, barber/Stylist 40-$200, and you have to go to them. But a mailperson who comes to you 6 days a week in all kinds of weather you wouldn't tip?? Would you rather have to go to the PO to pick up your mail every day?? If you had to go to the PO every week to pick up your Sports Illustrated,Maxim, cosmo..whatever, How likely would you do it?? Most wouldn't bother b/c they are too lazy/busy
Simple rule to tipping anyone. If you appreciate the service they provide for you, tip them. If you don't think they make your life easier, then you don't.