# I'm a postman not a bank **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 19, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-postman-not-a-bank/220037 "2003-12-19T20:02:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-postman-not-a-bank/220037/41 "2003-12-22T07:44:35Z")
Your Mrs. Boot doesn’t know how good she has it. In the U.S., she’d have gotten a notice to go to her local post office to pick up her damn letter in the first place. On the bright side, they’d have had change there. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-postman-not-a-bank/220037/42 "2003-12-22T11:27:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > I’m guessing most people don’t give him squat, so I don’t feel that bad. I’m sure you’re right. It’s just kinda fun comparing different cultures (of giving). Fwiw, just to even think of giving the Postie something is more than most people do, I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-postman-not-a-bank/220037/43 "2003-12-22T12:45:29Z")
In a similar vein - do people in the UK still give a Christmas present to the binmen or has that died out? My (English) mother was the darling of the binmen in rural Ireland the first Christmas she arrived here, as she made a point of giving them a few quid, much to their amazement and I am sure it made them think that English people were all crackers. I don’t know of anyone who does it in Dublin, especially now, since the government brought in the hotly disputed bin charges. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-postman-not-a-bank/220037/44 "2003-12-22T12:58:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > **"With respect Mrs Boot, I’m wet, cold, hungry, thirsty and tired, I’ve been up since 4 and have no intention of standing here debating the issue, here is our office phone number, ask for the Delivery Office Manager and argue it with him"** Pure class. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-postman-not-a-bank/220037/45 "2003-12-22T13:26:13Z")
Yep CURLY CHICK the binmen get a tip as well. I wish people wouldn’t give them anything 'cos that would mean more for us posties 😃 ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-postman-not-a-bank/220037/46 "2003-12-22T13:31:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > In a similar vein - do people in the UK still give a Christmas Not so much now. Trying to think of what that might be. I suspect it might have something to do with privatisation and a change in culture. But around here, it always had a hint of gentle extortion about it, in a homely kind of way; give us a Christmas tip or your garden will be wearing next weeks rubbish/forget to empty the bins . … thing. People do still give tips but less so, and the undesirable undercurrent has also gone (generally speaking), I believe. I think the Milkman still does pretty well, though. Gawd bless 'im! ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-postman-not-a-bank/220037/47 "2003-12-22T14:34:33Z")
Personally I think that anyone who has milk delivered is an idle sod who is to lazy to go to the corner shop for a pinta. Not only that but the milkie is also doing us hard working posties out of dosh…bloody thoughtless I call it ;0 ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-postman-not-a-bank/220037/48 "2003-12-23T01:47:13Z")
> [@](#): > > **Lynn Bodoni** said: > You’re right, catsix, and the worst of this is that I DO know the difference. Or at least I did, once upon a time. It doesn’t mean quite as much to me now, because I’ve been spayed (had my ovaries and uterus removed, really) but I used to keep up on all sorts of BC options, even after I’d had my tubes tied. I don’t keep up with it as much now. No problem, Lynn. Everybody has a little mental flatulance from time to time. Now, on to lynching Mrs. Boots for **spogga**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-postman-not-a-bank/220037.md?page=2)