Christmas Boxes

efb

Guys just wondering to you give Christmas Boxes to anyone?
Just got up early, even though Im off, to give my bus driver a crate of Guinness.

So you guys give any Christmas Boxes?

Mayoegian

No, I ton't.

Cookie_Monster

He must be a very special bus driver;)

Jet Black

Not really. A girl in work is working christmas eve for me so will be getting her a bottle of wine and chocolates.

Caoimhín

I am sending a good number of boxes (individual, good MDC Reserve) to a number of public servants. It just greases the wheels.

In Deutschland it would be called corruption i suppose...

Cookie_Monster

Caoimhín wrote: »

In Deutschland it would be called corruption i suppose...

In Ireland I'd call it corruption too, then again that one of the many reasons I'm not a minister

Caoimhín

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

In Ireland I'd call it corruption too, then again that one of the many reasons I'm not a minister

Not at all. It is simply a gift as a token of appreciation of the professionalism and hard work of the HEO. I reckon he took a kick in the nuts from Mr Lenihan.

seamus

There's a barman in our thursday night pub who always looks after us but we never tip him. So we whipped around last night and gave him a few quid for Chrimbo.

How Soon Is Now

Presents at Christmas time!!!!!
Whats the world coming to .......










And i will in me hole give any bus driver anything ****ers are late every morning sitting there talking ****e to each other across road from me while i freeze

antodeco

Im giving as many girls as possible the clap

Gran Hermano

antodeco wrote: »

Im giving as many girls as possible the clap

Remember the clap is not just for Christmas...

antodeco

True!

AnonoBoy

There's a couple of 50 people down in Listowel that I want to give a Christmas box to alright. :mad:

phasers

Christmas box is a stupid expression.

People used to bring presents into my teachers when I was in school, I remember refusing and telling my mam "No mammy, they get paid for their job already!"

de_mirelurk

In its own way, I think the first post in this thread explains public transport accidents better than any official inquiry could.

edit: Oh and I usually throw a few quid the postman's way. I buy a lot of books online, so I appreciate him taking care not to damage them by just lobbing them in on the wet path outside the door or trying to force them thru the letterbox.

Sean Quagmire

Mayoegian wrote: »

No, I ton't.

why ton't you?

efb

Well I found the driver to be very helpful and considerate this year and as my commute is a 4 hour round trip I think it's worth it. I hate this 'sure they get paid' mantra.

I will reward good service and detest poor service.

How Soon Is Now

efb wrote: »

Well I found the driver to be very helpful and considerate this year and as my commute is a 4 hour round trip I think it's worth it. I hate this 'sure they get paid' mantra.

I will reward good service and detest poor service.

I taught you meant like a bus driver number 69 bus type driver lol
Ah i guess if its something like that then fair play.

jape

These people are only doing their jobs, postmen, bus drivers, etc.

I work in the private sector and don't get any "tips", if I don't do my job properly they would just fire me.

The whole semi-state/public sector attitude p1sses me off.

seamus

efb wrote: »

I will reward good service and detest poor service.

Well, there's doing what you've been paid to do, and then there's doing it well and beyond what's actually required. In a perfect world, everyone would love their job and strive to be the best they can, but the truth is that most people will do exactly what's required of them and no more.

So we need to reward those who do more than what's adequate and who enjoy it. So that bus driver who knows when you're running late and waits five minutes for you or (in our case) the barman who brings our pints to us, cleans up our empties, gives us free crisps and nuts and who automatically (and happily) pours us two rounds at closing time.

Likewise if you have a teacher who has been extra encouraging to your child, has provided a little extra assistance where your child has been struggling or who takes on extra-curriculur activites, you should thank them, howsoever small so they know that their extra effort is not going unnoticed and unappreciated.

efb

I don't want the bus driver to wait 5 mins for me if it makes others late. But a bus driver that let's you off the bus after you receive an urgent call, and drops you closer to your gate, or allows you to remain on the bus waiting for the connecting bus in poor weather.

The 69 thing is cheap juvenille and unwarranted.

How Soon Is Now

seamus wrote: »

Well, there's doing what you've been paid to do, and then there's doing it well and beyond what's actually required. In a perfect world, everyone would love their job and strive to be the best they can, but the truth is that most people will do exactly what's required of them and no more.

So we need to reward those who do more than what's adequate and who enjoy it. So that bus driver who knows when you're running late and waits five minutes for you or (in our case) the barman who brings our pints to us, cleans up our empties, gives us free crisps and nuts and who automatically (and happily) pours us two rounds at closing time.

Likewise if you have a teacher who has been extra encouraging to your child, has provided a little extra assistance where your child has been struggling or who takes on extra-curriculur activites, you should thank them, howsoever small so they know that their extra effort is not going unnoticed and unappreciated.

Bingo like i agree spot on and i have no problem with people like this im nice back to them wouldn think twice doing them something nice back.

Its the ones that half arse there job and treat you like rubbish that i have no time for couldn give a ****e about.

How Soon Is Now

efb wrote: »

I don't want the bus driver to wait 5 mins for me if it makes others late. But a bus driver that let's you off the bus after you receive an urgent call, and drops you closer to your gate, or allows you to remain on the bus waiting for the connecting bus in poor weather.

The 69 thing is cheap juvenille and unwarranted.

What 69 thing?

extra-ordinary_

angerfist2009 wrote: »

What 69 thing?

lol

efb

angerfist2009 wrote: »

I taught you meant like a bus driver number 69 bus type driver lol
Ah i guess if its something like that then fair play.

That 'witty' comment, Brendan O'Carroll write your jokes?

How Soon Is Now

efb wrote: »

That 'witty' comment, Brendan O'Carroll write your jokes?

What the feck lol I taught you meant you gave a crate of drink to a bus driver like a random bus driver who drives the NUMBER 69 bus as in 69 bus which i get from Rathcoole

efb

Dig up! If you were being serious why the lol?

How Soon Is Now

Am i not allowed lol at the end of my sentence ?

Man seriously i said what i said i taught u meant u gave a crate of beer to a bus driver like a dublin bus driver who drives the number 69 FOR EXAMPLE!!

The Rook

Won't be giving any Christmas "Boxes" at all this year.

I pay to have my bins taken away, my bins get taken away, the people who take them away get paid.

People pay postage to get their letters delivered to me, I get their letters, the postmen and postwomen get paid.

They do their job and don't go above or beyond the call of duty so therefore there's no reason to give them anything.

I do my job, I don't get a Christmas "box".

Cookie_Monster

efb wrote: »

Dig up! If you were being serious why the lol?

i read that as Dublin bus No. 69 as in the huge big number on the front of the bus...

unfortunate choice of number but the meaning was obvious

How Soon Is Now

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

i read that as Dublin bus No. 69 as in the huge big number on the front of the bus...

unfortunate choice of number but the meaning was obvious

Spank you Mr Monster Sir