Should you tip the bin man ?

Cee-Jay-Cee · 13-12-2011 02:58PM

I pin a tenner to my Bin every christmas and put it out at the road end the night before as its collected a 7am in the morning, the tenner is always gone the next day but i have yet to receive a thank you note from the bin man. Thats gratitude for ya...he can fugg off with himself this year!

Minstrel27 · 13-12-2011 02:58PM

Absolutely not. The same way that I wouldn't tip the guy at the petrol station or the person in McDonalds. They get paid already

msg11 · 13-12-2011 03:01PM

mkdon05 wrote: »

This used to happen when the Corpo provided the pick ups. I think it was a free service. Now you are charged for rubbish removal, Not many will give a tip.

When in the pub, the lounge boy still charges for my drink. But I still leave him a tip.

But no I won't be running up the road after the bin truck waving a 20 note at them. Even when you leave one bag over they won't take it so **** em..

GavRedKing · 13-12-2011 03:01PM

CJC999 wrote: »

I pin a tenner to my Bin every christmas and put it out at the road end the night before as its collected a 7am in the morning, the tenner is always gone the next day but i have yet to receive a thank you note from the bin man. Thats gratitude for ya...he can fugg off with himself this year!

Or someone is robbing it before ge gets it. :pac:

kfallon · 13-12-2011 03:02PM

Living in an Apt block I never see the binperson, no idea who he/she is so I won't be tipping him/her!

problemchimp · 13-12-2011 03:03PM

gavredking wrote: »

Or someone is robbing it before ge gets it. :pac:

Good work Sherlock.

Reamer Fanny · 13-12-2011 03:03PM

Sorry I just stopped by to laugh at this thread ba hahahahahah

Orando Broom · 13-12-2011 03:04PM

working fool wrote: »

Yup u pay enough for your rubbish to be taken away , but should u give the bin man a few bob ?
It was very common in rural areas years ago to give him something .

All public servants that you interact with should be tipped. And tipped well. Their wages are cut to bits.

Wattle · 13-12-2011 03:05PM

CJC999 wrote: »

I pin a tenner to my Bin every christmas and put it out at the road end the night before as its collected a 7am in the morning, the tenner is always gone the next day but i have yet to receive a thank you note from the bin man. Thats gratitude for ya...he can fugg off with himself this year!

Maybe he doesn't go to work loaded with thank you cards?

rokossovsky · 13-12-2011 03:06PM

no body tips me for doing my job so....wear your hat when its raining:D

El Horseboxo · 13-12-2011 03:08PM

I tip everyone. All the time. Every day. 50 euro. I'm polite.

davetherave · 13-12-2011 03:09PM

What if you have three bins(black,green,brown)? Do you have to give something to all three binmen?? :P:pac:

Biggins · 13-12-2011 03:09PM

No.

rokossovsky · 13-12-2011 03:10PM

kfallon wrote: »

Living in an Apt block I never see the binperson, no idea who he/she is so I won't be tipping him/her!

havent seen a "binperson" yet:rolleyes:

Cee-Jay-Cee · 13-12-2011 03:12PM

gavredking wrote: »

Or someone is robbing it before ge gets it. :pac:

problemchimp wrote: »

Good work Sherlock.

Wattle wrote: »

Maybe he doesn't go to work loaded with thank you cards?

Maybe i just made that up to fit in with general AH sentiment... :rolleyes:

smash · 13-12-2011 03:13PM

Could have a bit of fun with this and tell the bin men that their tips is inside the bins and they have to go find it!

super_furry · 13-12-2011 03:14PM

Maybe a few years ago when you weren't paying an extra tax for it and bin men were much more likely to give you a dig out with getting rid of non-standard rubbish.

Orando Broom · 13-12-2011 03:16PM

rokossovsky wrote: »

havent seen a "binperson" yet:rolleyes:

You haven't? You neanderthal. Our Binlady is a rubbish-consuming angel.

mikedragon32 · 13-12-2011 03:16PM

Orando Broom wrote: »

All public servants that you interact with should be tipped. And tipped well. Their wages are cut to bits.

FFS! I'm in the public service and that's a ridiculous comment.

The non-PS bin collection is a service I pay a lot for already, so not paying the bin man twice! I'm sure he gets a Christmas bonus. I don't.

Orando Broom · 13-12-2011 03:19PM

mikedragon32 wrote: »

FFS! I'm in the public service and that's a ridiculous comment.

The non-PS bin collection is a service I pay a lot for already, so not paying the bin man twice! I'm sure he gets a Christmas bonus. I don't.

Maybe if you were nicer to people you'd get more tips. You seem aggressive. Aggressive public servants don't get good tips, don't you know.

UglyBolloxFace · 13-12-2011 03:22PM

smash wrote: »

No, he can fúck off. It's his job.

Perfect picture to go with that comment! - http://i.imgur.com/WkMqX.png

Frank Black · 13-12-2011 03:23PM

mikedragon32 wrote: »

FFS! I'm in the public service and that's a ridiculous comment.

The non-PS bin collection is a service I pay a lot for already, so not paying the bin man twice! I'm sure he gets a Christmas bonus. I don't.

*Removes violin from case and begins playing a sad lament*

mikedragon32 · 13-12-2011 03:25PM

No. I don't deal with the public. I deal with a lot of public servants who whine about the cuts though.

Besides, you never said "nice public servants", you said:

Orando Broom wrote:

All public servants that you interact with should be tipped

, thus there'd be no incentive for me to be nice if I did deal with the public.

So, it's your fault the public service is as crap as the public make out. You want to reward the good and bad equally.

FWIW, when I did deal with the public I was nice.

admiralofthefleet · 13-12-2011 03:26PM

im going to give my binman a tea bag and say 'have a drink on me'

vicwatson · 13-12-2011 03:28PM

I would give them a tip if they were the regular collectors but the crews keep changing all the time, not giving a tip to some langer who's first time it is on the run and who hasn't collected off me all year - that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it !;)

In fairness to the lot of them they always take extra bags when I leave them out, never a problem

smash · 13-12-2011 03:31PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

im going to give my binman a tea bag and say 'have a drink on me'

dirty!

bicardi19 · 13-12-2011 03:47PM

CJC999 wrote: »

I pin a tenner to my Bin every christmas and put it out at the road end the night before as its collected a 7am in the morning, the tenner is always gone the next day but i have yet to receive a thank you note from the bin man. Thats gratitude for ya...he can fugg off with himself this year!

Every Christmas I go around checking everyone's bin for tenners that may have been taped to them.

Make a fortune!

grateface · 13-12-2011 03:51PM

Always tip the binman.

You never know when you'd need to get rid of a body.

Wattle · 13-12-2011 03:53PM

Lets not forget the good people who are constantly ringing to sell me broadband. I think I'll send them a big bag of ****e.

neilthefunkeone · 13-12-2011 03:58PM

Crowd i use will be getting the boot come January never mind a tip..

Should you tip the bin man ?

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