I am tired about this thread, but I must have got infected, I can
not resist my two cents worth:-)
Like the smoking threads, let us for the moment try to leave the
emotion out of this. I have had a rather cosmopoliton life which may
effect my comments, sorry. In many third world countries, small tips
are the main source of income for civil servants, such as policemen,
clerks at the DMV, mailmen, etc. Has anyone here ever tipped one of
these? The answer will be YES if you live in New Jersey, Louisiana or
some of the northeastern states. It is illegal to tip federal
servants in this country, btw, but you Yankees routinely tip your
mailmen. Us Texans do no not, and I doubt if I could get my mailman
to accept a tip. I have given Casino Hosts gift cards, often they say
they can not accept, to which I reply, "Yes you can." If any of you
from Louisiana or New Jersey are offended, let me remind you that
there is one ex-governor (and a serious craps player) in federal
prison on corruption charges and a vice-president of the USA resigned
when his indiscretions while in state
office came to light.
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I lived in the NorthEast (CT) all my life before I moved to Las Vegas
back in 2002. I never once tipped the mailman. I always tip the
news carrier since they work on a per capita basis. Federal
employees like the postal service are well compensated with benefits
that MY taxes pay for.
As for employees at the DMV, get real. Glaciers move faster than DMV
employees.
GimmeaQuad
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