Christmas Bonus?
I thought that was just one of those "invented-to-drive-a-sitcom-episode" rumors.

Now I feel kinda bad for having never gotten one..

are you shitting me? $10 each? I give $5 to the garbageman, but after my mailman fucked up getting me the R. Kelly movie on time he's dead to me.

As I said in another similar thread, my company gave us jeans days all this week! So awesome! Trading one style of pants for another, what a treat! Let me know when "no pants days" are announced. That I'll get excited about.

Dude, if I was your mailman I would've had the movie already playing and a cold beer waiting for you.

give that man ten dollars.

even if it was addressed to Dr. Ian Rathbone or whatever he wrote?

you, sir, get a prize.

i've never even thought of leaving $10 for my mailman. i've never even seen him/her.

Yeah, is that "christmas bonus for the mailman" thing only like a Northern or Urban thing?

I dont even fucking know my mailman and I had to go speak to the postmaster because my SI was showing up on like Saturday and shit.

I dunno, I'd be more likely to tip out the UPS guy. He RUNS.

Hold on, you only have one garbageman? I have like 4 wild looking brothers hanging off a truck rolling down the street. They might throw me in the truck if I approach them with anything less than a fatty and some Hen.

This only applies to hicks who live in rural areas.

there's 2 on the back of the truck, but the one guy does my side of the street.

hey it looked good so i opened it.

Funnily enough, I know that UPS guy that comes to Redlands. Went to HS with him. We used to call homie "Remo" cos his last name was Williams. One of those likeable oaf-types who just tried way too hard to be cool.

Yeah, you introduced him to me that one time. "Remo"

We've actually got another guy as well.

I guess they're so busy that they've run out of trucks because Remo was pulling packages out the back of a Budget Rental Truck and running it up to peoples houses at like 8:00 the other night.

Damn. I guess I'm kinda glad holmes has a good job, and not on the street or something. I mean, he was from The Meade and all

I'm glad I don't have to tip folks or nuthin', I did however have to buy presents for like 12345377 people because of the FEMGAR influence. And Christmas cards.

And my bonus was, I got an expense check mailed to me. Cheap fuckers. I could use the money, especially after the massive amounts of gelt I put in the company coffers.

I can't tell you how many times I've seen UPS packages on someone's front walk, nowhere near the door.

my company threw a pretty great party for us last night. open bar.
we got a set of 4 nice highball glasses with our logo on it.
and then today we got a nice check.

i love my company.

motherfucking UPS only delivers to me at like 10AM on wednesday morning. and since I have a fucking job I end up having to drive out to the goddamned swamps by the airport to pick up my package from giant Robot.

Don't know -- my first year here. I suspect not.

I did get a Christmas bonus, and I was surprised by it. This is my first year with my company (six months), so I wasn't expecting anything. However, since I had been there less than a year, they pro-rated it.

I need to cash that check, by the way.

they at least usually make it to my porch (same as the USPS guy when he has something big) but I suspect they both just throw it towards the door like JoMo running the 2:00 drill.

Hi, I've seen my mail person! Know her personally, but never tipped her.

Got a Christmas bonus that I'd call "sufficient".

i knew the mailman at my old apartment, but haven't seen the guy at my new place. i have never even had the idea to tip a garbageman.

i'm going to ask my dad if anyone has ever tipped him... outside of free vic tickets and free groceries, i guess.

Yeah, but it's derived from differed income. They take money from our check, put it in an interest bearing account, then give us back money that was generated from the interest. Kind of fucked up.