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11-17-2012, 04:16 PM | #1 |
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| Do you tip with money or gifts for the holidays? This year we did pretty well, and thanks to a lot of people we see daily, such as the mail carrier (the competent one!), the UPS man, etc, I'd like to thank them and give them a little something. I hear some people tip with money but I have not idea how much to give, and if it would offend them or not. So I'm thinking I want to give them some traditional Chinese desserts or cookies. Would this be acceptable? I've never done this before. LOL What do you guys do? I'm assuming something non perishable. And am I crazy but I'm thinking the people that run my fave Mexican restaurant should be on my list. Who do you guys usually tip/gift for the holidays that aren't family or friends? Just as a thank you.
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11-17-2012, 04:22 PM | #2 |
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| I tip with gifts during the holidays. For example, my dogs groomer, my hairdresser, etc. my groomer got a YT colander last year.
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11-17-2012, 04:25 PM | #3 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | I was going to say everyone appreciates cash, but this points out mailmen can't get cash tips: Christmas Tipping -- A Helpful Holiday How-To - Lemondrop.com I saw a good rule of thumb once, like 5% of yearly service... but of course, I can't remember it anymore. :P
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11-17-2012, 04:31 PM | #4 | |
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The mail lady is nice. The older guy sucked so bad, so she's awesome in comparison. She actually comes in and hands us the mail, says hi and pets the dog(s). The other guy would open the door and toss in our packages.
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11-17-2012, 04:34 PM | #5 | |
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11-17-2012, 04:52 PM | #6 | |
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* * * * * Are you on Pinterest? I have a board there just for miscellaneous gift ideas. I try not to give sweets for the holidays, because everyone is trying to watch their weight these days, and there's already so much sugar around. That's just me, though.
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11-17-2012, 04:54 PM | #7 | |
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11-17-2012, 04:56 PM | #8 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Yep, it's an expensive city. DUH, of course the Cap'n is on pinterest! Food freak, anyone?
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11-17-2012, 05:16 PM | #9 | |
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Except I'm not into sweets, but I think pretty much everyone else is. Plus I think the people i"m thinking of haven't had traditional chinese sweets. So that's what I was thinking. There's this candy in particular I want to look for but it's hard to find. It's Dragon Beard candy, and the outside is hand pulled I dunno flour? wrapped with some chewy crap and nuts. It's good. Most people haven't had it. If I can't find it then I'm going to have to go with cookies or something. http://www.google.com/search?q=dragon+beard+candy&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=you&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=FzeoUMaDL KiGjALrsoCICQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAA&biw=1280&bih=666 They're calling it Chinese cotton candy I guess. LOL not really but ok.
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11-17-2012, 06:12 PM | #10 |
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| Gift cards placed inside a Holiday card saying thank you for your wonderful service throughout the year, are my "tip" of choice. I don't think it's as tacky as handing out cash, and isn't a perishable item that needs to be consumed relatively quickly, which often doesn't happen, as service people receive things from numerous customers in a short period of time....nothing like getting 50 baggies of homemade fudge/cookies on the same day...lol
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11-17-2012, 09:16 PM | #11 | |
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11-17-2012, 09:24 PM | #12 |
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| Ok I have to admit, I haven't had this candy in decades, but I always remembered how much I loved it as a child. I saved up my money to buy this candy that was hand made from this lady in the 99 Ranch Market in Rowland Hgts. It really is a dying art form. Supposedly there's like 3 people left in North America that still do it. Anyway, I looked it up to remind me, it's honey spun (that's where they get the cotton candy reference) and pulled just like chinese hand pulled noodles "la mien" that they pull one piece of honey covered in corn starch into over 16,000 hair thin strands in about 5 mins. The inside is filled with either coconut, peanut, sesame, a combo of those, or new school style Oreos It was originally made for chinese royalty, but it's been adapted into korean culture as well.
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11-17-2012, 09:29 PM | #13 | |
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Because I know I saw a demo at Epcot in Japan of a lady making a some type of hand spun candy and they were saying that only like one family was left that knew how to make it.
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11-17-2012, 09:53 PM | #14 |
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| Never mind this is what I was thinking about The Japan Times Dec. 19, 2010: amezaiku.com
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11-17-2012, 09:55 PM | #15 |
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| It's not in the shapes of dragons, but it's like a little cocoon of candy wrapped with super thin strands. But yea, it's a dying craft, it's quite sad actually. I don't get how hard it is to teach this to people who have a sweet tooth or whatever but apparently people nowadays don't wanna learn the trade of the olden days. Shame I say, I love old world stuff, in all cultures.
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