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Re:More than you want to know about gift cards by Symbiote on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:06AM (#29549381)
In Britain some people (used to?) give small tips to the paper boy, postman, milkman and dustmen at Christmas.

Maybe nowadays this is the Amazon and Deliveroo zero-hours-contract drivers.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-2524513/En...

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Re:More than you want to know about gift cards by denton-scratch on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @09:53AM (#29552145)
> dustmen

The "sanitary operatives" in the UK used to ring your doorbell in the run-up to Christmas, more-or-less demanding a tip. If you didn't tip, then you risked having your Christmas rubbish languishing for a couple of weeks, or even strewed over your garden path. Happily, that practice is now ILLEGAL.

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Re:More than you want to know about gift cards by AussieWog93 on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:26AM (#29550516)
Interesting, thanks for that. Maybe Aussies are the odd ones out in this regard...
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