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The Batlord · 06-16-2020, 03:55 PM

I thought it was common practice in some places to give the postman a Christmas tip?

**Exo** · 06-16-2020, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I thought it was common practice in some places to give the postman a Christmas tip?

Are you talking about a penis?

WWWP · 06-16-2020, 03:58 PM

It is more special than cash, but can be spent like cash. And as far as my friend, I know she counts on the gas card every year and she knows I count on the groceries.

The two most socially isolated people giving advice on relationships and gift giving lol

WWWP · 06-16-2020, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I thought it was common practice in some places to give the postman a Christmas tip?

No. You give them a card with a gift card inside.

rostasi · 06-16-2020, 04:04 PM

You can't give cash or anything that can be exchanged for cash.
Yeah, so you want to bake some cookies for the postal people to share during Xmas? Sure.
You wanna give a $20 gift card for their service. Sure.
...but don't have some harebrained idea that it's some kind of damn conspiracy between
capitalist overlords and the postal service.

The Batlord · 06-16-2020, 04:09 PM

Oh apparently it's a UK thing. Don't know why it would be illegal here but whatever since you're not legally allowed to give money to the mail chick then fine give her gift cards but also write your congressman to change the law so you don't have to do that bull****. I'm sure if you asked her after a few drinks she'd take a check over a gift card in a heartbeat.

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Originally Posted by WWWP

It is more special than cash, but can be spent like cash. And as far as my friend, I know she counts on the gas card every year and she knows I count on the groceries.

The two most socially isolated people giving advice on relationships and gift giving lol

1. It is not more special than cash. Gift cards are a marketing loophole to trick people into thinking they can essentially just give people cash.

2. Gift cards are just another form of monetary value and if you're exchanging gift cards then you're swapping money. At least a REAL gift would have some emotional value other than just money.

OccultHawk · 06-16-2020, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

It is more special than cash, but can be spent like cash. And as far as my friend, I know she counts on the gas card every year and she knows I count on the groceries.

The two most socially isolated people giving advice on relationships and gift giving lol

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Why give me socks? Just give me the 5 bucks and if I need socks that’s what I’ll buy. But I’m socially retarded

Speaking for myself I already pointed out that irony.

I have a hard time understanding why you don’t just keep your money for gas and she keeps hers for groceries and cut out the middleman.

If I get a gift card, which I don’t because I don’t exhange gifts with people, but if I did get one or when I got things in the past I just though ****ing Christ I hope they aren’t expecting something in return next year.

A few years back someone gave me $20 to the Gap because of I did some extra work with disabled students and I was just like goddamn I’m not going to the ****ing mall. I think it’s still sitting around somewhere expired.

OccultHawk · 06-16-2020, 04:21 PM

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Gift cards are just another form of monetary value and if you're exchanging gift cards then you're swapping money

Except ****tier

OccultHawk · 06-16-2020, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

You can't give cash or anything that can be exchanged for cash.
Yeah, so you want to bake some cookies for the postal people to share during Xmas? Sure.
You wanna give a $20 gift card for their service. Sure.
...but don't have some harebrained idea that it's some kind of damn conspiracy between
capitalist overlords and the postal service.

It 100% is a marketing scheme though

The Batlord · 06-16-2020, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

A few years back someone gave me $20 to the Gap because of I did some extra work with disabled students and I was just like goddamn I’m not going to the ****ing mall. I think it’s still sitting around somewhere expired.

lol literally same except it was my uncle. $20 Gap gift card I never used cause I had no desire to go the ****ing Gap. A couple times he even asked me if I'd spent it yet and if I wasn't going to spend it then I could give it back so he could get me something else or something, and in my head I'm just like "Bitch, this is the first interaction we've had in years and now you're stressing me out over a gift card while I'm trying to pretend to be grateful for something you put thirty seconds of thought into? Step off!"

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rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,008	You can't give cash or anything that can be exchanged for cash. Yeah, so you want to bake some cookies for the postal people to share during Xmas? Sure. You wanna give a $20 gift card for their service. Sure. ...but don't have some harebrained idea that it's some kind of damn conspiracy between capitalist overlords and the postal service.