Originally posted by Scott Langholff:
This has got me scratching my head. I'm thinking Donnie's family came from Italy and trident is from Greece. Is this an "old world" custom brought over to the US maybe? Nothing wrong with it of course, I just never was exposed to this. Not all that important either, but just raised my curiosity a bit.
My comment timing was right after Diki, I don't know what happened and it went in so late.
Monday morning I received a parcel and it was so early that i barely had the time to put some clothes on and sign the papers. The man carried it all the way to the 3rd floor where I live. It was not heavy at all, but in the confusion I forgot to tip him and I had it in my conscience. During the video, when I realized he didn't tip him, I thought of the Monday guy. Thank god Scott's friend was on the ground floor!.
As a matter of fact I tip people bringing parcels and such, but not the mailman (we actually have a "mailwoman"
). My parents and other old folks tip the mailman when he brings their pension. In fact, I have a cousin who used to be a part-time mailman, and he said that they used to fight over who was going to do the rounds in the early days of the month when pensioners received their pensions, because the tips summed up in a considerable amount. Most people here do it, apart from el cheapo bastards. I have argued with a friend and his wife, because they didn't tip the pizza man, following a flawed logic of "I don't get tips at my work, so I don't tip. She was a teacher, he a computer network expert.
Apart from tipping, when you receive a parcel with a "toy" you ordered (I mean a "Dad's toy" not "Yamaha=plastic=toy") it is Christmas all over again, I can relate to the guy in the video jumping up and down in joy.