For those who have doormen

How much do you tip your doormen, supers and porters for the holidays?

In our building we have 7 doormen, 6 porters, a super and a handyman!!!!

my friends are telling me I don't have to tip as much because we just moved into the building in September, but I don't think that matters.

ugh I hated that about my building...

I tipped only the 2 doormen/guards who I liked (they weren't really doormen...) and the super who was SO nice...even jumped over a 12th floor terrace when I locked myself out of my apt!! (granted I was locked out b/c of him...but still nice)


ETS: $10 and a plate of cookies

Really? $10

for some reason I was under the impression that we had to tip like $50 per doorman?

Also, my friend came to visit us last night and she told them our last name....he didnt know who we were!!!!

They all are pretty nice though.

I know...I was poor...so $10 and cookies...but they weren't really doormen...they were just guards for 24 hours...and there would be days when I would be struggling with all my bags and they would just watch me fumble for my keys...so i didn't really think they should get too much...

we're poor too!!!!

To be honest with you I don't know half of their names and our lobby has been under construction since we moved in so there is never any help with our bags etc.

But I have heard from our neighbors that they normally do.

also, since they don't even know our names, how will they know who we are if we give them a tip? for some reason it bothers me. Of course I will tip them but they should know who we are!!!!!!

I was thinking about this the other day too. We need take care of the guys in our bldg.

In my mother's building they take a collection from all the residents and present the building employees with one gift from everyone. And it's a reasonable amount like $40.

Does anyone tip their mailman?? Ours left a Season's Greetings post card in our mail box the other day. I am guessing it was a hint

As per this week's Newsweek Cheat Sheet Tips For tipping:
*Newspaper carriers, trash collectors and regular parking lot attendants will appreciate between $15 and $25
*Mail carriers aren't supposed to take gifts worth more than $20, and the Postal Service discourages cash. Instead of cookies, think of something like a coffee-shop gift card. If you want to go over the limit, the USPS says that you can give more than one gift a year, but they shouldn't top $50.
*The doorman who screens your ex-boyfriends and delivers packages all year probaby deserves the high end of the recommended $25-$100 range. Give the super the same, and the custodian $20-$30.
*Teachers? Gifts, not cash, of nominal value. Stationery, snacks, and bookmarks are favorites.
*The gift that everyone appreciates: a letter to his supervisor describing what a good job he does for you all year long.

The article also mentions Tipping.org and there is also a similar article in this month's Martha Stewart Living, but I don't have the issue with me right now.

We have a super for our building - we don't call him with too many issues, but he's nice so we tip him $40 each year.

(I think NYC is much higher on avg than LI)