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Some people tip their garbage collector: http://www.mymoneyblog.com/how-do-i-tip-the-trash-collector....

From a foreign perspective, where I don't think I've ever tipped anyone in my life, it's absolutely bizarre.

Tipping a garbage collector is bizarre from an American perspective too.

Back when I lived with my parents in a single-family home people would give the garbage collectors a little something once per year, usually around christmas.

My garbage collector has to park his truck, open my gate, get back in his truck, empty my dumpster, park his truck again, lock my gate, and then finally go on to the next customer.

His extra effort and reliability warrants a Christmas card and monetary gift every year.

No, there aren't people that do that, basically. The parent comment was pointing out that that would be an absurdity if it were occurring.

No, of course there aren't. That was the point that was being made about food delivery.