What To Write To Your Postie: 30 Thank You Messages

What to write to your postie

The postie card is a British institution and almost always written in a hurry on the doorstep. Two lines and a house number is all it needs.

Thirty messages below, plus a note on what Royal Mail staff are allowed to accept.

Thank you and Christmas cards

Blank inside, posted first class.

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Christmas card for the postie

  • Merry Christmas and thank you for another year of getting it all here.
  • Happy Christmas to our postie - rain, hail and Amazon parcels included.
  • Merry Christmas from number [number]. Thank you for everything this year.
  • Season's greetings and thank you for never leaving it in the recycling bin.
  • Merry Christmas - hope you get a proper rest after the December rush.
  • Thank you and happy Christmas from all of us at [number].

Thank you messages

  • Thank you for always getting the parcels to the door.
  • Thank you for the cheerful hello. It sets the day up.
  • Thank you for looking after the dog's biscuit habit.
  • Thank you for keeping the post dry in that weather.
  • You have not missed a day all year. Thank you.
  • Thank you for taking the parcel next door when we were out.

Funny lines

  • Sorry about the letterbox. And the dog. And the gate.
  • Thank you for delivering the good post and the bills equally cheerfully.
  • You have carried more of my online shopping than I would like to admit. Sorry.
  • Best delivery service on the street, and I have compared.

A postie leaving or retiring

  • Twenty years on this round. The street will notice. Thank you.
  • Happy retirement - enjoy never seeing this gate again.
  • Good luck on the new round. They are lucky to have you.
  • Thank you for years of doing it properly.

Short doorstep lines

  • Thank you! From number [number].
  • Merry Christmas from us at [number].
  • Cheers for everything this year.
  • Thanks for all you do.

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How to write it so it lands

  • Put your house number inside. They deliver to hundreds of doors.
  • Leave it out early in December - the round gets long fast.

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Frequently asked questions

Can you tip your postie at Christmas?

Royal Mail's business standards ask staff to refuse cash and to declare gifts above a nominal value, so a card - with chocolates at most - is the safe option.

How do you address a card to your postie?

Write 'To our postie' on the envelope and leave it in or by the letterbox, with your house number inside so they know which door it came from.

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