The news triggered Malaysians who watched our mailmen working so hard, especially throughout the Movement Control Order (MCO) period.
Netizens who sympathised with the plight of our mailmen then suggested that we start tipping our Abang Posmen or PosLaju no matter how small or big the amount is, especially with the upcoming festive season.
'Kita jaga kita'
Many echoed the same sentiments and also shared their deed on social media.Maybe boleh buat kempen customer beri extra tips dekat abang poslaju macam runner foodpanda selalu dapat tu. at least dapat bantu diorang sikit#my2cent
— [email protected] (@elainish07) May 18, 2020
dawg this is so sad :/ thinking of starting to tip abang poslajus esp since it’s almost raya... kalau letak duit dalam angpao ok kot kan :/// i know it should be on the company & not us to provide for their employees but while we mass cyberbully poslaju i’ll just do this
— ☁️ (@awanbby) May 17, 2020
This is why you should tip abang poslaju, J&T, ShopeeExpress, Ninja Van or any post man. https://t.co/C2xY12Sz7n
— Evreu (@theevreu) May 19, 2020
Ingat, hari ni kalau ada abang PosLaju mai, bagi tips. They work too hard!! https://t.co/OkGd8wdPwZ
— Alia Mateo ? (@FAliaHMS) May 18, 2020
Lepasni kalau abang poslaju ke posmen ke hantar parcel korang bagi tips kat dorang okay?!!!!!
— ? (@itshsnkml) May 18, 2020
Mengenang jasa abang Posmen yang tak dapat duit bonus, aku cadangkan kita bagi 'tips' untuk Hari Raya ni. InsyaAllah, aku akan bagi duit raya kalau abang Posmen datang sebelum Raya ni.
— Faesal Mazian (@faethal) May 19, 2020
Emm memandangkan BOD pos malaysia tak bagi bonus, aku cadangkan setiap org yg dapat parcel dri posmen korg bgi tips. Sorang RM5 pon dah okay dah, kita kesian kan? kena tolong lah posmen dah tolong kita https://t.co/5U8z02ERKI
— ???????? (@fadzlytwt) May 19, 2020
Tip your abang posmen okay! Kesian abang posmen??? #KitaJagaKita https://t.co/jHYbbgHs3y
— miss lyssa (@__notyourlyssa) May 19, 2020
Aku ada terfikir yg if Pos Malaysia tak bagi diorang bonus, why not kita yg bagi mereka bonus (tips). Kau bayang sehari abg posmen hantar 50-100 parcel, if 1 parcel blh bg Rm1, maybe blh dpt Rm50-Rm100 sehari, sementara berbaki 4-5 hari utk bekerja dapatlah bonus raya utk mereka. https://t.co/PC9S1JZK5D
— ???? (@hasifsalehudin) May 18, 2020
Kalau tgk kpd gaji posmen mmg sedih , after this maybe kita kena start amalkan bg tips RM1/2 pun takpe . Atleast 50 rumah dia hantar half dari 50 tu 25 buah katakan bg tips. Sehari paling kurang RM25x25hari kerja =RM625 duit tambahan kan . Company sengkek kedekut nk bagi bonus ?
— ENNA ♡ (@ennaxzulkarnain) May 18, 2020
Sending my prayers and my love to all abang posmen out there. Tak kisah la courier mana pun. Kalau ada abang2 delivery mai hantar barang korang tu, hulur2 la ‘tips’ sikit, rm1 ke rm5 ke tak kisah la, kita tolong mana mampu ? https://t.co/SsazWPVVIY
— ?? (@asyrfzainal) May 17, 2020
The random act of kindness was perhaps inspired by a similar movement when the MCO first started where netizens were tipping their food delivery riders.
Pos Malaysia have recently addressed the no bonus issue, but netizens still aren’t pleased and have decided to extend a helping hand instead.
Well, it doesn’t hurt to give a small token of appreciation to our hardworking Abang PosLaju or Posmen who frequently appear at your doorstep come rain or shine.
A small act of kindness may go a long way, and who knows, it’ll make their day too!