Tipping

If you intend to go back I would suggest the standard 15%.

I'm accustomed to giving a 20% tip, so that's what I go with. If I really like the 'do or the stylist, I'll go as high as 30%.

But, then, I do that for any service provider who receives tips. I tend to get great service on return trips too.

I hate figuring tips. I just throw money at people until I don't feel cheap, anymore. Usually means that I overtip.

BUT....

Tipping is NOT mandatory. I have been a bartender, waitress, cocktail waitress, chauffer, etc... (the list goes on. I have had a lot of entry-level jobs) and I am usually a pretty decent tipper. But, if the service is really, really bad...for no obvious reason and with no apologies from the service person...then I don't tip. Period. Why should I pay someone to be rude to me? A tip is a form of 'thank-you' for a job well done. Why encourage oafishness?

I agree on the purpose of a tip, but it seems many individuals working in service industries have a sense of entitlement about it, regardless of the quality of service performed. It's become an expectation with many younger people in particular, and I have seen rudeness when a tip wasn't considered large enough.

As for hairdressers, I just had a haircut today (at one of the low cost walk-in places). The haircut cost was $8.99 and I gave $12.00. That's a bit high on the percentage, but the original cost is so low I give a little more than the 15-20% would dictate.

I give my barber $20 ($15 + a $5 tip).

That's probably not much help to you though. I'd say if what you're having done is $60, then a $10 tip is enough. For some jobs, tips are the way people makes most of their income, for others the tip is just icing on the cake. Hair stylists are generally not working at minimum wage, even if they received no tips.

I got a $75 perm/cut about three weeks ago and tipped $15... I'm like you, though. I never know if that's the right amount. If this guy will stay in the business, not die or move or disappear or retire like all the rest have, I'll tip him more!

Of course, it occurs to me they might not leave the business, die, move, disappear, or retire if I'd tip 'em more...

I'm bald, so I go to a shoe shine instead. If my pate is shining like a mirror when he's done I'll throw him an extry buck or two.

I usually tip at least 20%. Higher if the service is good.

Also, I used to be a bartender, so I tip them especially well.

I tip 20% or higher.

I always consider several things: time spent with me, how long I had to wait to get what I wanted, if I was happy with what I got, if the person was friendly (this is always hard to judge, as I'm a very quiet person, so friendly doesn't always mean bubbly and talking, I like a peaceful, mutual quiet moment) and the cost.

In this example, if the hairdresser takes 3 hours to do a simple one color dye and cut (which has happened to me) so I gave absolutely no tip. There's no reason haircuts and colors should take longer than an hour.

In another example, a woman spend a simple half hour doing a trim up and I got my eyebrows done. She was able to get in another customer within that hour, and mine was rather inexpensive, about $30, but I still tipped $10. She was quick, she did it right, I was happy with the result.

Depending on if they were earning minimum wage or less, I might tip more than 15%, if they have done a great job.

I'll still tip if I can tell the person doing my services has had a bad day, made a small mistake, etc. Once I had super slow service at a restaurant, because the waitress had a super big party to tend to and they were always making demands of her. I ordered as simply as I could and left a big tip just because.

I think tipping is always a personal thing, and in the moment, you know how much you should tip.

I despise tips. Don't complain about your wages being low and needing my money to make the rent; complain to your boss and ask for a raise.

I tried giving my last hairdresser a tip though, completely voluntary as I was ecstatic with how she made me look and she wouldn't hear of it. Absolutely refused to take anything more than the price of my highlights.

I drop off boxes of chocs occasionally though as who can refuse choccies, right?

I cut my own hair.



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No I give a couple extra bucks, but I go to those chain places like Super Cuts and just get a trim. So you know....

But only if the person was nice and did what I asked. The one who made me wanna cry not so much.

I despise tips. Don't complain about your wages being low and needing my money to make the rent; complain to your boss and ask for a raise.

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The problem with that is at least in the US for jobs like waiting tables, the boss just pays enough to cover taxes and tips are the wages.

Hmm. Over here we have a minimum wage which, while not a lot, is enough to live on (for most people).

It's just the sense of entitlement that gets to me. If wages aren't enough, why not just bump up the prices in the salon or restaurant to cover them? Seems more honest to me.

Tipping smacks of emotional blackmail.

Having grown up in the restaurant business, managed several restaurants and waited tables here are my rules for tipping. (They may or may not apply to hairstylists)

1. Always overtip the first time you go to an establishment if you plan to return. You will forever be remembered as the 'good tipper' no matter how you tip later on.

2. I rarely tip a percentage fo the check. I instead tip by the head count of the table, and a combination of what the meal is, how much service was required during the meal and how well the service was performed.

3. If not tipping or reducing the tip for reasons of service, I always tell the server why there was no tip. I sometimes also tell the manager.


4. Wouldn't it be nice if restaurant owners paid their staff what they were worth instead of a token amount and having them beg their customers for their salary.


Richard

I'm a 20% + tipper as well. Except at my hair salon which is non-gratuity. So I'm of absolutely no help to you.

scarletpeaches said:

Tipping smacks of emotional blackmail.

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*smacks SP with emotional black man*

Geez, are you gonna stop crying, or what?

scarletpeaches said:

Hmm. Over here we have a minimum wage which, while not a lot, is enough to live on (for most people).

It's just the sense of entitlement that gets to me. If wages aren't enough, why not just bump up the prices in the salon or restaurant to cover them? Seems more honest to me.

Tipping smacks of emotional blackmail.

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Yay to you.

Has this thread been derailed yet?

If not, I can always post a joke about cow tipping.

I only get my hair cut once in a blue moon and it usually runs me $40-60. I have a friend who is a stylist and my understanding is that with those fancy salons, the stylist pays "rent" for their chair and then sets their own prices. When this is the case, I do not tip. I am assuming the stylist is smart enough to have priced her services to make a living. (And in fact my friend made quite a lot - she put her husband through college.)

Now, if it's just one of those cheap supercuts places, they're just getting a wage and it's probably not much, so if they do a good job I'd tip. But I would rather just let my hair grow out than go to one of those places, because most of the time they make me cry!