Guy Always Leaves A $5 Tip On His $20 Haircut, And His Barber Seems Very Disappointed
InterviewGetting a haircut can be a sacred or a stressful experience. If you don’t have a stylist or barber that you see regularly, every appointment can be anxiety-ridden. Communicating exactly how you’d like your locks to be cut and styled can feel like fumbling your way through a conversation in a foreign language, and every minute you sit in the spinning chair can feel torturous if you’re not sure what you’ll end up leaving the salon looking like. On the other hand, taking a trip to the salon or barber shop can be similar to a mini vacation, if you’re a loyal customer of a stylist you know and trust. You might chat with them the same way you would speak to an old friend, and you can relax knowing that you and your hair will be as gorgeous as ever upon heading home.
When it’s time to pay for the appointment, however, not everyone has the same idea about how much it is appropriate to tip. One might assume that over 20% is always a safe bet, but apparently, even that much won’t satisfy one barber. Below, you’ll find a story that one man recently shared on the Choosing Beggars subreddit, detailing his barber’s less than enthusiastic reaction to receiving her tip, as well as a conversation between him and Bored Panda. You’ll also find some of the responses readers have shared, so you can decide for yourself whether or not the barber responded appropriately. Then, if you’re interested in reading another article featuring the Choosing Beggars subreddit, look no further than right here!
After his barber reacted less than enthusiastically to the tip she received, this client is wondering if he’s obligated to give even more
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To gain more insight on this situation, we reached out to Reddit user Lazarus870 and asked what inspired him to share this story. “I just wanted to get to know other people’s opinions. I felt I was in the right, but perhaps I was the one who was wrong on etiquette,” he told Bored Panda. We were also curious how often he gets his hair cut, and he shared that he visits the barber every 3-4 weeks. And when it comes to whether or not this encounter has made him rethink who cuts his hair, he shared, “I think I’ll keep going. She’s so close!” We can’t blame him; convenience is king!
When it comes to tipping culture, many people have differing opinions. Some hairstylists don’t accept tips at all because they work for themselves and charge the amount that they see fit, while others who work for bigger salons rely on tips to earn a substantial paycheck. It’s always appropriate to simply ask your barber or stylist what they prefer, or take the liberty of tipping them a certain amount if you’re satisfied with your service. But when a customer is already tipping 20% or more, it seems rather bold to have a disappointed reaction. The man in this particular story noted that his appointment only takes 20 minutes, so the cutting and styling cannot be extremely labor intensive. And he shared that he always tips at least 20%, which should be adequate.
Depending on who you ask, you might receive a slightly different answer, but according to High End Barber Shop in New Jersey, the general guideline for tipping a barber is to leave between 15-20%. This can vary depending on how satisfied the client is with their service, but that’s the general ballpark to aim for. Certain other factors can come into play though, such as the time of year or whether or not you had extra services performed that day.
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“During the holidays, it is generally acceptable to tip the normal cost of a visit,” High End Barber Shop explains on their site. “For example, if you normally pay $30 for a haircut, then you should tip them $30 before the holiday. It’s a nice way to say ‘thank you’ for a year’s worth of great hair. If you have a close relationship with your barber or stylist, you might also include a small personal gift that reflects his or her interests as well as a monetary gift.”
When it comes to times where you might not leave a tip, it’s really only if you were extremely dissatisfied with the service and don’t plan to return, or when the stylist does not accept tips. Often, owners of salons don’t take tips, but if you’re unsure, it’s best to take a cue from the receptionist when you pay the bill. If they don’t ask whether or not you’d like to leave a little extra, you are likely not obligated to.
The issue in this particular story, however, is that by most people’s accounts, this client did leave a perfectly acceptable tip. He is not obligated to tip 25% in perpetuity, while the cost of his haircut continues to rise. It is unfortunate that many workers rely on tips to earn decent wages, but 20% is industry standard, especially for an appointment that only takes 20 minutes. It seems like it would be more useful for this barber to build a relationship with her clients to ensure that they keep coming back than to express visible disappointment in the amount that they tip. Perhaps if they don’t feel pressured to tip more every time, they’ll surprise her with much larger tips near the holidays or on special occasions.
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We would love to hear your thoughts on the topic below, pandas. How much do you tip your hairstylist or barber? And would you feel comfortable if they were less than enthusiastic about your tips? Then, if you’re interested in reading another Bored Panda article discussing etiquette to keep in mind when going to the hair salon, you can find that piece right here!
Many readers assured the client that he had tipped adequately for the service he received, noting that the barber needs to be realistic
Some readers even shared similar stories of their own experiences in hair salons
Tipping is crazy. As is displaying pre-tax prices. Charge the amount you want for your products/services, and display THAT amount.
First we need to make sure that people are getting paid a living wage. In some states the minimum wage for tipped employees is really low. Tips are basically part of their wages, which means that tips are for the benefit of employers (called a "tip credit" that the employers get to count towards the minimum wage they pay). https://www.minimum-wage.org/tipped
Load More Replies...In my country (Russia) we only tip on rare occasions, for an exceptional service, and mostly to waiters at that. Why can't the price be final - including all the taxes, tips, etc? It's so much easier.
In Poland we also only tip for exceptionally good service, and that is how I believe it should be. A tip should be something additional, a sign of appreciation and fully voluntary!
Load More Replies...WHY DO WE KEEP ATTACKING THE PUBLIC FOR NOT TIPPING WELL ENOUGH INSTEAD OF ATTACKING THE BUSINESSES & CORPORATIONS WHO REFUSE TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES A LIVING WAGE! WHICH IS THE ACTUAL PROBLEM HERE! Why should we have to subsidize someones income when the majority of us can barely pay our own bills?? Especially when we're not the ones exploiting them & benefitting from their work? Like... how ppl still support capitalism is insane to me. DONT HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE FUCKEN GAME! Or in this case capitalism.
$5 is plenty... that said, I tip 50%... and 200+% on Christmas. The lady who does my and my wife's hair has been doing it for 15 years and is great. When my stepson died, she cried with us while cutting my hair for the funeral and refused to take any money. She always has us take a sucker for our daughter, even though she is almost 16 now... she provides us a service, but makes us feel important to her. I know the pandemic was difficult, so a few bucks is the least I can do.
That’s a bit different. That’s more like a family friend that is also a hairdresser.
Load More Replies...I absolutely hate when people try that trick, "Do you need change?" especially after the guy told her he needed $5 back. I'd be going to a different barber either in the same establishment, or somewhere else even though this location is convenient
If I was going there (& I definitely wouldn't after that behaviour) I would start a savings jar of loose change at home and be sure to take the exact amount in every time. Preferably in single dollars or less, if I could
Load More Replies...In Ontario tipping needs to end. Before the argument was "servers make a lot less than minimum wage". Now they make minimum and still demand a tip. We don't tip other minimum wage workers at places like Walmart, McDonald's etc who provide just as much of a service as the other hospitality iblndustries.
Same here in Alberta......I stopped tipping when minimum wage went to $15/hr fir everyone.
Load More Replies...So, I tip because it's expected, and I figure ahead of time whether I can afford something, based on that. But if I tip 20-25%, and you act pissy about it or try to make me feel cheap or crappy in general, then I'm done tipping you.
I’ve spent a year away from the US, I used to understand and support tipping culture, but this is getting weird and stupid
Old school usa, You do NOT tip the owner of the establishment, only the employee's. But that was also when greed was shamed.
I actually asked the owner of an establishment whether he expected or wanted or wished for a tip. And he said that would be nice. I find it confusing because I already pay him for more than I pay any one of his employees
Load More Replies...She sounds way 2 greedy, putting up prices is fine but expecting more than a 5 euro/dollar tip is not ok, give her $23 exactly because she will moan if you give $5 and she will still moan if you give no tip 🤷
Tipping culture didn't used to be a problem, but along came the entitlement generation who expect to be getting a 50-100% tip. I don't even use services that expect tips anymore because it's so out of hand. I was in the service industry for almost a decade a while back and 20% was the goal, but we *never* harassed the customers for more if we didn't get it. That should be a fireable offense, yet I keep reading these stories like this more and more. And some people get really aggressive hassling customers for more. I even learned to cut my own hair to avoid this kind of pressure. I read a story about a delivery driver texting the customer to give them a better tip. They were demanding a $15 tip on a $12 food order. F that.
The problem is the employers. Not the workers.
Load More Replies...Employers should pay staff enough and tips should be unnecessary. If a business can't pay staff a living wage they should close.
I believe hair dressers pay for their chair and have to pay a percentage of their cuts to the store.
Load More Replies...I used to go to this one barber shop that my parents took me too when I was a kid. As an adult, the price has increased from $13 to $18 over just a year or two. Not long after the price increase, one of the employees gave me attitude that I wasn't giving them any tip for the haircut. Mind you, they don't do a particularly good job and I could easily go to a place closer to my house, I only go there because they were cheaper than most other barbers (which was now debatable considering the price increase). Singling me out and expecting me to pay extra for a barely serviceable haircut after being a customer there for years was stupid on their part. If they want more money, raise the price! If you don't raise the price, don't expect me to pay extra out of the goodness of my heart. I'm too poor to subsidize the well-being of every business I interact with and resent being treated like a bad person for paying only what I have too in order to purchase a good or service.
The place I go raised their price for a men's haircut from $16 to $28 in the last 3 years.
Load More Replies...the whole "tipping culture is dumb" argument aside, (i agree BTW) yes, 20% is FINE. I'd find somewhere else to get my haircut.
For those that say, pay a living wage, I am an inactive lmt, licensed Massage therapist in America, tbh, even though massage is heavily commission when I worked a hotel staffing job, our pay was 25-up to200 an hour/massage. I remember doing an in room massage, the company had a policy, if it was cash we could accept it or keep it for ourselves. So, the total for 2 massages, it was a couples massage $135 cash each. I was ofc happy to receive that, however, my coworker was disappointed that the tip was only $5 each. However, I didn't care at that point. Lol. It really just shows you the person really. The person in the story I think tipped well. Personally, I always tell clients , even if the other lmt disagrees, I always say tipping is always appreciated but never required w/me.
I'm a woman, I go to a men's barber. I tip him about $6-8 bucks, because honestly, the fee and tip total for a kickin' short cut beats the hell out of $65+ at a "ladies" salon. Plus it's fun to see the men's eyes bug out.
I mean i just go where's cheapest and chop the dead ends offf lol. I think its time for another visit my hairs looking like a worn out bottom of a broom 😂
Load More Replies...My mother would always stick £1 in the tip jar on the counter, so I would do the same. But if there's no tip jar, I just assume they don't want tips.
Load More Replies...Had a similar experience with a manicurist. She told me in no uncertain terms that I didn't tip her enough. That was the last time I used her service. BTW, I was giving her $5 tip for a $15 service.
I'm so tired of tipping culture. It's annoying enough when I have subsidize the employees wage on the ever increasing prices in small businesses, but full out engages me when it's a greedy big business. I still tip, it's not the employees fault, but more and more people are expecting or demanding tips because of the culture we've created. Go above and beyond and I'll consider it, but you rang up my beer, you didn't give me CPR.
Now the automatic car wash wants me to tip. No way. This is outrageous!
I tip 5 on a $45 haircut. So. I think you're good dude. Either find a new barber or stop tipping. Ungrateful people
I'm from Pittsburgh PA we have Eat n Park here. I am of color and grew up and raised my own daughter in a white middle class neighborhood the same neighborhood from child hood. Me and my daughter would go to Eat n Park every Sunday after church right by our house. One-day our normal waitress was not there, there was someone else. Now we are coming from church with church clothes and shoes on very respectful it's who I am. The waiter seen when the host sat us down and decided to stay sitting for a little longer before getting our drinks. I order a water like always before my meal and than get my drink with my meal. My daughter order her coke. She rolled her eyes at us after taking our drink order. Than she disappeared for about 15 mins. There was only 1 other couples in her area they had ate already. She comes bring our drinks and left again. I asked another waitress to get ours she did and she had an attitude. She finally took our order and I got up and went to the bathroom. Coming
Out the bathroom I hear her talking to another employee saying she wish she never came in today if she knew she would have the only black people in the whole restaurant at 1 of her tables she wouldn't have. Oooookay well that was our usual table she came in to take over the other ones shift. So I decided to only tip her the minimum tip on my card. Back than they took taxes out of the tip when you use a card not cash. The next Sunday my usual waitress was there she was so happy to see me. The other woman was there taking over another person's shift. She tells our waitress to not stress out about us we don't tip to good. My waitress looked puzzled and asked me what happened. I told her and she was mad. When we got our order I gave her the middle percentage of tip on my card and left another $10. Our bill was always around $25. I love when people treats all their customers with great care and makes sure you enjoyed your time there. As we was leaving out our waitress went up to the other
Load More Replies...What I hate are places that charge a "mandatory" tip. Its not a tip if I'm required to pay it.
I am a hair stylist. I do not expect tips and I am grateful for whatever a client gives. Not all of them tip either and I will gladly do their hair again with a smile because they can go somewhere else if they choose. I appreciate their patronage
I'm starting to find it hilarious that these a******s badger customers for money instead of gee I dunno, unionizing
When I was a kid my dad would send me to the barber with $3 for the hair cut. The money went straight to the barber who had his own shop on the town square and there was no tip, just the price and that is what you paid. Nowadays it's cheaper to buy some inexpensive clippers for what one hair cut will cost and after that it's just your time, which you would have spent more of going to and from the barber's anyway, so I haven't gone to the barber in almost 20 years.
What really ticks me off are the places that pay an actual non-tipped wage like fast-food places. I am NOT going to tip you for doing your job that pays a regular wage. Do you want tips? Then work an actual server job where you only get paid about a $3 tipped minimum wage.
You would be surprised at the places that pay below minimum wage claiming their workers get tipped! Places like Duncan Donuts for one
Load More Replies...If that is not generous, something in their calculation is off and broken. I usually get my hair cut for I don't know how much exactly, about 15 minutes or less, giver her 20 and the change is tips. It used to cost 15 € a few years ago, then 16 € for a long time, now 18 €. I still pay 20, but have only been there once since the last rise. Nobody seems disappointed or any such.
I'm so tired of tipping culture. Why can't our country be like other countries where employees don't expect tips because they get paid a living wage? I'm all for tipping as a bonus "you did a great job" kinda thing, but I hate being obligated to tip by default. I'm not the employer, I shouldn't have to be the one to pay the employee wages.
Exactly. And I'm tired of people saying, "then they'd have to increase their prices." It's all BS to put the onus on the customer.
Load More Replies...It's really nice to live in a country where people are not living off the tips. If the price tag is 21€ I pay 21€, be it in a shop (and yeah, the price tag shows the real price, with taxes, here), bar or barber. Only in restaurants we sometimes pay more if the service is really good.
Tipping is getting out of hand. I generally leave a tip for services around 20%, HOWEVER, there are times when I simply cannot afford to leave a big tip. Should I have to give up getting a haircut or the occasional lunch out if I can't afford the big tip? It would be humiliating to explain the financial status of someone on a fixed income.
These people need to be paid by their employers, tips shouldn't be expected and you shouldn't be shamed for not tipping. We're already paying a million dollars for everything these days. If you want more money, make your own business and set your own prices.
I agree, but I also don't, as you are paying for a service, a luxury. Getting your nails done is a luxury, as are hair cuts and having a human being deliver your McDonald's to your home. IDC if I get downvoted for this, this is just a fact. If you cannot afford luxuries in this day and age of inflation, then just don't expect a service and not tip a little? Ask your mother to cut your hair, it's all the same. Just a little less nicely done :)
Load More Replies...Sorry, I don't understand a big part of your tipping culture. Does it happen only when the barber is an employee (under the idea of low salary+tips make a reasonable income)? Or also when the barber is the owner or self-employed? Because in this last case, he/she has the power to set prices for her/his work...
I'm in the US and have never been asked to tip the hair stylist in my life, but maybe that's because the extent of my hair demands are "cut it until it's not dry anymore" "yes I know that's a lot of hair, it'll be fine"
Load More Replies...Mostly i do it for health and money reasons. I can't afford the time, effort/energy nor money to pay for one. So I just bought the equipment ($10 hair scissors, hair clips for parting, a towel, a comb) and do it myself for summer. Edit: Typo
Load More Replies...I currently live in Spain. I get my haircut for €7 and barbers don't expect a tip. I give them a €10 and tell them to keep the change and the last two have refused and given me the €3 back. The U.S. and Canada have gone mad. A 100% tip for the holidays? Lol....
That is something i don't understand of those countries. In belgium you can be gratefull you get even anything as a tip. It's not expected
$5, That's what I tip for a 15 minute $20 hair cut. The type where they just spray your hair down instead of washing it. How much do you guys tip?
I tip between $5-$10 depending on how well the cut came out. $10 is for a really good cut. 25%, which is what $5 on a $20 cut would come to, is generous and more than fair.
Load More Replies...I pay 40-50 € with a 2-5€ tip IF I tip. Normally only If I like the stylist and I am really happy about the cut.
I use to tip my daughter's hair dresser $10. I always took care of my daughter's hair. Since we live in a time where black Americans put harsh chemicals in their hair or weave etc. I never trusted people in my daughter's hair. We are Delaware Indian Puerto Rican and Black. I took care of her hair. It got so thick and long as she got older and it was hurting my body to do her hair.. My sister in law bragged about her hair dresser all the time. I watch my sister in law who had damage hair get healthy in months so I decided to give her a try. She was so happy because she loves when you have natural hair with no chemicals in it. Your first visit she always charged $70. After that it's $60. She doesn't asked for it but she also has an assistance when she has a full schedule. She took such great care on my daughter's hair it really grew and looked so healthy and shiny. She even taught my daughter how to care for her own hair. So when my daughter went to school out of town she was able to
Take care of it. She was more protected over my daughter's hair than I was, and that's saying something. My daughter wanted her side shave she talked her out of it. She dis agree to cut it low in the back but not shave. She told me how to take care of it with it being so short in the back. I did and in about 3-4 months my daughter's hair was back down to the middle of her back. I tip if I get good service I don't care about it. My sister or brothers would baby sit my daughter for me when she was younger I alway pay them before I leave and leave money for food. When I get back if my child is not hurt and had a good time I gave them a tip.
Load More Replies...So sick of tipping culture. For hair cut I do it myself or my wife do it. I barely have hair and was always being charged $20 even if it's mostly ears contour. So no tip or at max $2 and they always seem not happy but where I was going they take cash only (wonder why). So at the end if they are not happy there are hobs paying more and they can change job. $20 for 10 stretched minutes is a lot. How they can expect tips? I miss Japan where tip is not a thing. These days when I leave tips I mostly give %10 at max. And moving slowly toward no tip at all. Economy is bad for everybody.
Why would you tip a hairdresser? You've paid a price for their services, I've never tipped my hairdresser but then again I don't tip waiting staff either. You chose to work in the industry, if you want a better paid job, go find one !!
I can see your point of view. Tipping aggregates me.
Load More Replies...Tell her to get lost. You’ll go somewhere where else they arent entitled! Tell her to massage your neck too then she can expect to get maybe a couple bucks more.
I just don't get it. Are you supposed to barter everything in the USA? I to go my barber and he charges £18 for a cut and I pay him exactly £18. Job done.
It's getting ridiculous here. Everybody thinks they deserve a tip, anymore.
Load More Replies...Tipping is getting ridiculous. I just read an article on tipping people in walk-in/pick-up food chains, when we're the ones going to pick it up. Are we now expected to start tipping the McDonald's person in the drive-thru?? This is the exact equivalent. If you don't want to have to rely on people for tips in order to live, CHOOSE a different job.
Ok, I’m a hairdresser, I mostly cut womens hair but a few men come in to the shop as well. For mens hair usually the price quoted is for the service provided so say a buzz cut is 10, a boxed out fade could be 20 and so on and so forth, if the experience of the haircut has been good for the customer SOMETIMES they tip but not always but it doesn’t matter if they don’t because the price has been set to take into account the time, effort, technique and skill needed and used to complete the specific cut, most hairdressers/barbers aren’t interested in being tipped but instead want the repeat custom, ie someone coming in for a buzz cut paying you 12 every 5 weeks 10 for the cut and 2 as a tip is a lot less than someone coming in every 5 weeks and paying you 20 without a tip. The ‘tip’ is the customer keeping on coming back
I'm in the US. I usually tip $2-$3 on a haircut. Never had a complaint
No tip is what we agreed upon. I asked "how much?" and you answered "20". Your answer is the final price, all taxes tips and benefits included, as the price is yours to set, not mine. Price for a haircut. If you do more than we agreed for me, I am bound to give you more than we agreed. Get creative! If I enjoy your "extra" I will surely pay extra, aka tip you. Skull massage, warm and crispy-dry towels after showering my hair, something. I can barely wait to be surprised. But, the haircut alone is 20, we already agreed on that.
"During the holidays, it is generally acceptable to tip the normal cost of a visit ... to say ‘thank you’ for a year’s worth of great hair". I can't stop laughing. That idiot is either on drugs or completely delusional. I say "thank you" by returning to the same shop instead of going somewhere else. Do these think money grow on trees?
I tended bar in my younger days, and relied on my tips to make a decent living wage (min wage for jobs like that was something like $2.55/hr), I have issues these days with EVERY service industry job expecting tips, regardless. Don't get me wrong, I tip 20%+ when I go out to eat or have my hair cut, but I'm also being waiting on hand & foot. Example, a well-known sub shop has a tip jar on the counter...starting pay is listed as $12-15 per hour...they are doing what they are PAID to do at what seems to me to be a very fair wage, AND they expect a tip? I've even seen tip jars at a worldwide burger joint...where does it end??? Neither of these places are waiting on my every need, refilling my drink or bringing my food to my table, checking to make sure I got everything and everything is correct. THAT would obligate me to give them something above & beyond the cost of my meal. It's an in & out service, and sorry, as unpopular as my comments are, I will not tip.
I understand why the avaricious might see dollar signs and give zero shits about their staff dying of hunger, homeless in the rain, but that doesn't mean I'm about to tolerate that behaviour. TIPPING. MUST. STOP. Either you pay your staff a living wage, or you go out of business. PERIOD.
LoL. Americans and their crazy tipping culture, making the client feel guilty when the responsibility of paying wages is 100% on the party that signed the contracts, the employer.
I live in South Florida. I’ve been using the same barber for the past six months. He charges me 18 for the cut I give him 25 total. First of all my hair is very short and needs just a small amount of hair cut from my head once every three weeks. This past weekend I walk into the shop to get my hair cut. My Barber Jimmy tells me we raised our prices. Cuts are now 25 dollars per cut. That is a seven dollar raise! That is for a cut that takes my barber no more then fifteen minutes! I’m sure he will notice there will be no more paid out then the 25 dollars. That includes his tip! . He is the owner of this shop and make the full amount of the cost plus the tip. If he is unhappy with the twenty five dollars. Paid out every three weeks I will find a different barber!
As a licensed cosmetologist I can say, now this is me personally, but I'm happy with any kind of tip even a buck! I honestly don't ever expect a tip... Now servers? Wait staff? They work for less than 5 bucks an hour, they deserve all the tips🙌
How come we give 20% for someone who spends 20 minutes to cut our hair and we give 15% to someone who handles our food for 45 minutes?
It's time both sides learned the underrated custom of saying THANK YOU: The client for providing the business opportunity and the vendor for the service. Twenty percent tip is perfectly adequate for good service, especially for a basic service like a haircut. Try upselling if you're trying to make more money but be gracious in accepting no. Don't be greedy or pushy.
So many hairdressers are accepting cash and paying taxes. I know two that have admitted to me the don't pay taxes. To the guy that posted about his barber you sound like a good sugar daddy to her. Price of haircut plus $5.09 and not paying taxes. Not bad unless you get caught. You could end up cutting hair in prison. If you turn someone into the IRS and they collect back taxes you can get a finders fee. Just Me
I get tipping the barber/hair dresser for really exceptional service perhaps, but it doesn't make sense to rely on tips to get by instead of raising your prices if they're independently employed. If you want more, explicitly say so in your prices. Nowadays it feels like people are expecting tips just for doing their job.
Tipping servers or bartenders in the US is necessary due to the crappy way businesses haven't had to pay minimum wage, but a barber or hairdresser literally charging $20 for a twenty minute haircut is well above the national average for pay by the hour. If you want to tip for an excellent service then do so, but don't feel obligated. Everyone likes more money but they already charge an adequate (or more) amount for their service. (Full disclosure, my wife owns a salon and has made over $500 a day when she's busy, not including tips. It's not every day, and she works here a*s off.)
This is why I stopped eating out at full service establishments and now go to places where I can just pick up my food and go home. If I am expected to literally "hire" someone to bring me my food then clean up after me, I may as well hire my own personally staff at home who could do a better job than 95% of most wait staff in restaurants today anyway!
So you haven't seen the article yet where they had the audacity to put a star and circle on a woman's receipt because she didn't tip. IT WAS CARRYOUT.
Load More Replies...Time to end tipping culture, Buscemi in reservoir dogs was right
The probably did that so you would round up to the nearest 10. The figure rounding up to the nearest 5 was not enough of a tip at 20. So if they make it $23 most people will tip more than $2 so they will just round to 30. I always tip 5 for my kids cut and adults women are $24 so I round to 30 for me. But i keep a chin length bob which is an easy cut.
I always leave a small tip, about 2€, at my hairdresser's, for the girl who does the shampoos. It's often an apprentice, on minimum wage.
If you're job doesn't pay enough, get another job. I'm dine with tipping, I don't get tips in my job why should I give my hard earned cash to someone else ?
I usually tip my barber a couple bucks. [cut costs $25 now it just went up. and my haircut is as basic as it gets I'm bald and keep my hair short on the sides]They set the price and most that I have known over the years owned the shop or rented a chair. It's not like they have to buy new equipment to keep up with the industry. Tipping your barber 15 or 20% is outrageous. I knew a barber years ago and he said that if it takes 5 mins. to cut your hair your still going to get at least 15 mins in the chair to make it look like you got something special. He would just use a comb and scissors and make it look like he was cutting off more hair. Said that this was a pretty standard ploy with barbers.
This is so impossible to be understood in Europe... Yes, we can also tip anyone, especially when we are VEERY satisfied, or he did something unusual and out of his duties for us... But to be obliged to tip someone - because his salary is too low for him to live normal? Is he a barber or a beggar? Why don't the owner of the salon offers real price, which allows him to pay his worker normal AND to have reasonable profit, and not to make the employee beg for money from clients?... This is stupid and humiliating... How you see this as normal there - I can't understand, really... Begging strangers to pay from their pockets your wages, while working for someone, who doesn't care...
$23 for a haircut should not require a tip. I tip restaurant personel well for good service because their base pay is absurdly tiny. As a twenty-year massage therapist, I charged enough not to need a tip and never expected a tip. I had high-wealth clients who sometimes tipped double my high price or didn't tip at all. It never mattered to me because giving massage and relief to my clients was a passion and I would have done it for free if I didn't need money to live on.
Nathaniel sure, if the wage is fair but waitresses, cruise ship staffs and other professions sometimes have the wage addressed downward because they assume that the tip will bring the wage up to acceptable. That whole piece would have to change. (Bartenders too)
Such a subject, it just so happens, a friend brought up the subject last night, actually, we on low income, will dine out much less often, or feel bad, if not able to tip, or too little !!!
I am a European who lived for a number of years in the US. I am SO freakin' happy to be away from the endless tipping. They also keep getting more and more aggressive about it. Like those screens that pop up after you get what is already a very expensive ice cream (without being served). Then the person behind the counter gets mad if you don't tip them for handing you the ice cream. I actually stopped going to certain places when they started having those screens.
Been cutting my own hair since high school and will continue to do so.
I recently moved to the midwest (Illinois). Last night I went to Subway. The tipping option was on the screen. I was SHOCKED that I had no choice but to tip. I always carry a few extra dollars for tipping with cash, but being forced to tip insured that I will never set foot in a Subway in this area, ever again.
I think if you didn't get an invoice and paid 20+5 dollars for a haircut then you gave a $25 tip. Anyways, mandatory >25% tip is insane.
I used to serve (wait tables) & tend bar. And all nearly 10 years of it, less 6 mo, was in TN where min wage for servers & bartenders was $2.13/hr. Most people don't know that. Usually, bartenders will get a LITTLE more, and at chain places the servers have to tip you out bc you're making their drinks. But it was not uncommon to have a party stay for hours, run you ragged (while taking up a table in your section so you can't get another party there) and tip $2-3. Or like $5 on $100 or more. OR NOTHING! I'm a firm believer in tipping TIPPED EMPLOYEES well for good service, as the gov't is allowing the company to pay them almost nothing. But how tipping people that are already making a decent wage per hour being mandatory or getting all weird is RIDICULOUS! But I will say the writers' opinion that you should ask is not what I would do - awkward.
When I worked at my aunt's hair salon, I would offer to add a tip to a credit card purchase. But in no way was I guilting them. If they said no, I'd say okay and just repeat the total before running the card. Sometimes they didn't know they could and said sure, and I would ask how much. I never told them a price. Sometimes they'd say no because they had cash on them. Sometimes they said no because they weren't going to leave a tip. And for every interaction, I would say thank you and I hope you come back. I would never guilt someone into leaving a tip, let alone a specific number.
F that. Charge what you want and leave it there. If your boss didn't pay you enough without tips, get a better job, cause your boss is a d**k.
The OP's barber is very rude. Trying the old 'did you say no change?' to get a 50% tip, was bad enough and then saying about their prices going up to attempt to get more out of him is ridiculous. We live in the UK and have always tipped my Husband's barber and my stylist but they never ask for it and certainly don't turn their nose up at whatever they are given. The 'latest tip expectation' I heard about is for the woman in the bridal shop who helps you try on wedding dresses. Thats kind of their job as far as I'm concerned. What else are they going to do all day? I had my wedding dress made, for the amount we agreed. I didn't tip the dressmaker.
A few years ago I went to a Supercuts with hair down to my shoulders. The young woman said they should charge me for how long I waited to get a haircut rather than the regular senior price. I always tip very well: another haircutter nearby told me later that it was totally inappropriate for the woman to comment like that. At some point after that I got two bad haircuts a few months apart from a same young woman each time, but had forgotten exactly what she looked like. After the second one, and I'm talking tipping $15 or $20 on a $14 haircut when it's long, I decided to let it grow. When it's long enough to chew off, that's how I will trim it regularly. I only hate having long hair once a day, in the morning before I tie it back. Looks perfectly neat, and golly gee, I hope the ponytail doesn't offend anyone.😜
Strange. In my country there's three models for hairdressers. They're either salaried employees and get paid per hour they work, they're independent contractors who 'hire' a seat and get a share of the money made as an hourly wage, or they're completely independent and 4 hairdressers working in the same salon could be charging completely different rates according to their skill and clienteles willingness to pay for "the best". In no scenario would it ever be considered a requirement to tip. They're either getting paid a fair hourly wage, or they're charging what they feel they are worth on an individual basis.
business is charging 20 or 23 cash. Oo stated cash. Stylist is potentially keeping the cash anyway and not paying taxes so actually getting paid more and then also wanting an above 2o.% tip? Also a tip technically should be on the item not the item plus tax but this hairdresser isn't charging for tax apparently? I work in a spa... Never never expect a tip and never budget your life to include tips, put that money in a rainy day fund, emergency fund, invest it but don't count it as rent. I realize waitress sometimes make minimum wage and live off tips so strategy may be different there people usu spend at their income level. Trick is to figure how to spend below. If customer asks acceptable response is sir/man tipping is appreciated but not required.Those who chose to tip, typically tip as if they were in a restaurant...which in all actualty results in a zero to 50 percent tip depending on the person and meaning behind the tip but the spa did a precovid audit found 16.8 % was average.
A tip is something that someone can financially spare in some cases,, or what they believe the job merits. It should not be expected. If this is the case, then it is not a tip but direct income and should be stated when you walk in the door.
If/when I tip, and I commonly do it, it's because i like the service or I consider their prices for the service too cheap, but ask me for it, or worse, demand, and you can look to the moon for it. Tip is discretionary, as otherwise, it's just a hidden price hike...
Tipping should be done away with. When I tell people this some get offended. But when I ask them if they could get the same after tax income without relying on tips, I have never had anyone say they wanted to rely on tips. Tips are basically a shake down. I some countries like Australia workers are offended if you offer them a tip, as they should be. Workers are entitled to a market wage. I think service workers get a raw deal having to rely on tips.
Tipping should be done away with. In Australia there is no tipping. People are offended if you try to give them a tip as anyone should be. People are offended when I say we should do away with tipping. But when I ask them if they could get the same after tax income without relying on tips I have never had anyone say they would like to rely on tips. We need to get rid of what is basically a shake down. People need to be paid a market wage and not have to rely on tips.
I tip heavily at my nail salon because it was closed for so long during covid. I know the owner and the ladies who work there lost a lot of income, plus they always do a great job and are so nice.
Once in a blue moon I'll put $1in the tip jar on the counter of my local $1-a-slice pizza joint because I know those guys are hard-pressed. But today I certainly lifted an eyebrow when I saw a tip jar for the cashier at my Chinatown supermarket. (I didn't think to check the other lanes--this might have been a one-off.)
I found a wonderful place nearby. One of the women only cuts men's hair, but I keep my hair short and I asked her to please cut my hair one time when the lady haircutters were busy. She did a wonderful job and has been cutting my hair ever since. I had been tipping $5 on a $15 cut, but her prices went up and I am tipping $10 on a $20 cut. I do not go out to a lot of places, the only tips I usually give are for grocery delivery and to her, but I feel that it is so nice to have someone cut my hair exactly the way I want.
Tipping culture IS absolutely insane, however NOT tipping doesn't hurt the big business, only it's employees. Until it's changed, workers rely on tips to make a living, and we need to remember that.
Mom was a cosmetologist. Stylists pay for all their own products and equipment. And, unless they own they joint, they're usually sort of "renting" their place there. So, the more time-consuming, product heavy, and involved the visit, the larger the tip to help cover the stylist's overhead. That said, screw tip culture and employee exploitation.
My barber charges $13 and I have always paid $20. During the pandemic, I was giving her $40 because of all the extras involved with being open. I have gone back to $20 and still feel the cut and service I get are totally worth $20.
I never tip my barber. He's terrible and I have no idea why I keep going back. I'm my own barber.
They should be giving you all your cash back then you have the option to give them a tip. No one should expect a tip just be thankful if they get one.
I took my son to get his hair cut this week. It was 15$ for the haircut. Hes 9 and on the autism spectrum but, very high functioning and homeschooled so I thought I'd teach him a life skill and have him give the tip. He had his 5$ in his pocket before we went in and at the end he gave it to her and told her it was 5$ for her. I was appalled she said in kind of a mocking tone " oh a whole 5 dollars for me?! Aren't I lucky" I was like wtf, thats over 25% guess who won't be getting our business again.
I give my barber a 33.3% tip every 2 wks. Cuts cost $15 and i pay $20 total.
It's sad we live in an era where it's blame the customer not the employer. Yes people need to be paid a decent wage. That is obvious but that isn't the responsibility of the customer to subside that. Employees don't be made at the customer. Take that rage and anger and be mad at the ones actually ripping you off... You employers and your government officials.
Taught myself 30 years ago how to cut my own hair with clippers and scissors. I get it done in 20 mins, they way I want anytime I want, no appointment needed. I figure I've sav well over $5000. Oh yeah, and I don't have to tip myself.
Tipping is such and American thing..... Tips were invented so whites didn't have to pay the newly freed blacks after slavery. Just end this b******t and pay workers.... Enough
I’m a hairdresser/owner. Tipping is optional but it does help. When I see my hairdresser. The haircut are 20.00. I know how it is to live off your tips. I always give her 40.00. When tipping, your making your hairdresser feel appreciate. I feel 20% if a fair tip or depending on what the service, your having done.
I'm a dog groomer. I appreciate a tip, however it is a nice addition and certainly NOT a necessity. I really don't expect a tip from my clients. What burns me is when people don't show up for an appointment. That is like stealing money out of my pocket.
Barber and Stylist of 23 tears here. Tipping means you appreciate your service. A bigger tip means that they absolutely love their hair. Let me clue all of you in on how very expensive it is to be a Cosmetologist working on your own. My prices for color are based on my experience, time and cost of the color, which has increased greatly. My skill level may be much higher than someone just starting out and my prices reflect that. Add in rent, utilities, cost of continuing education, products and you have a lot to pay for as a business owner. We don't get health insurance, pto or retirement. Taxes are way more expensive for owners too. Lets also add on the extreme wear and tear on your body over the years. People seem to view my career as some sort of hobby that a second hand citizen would do, that is until I have to fix a messed up color and/or cut that they tried to do themselves or they had an inexperienced Stylist do. Consider all this when tipping &stop whining.
Ya I think those tipping options on the Register is a gimmick for the Owners to steal the money from the Workers. No thank you. I will give my tip personally.
However $5 tip on 20-25 bill that's is definitely proper and should not be complained about. Try getting cents the changes in their pocket left on a$40 bill at a sit down restaurant at the casino. Lol but I never judged they deserved to have a nice night out that maybe they hardly could afford so... that wasnt the normality so i don't try to understand when I have no right to ask such things nor do I expect that even if I waited on them and didn't get a different section Or top whom the next server did and since it was over 7ppl you got gratuity added to the bill. Plus since they were young and drinking most would tip on top of that for my great, attentive, and speedy waiting service.
If minimum wage workers got a decent wage to live on and living cost weren't so high plus personally I'm a single mother of a 3rd grader, working a full time job ,paying daycare, rent,power,food,transportation, and the occasional school pictures, im scrapping by just to get loose change for those Pic. I normally through out the year have to get help making my bills, the threat of ending up homeless is a month to month struggle since I switched to a job that I only make a wage and no tip. Bartenders and most servers were layer off during covid due to no customers.why do people get to afford multiple houses and cars, eating out ,sports or extra curricular activities when so many can't even get by on the wage and cost of living. And now if I get my hr cut below30 hrs foodstamp won't be available or I will be penalized for needing such help . Try to step into others shoes before jumping to conclusions and judging a whole culture whom realy on others generosity and the ability to afford lu
I don't mind tipping a waiter at a restaurant. But by the time I go in and pay 50-60$ for a basic wash cut and style a bit. My budget is done, and I feel guilty for not tipping. So I don't go back till I can't handle it or I mess it up trying to cut it myself! I hairstylist need to charge what they want to make!
I hear you. Try cutting a 9year boy who can't sit still to save his life and has three caliks one in front and 2 in the back swirling opposite directions. I have no experience cutting hair n even worse clipper lol. I just trimm my own to get dead ends and sometimes I think I might try tip tok videos a try but I'm too scared my hair is too long half way down my back lol and never dyed dirty blonde so I'm not doing risk it. Most stylist comment and jealousy say how lucky I am to have straight hair .
Load More Replies...Lived in Japan, paid $10 for a professional cut from the business owner, another $3 for a shave. Absolutely no tip expected. Move back to NY, $20 + tip for someone to butcher my hair, and shaving now requires a license that nobody has.
I am absolutely exhausted and sickened by tipping culture. My first job was at a restaurant, but in California, where the minimum wage is for everyone - my state does not have a tipping wage. The server makes the same as the host, who makes the same as the cashier at the grocery store, etc. Tips were extra, something the servers bragged about on busy dinner shifts, "I pulled $200 in tips last night!" - in 2003. So now with servers where I live making $16 an hour, and acting like they'll starve to death with anything less than 30% and you're a monster for leaving $5 on your $20 tab is absolutely just entitlement bred emboldened by being trendy. If people can't survive on their legal wages, with tips as a fun bonus, they need to be mad at their employers, not the customers. And no, getting rid of tipping wages will NOT make eating out suddenly unaffordable. California did it nearly 40 years ago and I've only very recently felt like inflation was totally out of control - nationwide.
I am a barber. Although it's nice to receive tips, I never expect them. Tips are not required, they show gratitude for the service received
Another fun day in Externality Land. Paying a fair wage gets pushed onto the consumer, just like sales tax.
I leave tips because it's was something my father taught me to do, but many times I feel I shouldn't. My most recent hair cut I asked for an inch and a half to be taken off the sides, and an inch off the top due to my double crown. The result half an inch left on the sides and an inch on top. I went in with hair that was four inches long. Still tipped, just made a note to never go back. I have come to realize I need to find a barber as this has become the norm with female stylists they just give me their default guy cut an expect that to be good.
As a former service worker, I agree tipping culture is out of control within the past several years. I would have been over the moon, if as a waiter, I had made an average of 10-15% on my tickets (this was the 90s). I was considered one of the better employees , and often trained new staff. I received in the top 20% as far tips earned too. Then 15% was good, and anything else was a exceptional. Now 20% seems expected for basic service, and places like coffee shops, mechanics, dry cleaners, ice cream shops, and even fast food shops now all expect tips! It is employers being lazy and not keeping their pay up with cost of living and expecting customers to pay the difference. Also, after everyone was more generous during the pandemic, it is now becoming expected. Minimum wage needs to increase, and people need to stop expecting tips for low service or already pay fairly jobs. The expectation was that as costs rise, so would your tips, because it's based on a percentage. Insanity.
Ugh that is so irritating!! I did nails while in school, it cost only 25$!! Nails that took almost two hours to do and at times those clients would just get up and pay and walk out!!! 25$ foot two hours of work!!!! No thank you!!! I would have been super grateful for a 5$ tip!!!! Just saying!!!
I got shamed for not tipping on a pick up order. The counter girl, who just got the order from the back, asked if she did anything wrong to not get a tip. I said, no, but isn't it part of your job to get the order and ring me up? If a customer needs to subsidize your salary, then it is a problem with the business and not the customer or your service.
I tip my kids Barber, because they are a handful!!!! He is patient with them and take longer with my kids than should be. He is owner but I tip him as a huge thank you. He always tells me he does not expect tips.. for my own hair stylist, I pay for the work and tip if I like the outcome. Yes they are paid for the work, but a little thank you because they spend time with you and your hair. I personally feel restaurant's should pay their employees accordingly and not expect customers to tip.....they take your order, bring it back to you, as per their job. I tip if the service was really great and they paid attention. I love it n when they interact with my kids, treating then like humans instead of a stain and a problem. Plus we clean the table and make it easy for them too.
I never tip because im sick and tired of being broke. Sorry i just want to dang eat or have a service for the price listed not pay for you doing your job correctly like great glad your doing your job good but like thats what your Supposed to do
That and i don't have the money to tip its incredibly guilty feeling and its not my job to pay employees no hard feelings yall need to be demanding better pay instead of expecting us to cover it
Load More Replies...In my country the prices are clear. If you want to tip, it's a present and a present is never something obvious. I don't tip except in restaurants, and it's 10% here. If I'm happy. The prices are high enough. It's unbelievable a customer must participate in a waiter's salary in US. This is evil. Your country sucks big time.
My general rule is if someone is providing me a service that I can do myself, then tip! I can brew my own coffee, make and serve my own food, and if I really wanted to, I could cut my own hair. When I hear how delivery drivers aren't getting tipped after picking up and dropping off food for people now too, I want to vomit. Tipping culture has probably been around more than a lot of these commenters, how about we end cheap, lazy, entitled culture instead? You people won't complain about what Starbucks is charging you for that coffee you can make at home, but you'll complain about tipping the pour barista that made it. Barbers and stylists that rent out their chair absolutely should get tipped and tipped well too.
Asking for change is the bit that feels a touch rude to me. Nothing wrong with the tip amount tho and the barber's reaction is rude too
Took my 3 year old grandson for a trim. He has fair hair and he was in the chair 10 minutes.City barber and it was $20 bucks, Òur girl a short distance, out of town I pay 15 bucks for myself , She will be doing the grandsons hair next time, 20 bucks for 3 year old is rediculous
I just cut my own hair. Been doing it for more than 50 years. I even taught my sons to do it too. Sometimes when I don't feel like cutting it myself I'll go to a "professional" and I tip very well, 20 for cut with 10 for tip. Then I go home and fix the cut that I just got.
In Japan, we do not tip. In Canada I felt strange when tipping because it is so open to what is appropriate by the person receiving and some places you give 15-20% and they are super happy while other places look at you like "oh.. that's all you're going to pay me OVER the already inflated prices + tax?" Yes.. yes it is.
I am ok with the tipping if it is earned. Met a friend for lunch and I paid with a debit card (big mistake in my part), and one chooses their meal and any additional or special instructions. Then it totals for you and has pre programmed tips built in. I left a 20% tip on that visit but it kind of irked me a bit. This was a local sandwich shop and I am all for leaving a tip, but 25% or more for making my sandwich? Or am I living under a rock. I was in the hospitality industry for quite a few years but that was a long time ago and we jumped up and down if someone left us 10% for impeccable white glove service. Your thoughts?
My wife cuts my hair, it’s convenient and she loves doing it. She also did my 3 sons when they lived at home. Never tipped her, just a hug and kiss for doing a great job. Even on a long oversea vacation, its cheaper to buy clippers even it means to discard them afterwards. Saved thousands. For tipping for meals it’s so different at different places. I just wish restaurants publish their expectations because I had felt like I had been ripped off for tipping too much and cheap when i under tipped. Wait staff love cash, even it’s a little low balled.
I go to great clips. I get $5 off as a senior. I put the $5 back on as a tip. I think $5 on a $14 clip is plenty.
How come with give 20% to someone for who cuts our hair for20 minutes and 15% to someone that handles our food for 45 minutes?
$5 seems pretty reasonable. I like to tip because I know I could NEVER cut my Son's hair properly so I do think my girl at Great Clips deserves it. The price went up too so with a tip, it costs me $25 [$17/kid cut]. She always warms up the water in the spray bottle as my Son [Autistic] HATES cool/cold water and she's EXTRA patient with him as he squirms a lot. She never uses the clippers and is very gentle with the scissors. I don't mind tipping for good service and a good experience, esp for my Son...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought the stylist is renting the space each day. I thought they had to pay to use the space for their daily customer traffic. They have to make a certain amount each day to beak even, before their profit begins.
I pay $15 for a haircut every 3 weeks and I tip my girl $10. Leaving a tip isn’t going to break your bank, And if you think it will then maybe you really can’t afford the haircut either.
Wow! I'm so happy that I have the ability to cut my son's and my own hair. The last time I got a hair cut, the barbers didn't expect tips. They charged, what I assume they thought was a good price for them and also a good price for customers. This tipping culture is just getting ridiculous. Why do the ones expecting tips think that they are the ones getting taken advantage of? I know that it's easier said than done, but why not find another job where you don't need tips. Or, if you want to work a job that depends on tips, be grateful for what you get. Don't expect everyone to tip and then be angry when you don't receive what you think you should.
Supercuts charges $25 minimum. Got off cheap at $20. Still, $5 on a $20 service seems generous
I think 5$ just doesn’t go far so she was expecting 10$ but honestly that’s her bad for not charging more. I’d charge 30$ for a haircut and be happy with a tip. Guess this person doesn’t realize that 20$ is cheap for a haircut and the stylist is expecting the client to know to tip more to make up for the difference of her not raising prices.
My mother is a stylist who can easily spend HOURS on a single client if the request is complicated. Tipping 5$ for that would be insulting and she's never take that client again. Tipping 5$ for a quick haircut is perfectly fine. Especially with short hair. I often tip my barber 40-50% because that's the kind of weirdo I am.
Everyone expects a tip; reality check is most of us are poor too,and going out is a treat. Stop expecting my families treat to be your treat. You didn't fill out an application to work for me.
I dunno about Canada. I know the US they pay rent on their station right? I won't go unless I can pay 20 for the tip.
I don't get my hair done very often. But when I do it's usually a full cut. Dye & style. I'm also a woman... So it's always like 2-3 hours (depending on how busy they are or the color I'm going for) the cut itself usually costs about $75-100.... then color costs about $100 on average. So I'm usually paying $200-$210 before tip. Yes. That's expensive. But it's ALOT OF WORK! But it's also why I don't do this a lot. But I always tip about $60-$75. Some ppl might think that's a lot. But that's like 30-40%.. so I think it's fair because they're spending HOURS on my hair. So what I'm saying is that $5 for 20 minutes for a basic men's haircut is fair IMO. I would probably have tipped $10 just because I'm a weirdo & hate odd numbers. But that's just me.
I tip my hair dresser usually $5-10, but she does a fantastic job and earns every penny of what I give her, and has always been grateful for any extra because she makes sure to charge enough to survive without any extra. But tipping just to tip, and being guilted into giving any extra regardless of service has gotten very old
I've come to the conclussion that it's your face: I can be an splendid tipper and get sour faces. Acquaintances of mine tip much less and it's like disneyworld.
North America… U.S. here… I WISH WE WOULD END TIPPING CULTURE!!! But I’m curious how salon services work in other countries. Here, it’s customary for the stylist to have to pay a certain fee to the salon owner to rent their chair. In order to do that, they need to book so many appointments, up-sell so many services or products, and then they may need to dip into their tips. Once they’ve paid the rent on their chair… then they start making money. It’s kind of like subletting. The salon owner is paying rent for the salon, so they are subletting sections of it to various stylists. Does it work like this in other countries? In any case, for salon services… the typical tip is 30% on a job well done. (Restaurants are typically 20%.)
Load More Replies...I actually work a tip job. I don't care if you agree with it or not. We depend on this. Tips are what keeps the bills paid. If you think reducing the tip, or not doing it at all is going to get the employer to pay us a real wage, you better wake up from your dream. We depend on your generosity so much, that were willing to be belittled just to survive. Then, why don't we quit? It's our best option to keep a roof over our head and food on our table.
You can suck on my r****m if you think I'm tipping you at 100% for anything.
Not sure if ppl know that some shops/salons actually charge the stylist a “booth fee”. They have to pay the owner a weekly fee to use the chair. I was raised that if it’s a man’s cut(barber type) then half the cost of the cut is the tip amount. If it’s women’s cuts/styles/services then tip amount shld match the cost of the service. Remember the salon gets the price of the service. As for “tipping culture”…..my opinion of those who complain about it are disrespectful of those providing services. I live by “treat others as you wish to be treated”. If you can’t afford to tip your server, stylist etc then stay home and handle your own personal needs. Understand that there is a tip etiquette for many services. I tip servers 20% minimum. Friends love joining me at restaurants that I frequent because of my habit n the service provided due to servers’ memory. I tip my stylist for a 22$ cut 22$. Every Christmas I gift mailman, trash pickup, as well as tip my paper boy each month.
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Tips buy their very nature are optional. Tip less and demand more. Managements refusal to pay their workers better isn't your problem. Get a better job if you don't like the pay.
Lol what planet are you all from $20 for a haircut are you kidding me and you're complaining about tipping.... my name is Homer Cuts from Los Angeles my bare minimum for a man's haircut is $60 with a sliding scale to $150 I do cut women as well but have more of a male clientele as I have a beard oil company Homer Cuts beard oil... of course you should tip your Barber or stylus. I'm at the point of my career where I don't have to do new clients or walk-ins it's all regulars and if I take new clients the referrals I just don't have an issue with price I charge what I want generally I'm at $100 an hour.
Playing devil's advocate here, but I could imagine the fellow in question being the type to show wealth and then ask for every discount and short you on the way out the door. Which is his prerogative, sure, but still irritating when you're making sub-minimum wage and counting on the kindness of customers.
I am a licensed barber and my haircuts start at $28 can go up to $50 depending on the cut. I live in California and my average tip on a haircut is $10-20. You may not understand or getting the point of tipping it's a service that Ive performed for you, that you obviously couldn't do yourself. I understand her disappointment we do have to go to school we have to be licensed. Stop being cheap and if you can't tip then go to a Supercuts where they expect no tip. I also get paid well above the minimum wage. So the tips are not supplementing my income.
Ok but didn't basically everyone go to some kind of schooling for their job? So, do u tip your doctor? His receptionist? Do u tip the guy who sold u your house? Car? Shoes...? Everyone at every job went through training. And the ones who didn't go to school for their job, probably can't afford these extravagant tips .. you chose to be a hairdresser, great. But my job is not to pay you EXTRA to do the job YOU chose...
Load More Replies...I am a massage therapist in Florida, and yes we are tipped in the spa industry. What is stressful are those who come in and expect me (and others) to accept that rubbing their bodies for an hour and a half and they give $15 tip is acceptable. They are a married couple who have three businesses and almost everyone in the spa refuses to see them anymore bc they are super cheap. On top of their three businesses one is an attorney and the other is an accountant… I am about at that point because they have no appreciation for our hard work. Bye. I would love a $5 tip on a 20 min massage… do the math.
I used to be a massage therapist, and I've never heard a MT complain about tips. Why? Because we charged a fee that was both fair to us and the client. We never, EVER expected a tip.
Load More Replies...Everyone mistakes tipping for paying someone's wages when in reality it's not. Where's my tip for working retail then? Where are the healthcare workers tips then? We don't get tipped for doing our JOB idiot. These people shouldn't EITHER for doing their JOB. They need to get paid better and not rely on us consumers to pay their wages. I only should tip when they go beyond their job duty and provided even better service. That is the whole point of tipping Also, universal Healthcare is NOT all that's cracked up to be. Everyone thinks it's free when it's NOT. Guess what, your taxes go through the roof to pay for this "free" program. Not only that but then the wait times to be seen are weeks to months depending on what you are being seen for. I lived I'm the UK(military) and the taxes were through the roof. That was the 80's. So don't harp on about universal Healthcare is great when it's not. You don't even know about the true cost or what it takes to cover so called "universal" programs.
Load More Replies...Well, this was in Canada, but yeah, tipping is out of control.
Load More Replies...Tipping is crazy. As is displaying pre-tax prices. Charge the amount you want for your products/services, and display THAT amount.
First we need to make sure that people are getting paid a living wage. In some states the minimum wage for tipped employees is really low. Tips are basically part of their wages, which means that tips are for the benefit of employers (called a "tip credit" that the employers get to count towards the minimum wage they pay). https://www.minimum-wage.org/tipped
Load More Replies...In my country (Russia) we only tip on rare occasions, for an exceptional service, and mostly to waiters at that. Why can't the price be final - including all the taxes, tips, etc? It's so much easier.
In Poland we also only tip for exceptionally good service, and that is how I believe it should be. A tip should be something additional, a sign of appreciation and fully voluntary!
Load More Replies...WHY DO WE KEEP ATTACKING THE PUBLIC FOR NOT TIPPING WELL ENOUGH INSTEAD OF ATTACKING THE BUSINESSES & CORPORATIONS WHO REFUSE TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES A LIVING WAGE! WHICH IS THE ACTUAL PROBLEM HERE! Why should we have to subsidize someones income when the majority of us can barely pay our own bills?? Especially when we're not the ones exploiting them & benefitting from their work? Like... how ppl still support capitalism is insane to me. DONT HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE FUCKEN GAME! Or in this case capitalism.
$5 is plenty... that said, I tip 50%... and 200+% on Christmas. The lady who does my and my wife's hair has been doing it for 15 years and is great. When my stepson died, she cried with us while cutting my hair for the funeral and refused to take any money. She always has us take a sucker for our daughter, even though she is almost 16 now... she provides us a service, but makes us feel important to her. I know the pandemic was difficult, so a few bucks is the least I can do.
That’s a bit different. That’s more like a family friend that is also a hairdresser.
Load More Replies...I absolutely hate when people try that trick, "Do you need change?" especially after the guy told her he needed $5 back. I'd be going to a different barber either in the same establishment, or somewhere else even though this location is convenient
If I was going there (& I definitely wouldn't after that behaviour) I would start a savings jar of loose change at home and be sure to take the exact amount in every time. Preferably in single dollars or less, if I could
Load More Replies...In Ontario tipping needs to end. Before the argument was "servers make a lot less than minimum wage". Now they make minimum and still demand a tip. We don't tip other minimum wage workers at places like Walmart, McDonald's etc who provide just as much of a service as the other hospitality iblndustries.
Same here in Alberta......I stopped tipping when minimum wage went to $15/hr fir everyone.
Load More Replies...So, I tip because it's expected, and I figure ahead of time whether I can afford something, based on that. But if I tip 20-25%, and you act pissy about it or try to make me feel cheap or crappy in general, then I'm done tipping you.
I’ve spent a year away from the US, I used to understand and support tipping culture, but this is getting weird and stupid
Old school usa, You do NOT tip the owner of the establishment, only the employee's. But that was also when greed was shamed.
I actually asked the owner of an establishment whether he expected or wanted or wished for a tip. And he said that would be nice. I find it confusing because I already pay him for more than I pay any one of his employees
Load More Replies...She sounds way 2 greedy, putting up prices is fine but expecting more than a 5 euro/dollar tip is not ok, give her $23 exactly because she will moan if you give $5 and she will still moan if you give no tip 🤷
Tipping culture didn't used to be a problem, but along came the entitlement generation who expect to be getting a 50-100% tip. I don't even use services that expect tips anymore because it's so out of hand. I was in the service industry for almost a decade a while back and 20% was the goal, but we *never* harassed the customers for more if we didn't get it. That should be a fireable offense, yet I keep reading these stories like this more and more. And some people get really aggressive hassling customers for more. I even learned to cut my own hair to avoid this kind of pressure. I read a story about a delivery driver texting the customer to give them a better tip. They were demanding a $15 tip on a $12 food order. F that.
The problem is the employers. Not the workers.
Load More Replies...Employers should pay staff enough and tips should be unnecessary. If a business can't pay staff a living wage they should close.
I believe hair dressers pay for their chair and have to pay a percentage of their cuts to the store.
Load More Replies...I used to go to this one barber shop that my parents took me too when I was a kid. As an adult, the price has increased from $13 to $18 over just a year or two. Not long after the price increase, one of the employees gave me attitude that I wasn't giving them any tip for the haircut. Mind you, they don't do a particularly good job and I could easily go to a place closer to my house, I only go there because they were cheaper than most other barbers (which was now debatable considering the price increase). Singling me out and expecting me to pay extra for a barely serviceable haircut after being a customer there for years was stupid on their part. If they want more money, raise the price! If you don't raise the price, don't expect me to pay extra out of the goodness of my heart. I'm too poor to subsidize the well-being of every business I interact with and resent being treated like a bad person for paying only what I have too in order to purchase a good or service.
The place I go raised their price for a men's haircut from $16 to $28 in the last 3 years.
Load More Replies...the whole "tipping culture is dumb" argument aside, (i agree BTW) yes, 20% is FINE. I'd find somewhere else to get my haircut.
For those that say, pay a living wage, I am an inactive lmt, licensed Massage therapist in America, tbh, even though massage is heavily commission when I worked a hotel staffing job, our pay was 25-up to200 an hour/massage. I remember doing an in room massage, the company had a policy, if it was cash we could accept it or keep it for ourselves. So, the total for 2 massages, it was a couples massage $135 cash each. I was ofc happy to receive that, however, my coworker was disappointed that the tip was only $5 each. However, I didn't care at that point. Lol. It really just shows you the person really. The person in the story I think tipped well. Personally, I always tell clients , even if the other lmt disagrees, I always say tipping is always appreciated but never required w/me.
I'm a woman, I go to a men's barber. I tip him about $6-8 bucks, because honestly, the fee and tip total for a kickin' short cut beats the hell out of $65+ at a "ladies" salon. Plus it's fun to see the men's eyes bug out.
I mean i just go where's cheapest and chop the dead ends offf lol. I think its time for another visit my hairs looking like a worn out bottom of a broom 😂
Load More Replies...My mother would always stick £1 in the tip jar on the counter, so I would do the same. But if there's no tip jar, I just assume they don't want tips.
Load More Replies...Had a similar experience with a manicurist. She told me in no uncertain terms that I didn't tip her enough. That was the last time I used her service. BTW, I was giving her $5 tip for a $15 service.
I'm so tired of tipping culture. It's annoying enough when I have subsidize the employees wage on the ever increasing prices in small businesses, but full out engages me when it's a greedy big business. I still tip, it's not the employees fault, but more and more people are expecting or demanding tips because of the culture we've created. Go above and beyond and I'll consider it, but you rang up my beer, you didn't give me CPR.
Now the automatic car wash wants me to tip. No way. This is outrageous!
I tip 5 on a $45 haircut. So. I think you're good dude. Either find a new barber or stop tipping. Ungrateful people
I'm from Pittsburgh PA we have Eat n Park here. I am of color and grew up and raised my own daughter in a white middle class neighborhood the same neighborhood from child hood. Me and my daughter would go to Eat n Park every Sunday after church right by our house. One-day our normal waitress was not there, there was someone else. Now we are coming from church with church clothes and shoes on very respectful it's who I am. The waiter seen when the host sat us down and decided to stay sitting for a little longer before getting our drinks. I order a water like always before my meal and than get my drink with my meal. My daughter order her coke. She rolled her eyes at us after taking our drink order. Than she disappeared for about 15 mins. There was only 1 other couples in her area they had ate already. She comes bring our drinks and left again. I asked another waitress to get ours she did and she had an attitude. She finally took our order and I got up and went to the bathroom. Coming
Out the bathroom I hear her talking to another employee saying she wish she never came in today if she knew she would have the only black people in the whole restaurant at 1 of her tables she wouldn't have. Oooookay well that was our usual table she came in to take over the other ones shift. So I decided to only tip her the minimum tip on my card. Back than they took taxes out of the tip when you use a card not cash. The next Sunday my usual waitress was there she was so happy to see me. The other woman was there taking over another person's shift. She tells our waitress to not stress out about us we don't tip to good. My waitress looked puzzled and asked me what happened. I told her and she was mad. When we got our order I gave her the middle percentage of tip on my card and left another $10. Our bill was always around $25. I love when people treats all their customers with great care and makes sure you enjoyed your time there. As we was leaving out our waitress went up to the other
Load More Replies...What I hate are places that charge a "mandatory" tip. Its not a tip if I'm required to pay it.
I am a hair stylist. I do not expect tips and I am grateful for whatever a client gives. Not all of them tip either and I will gladly do their hair again with a smile because they can go somewhere else if they choose. I appreciate their patronage
I'm starting to find it hilarious that these a******s badger customers for money instead of gee I dunno, unionizing
When I was a kid my dad would send me to the barber with $3 for the hair cut. The money went straight to the barber who had his own shop on the town square and there was no tip, just the price and that is what you paid. Nowadays it's cheaper to buy some inexpensive clippers for what one hair cut will cost and after that it's just your time, which you would have spent more of going to and from the barber's anyway, so I haven't gone to the barber in almost 20 years.
What really ticks me off are the places that pay an actual non-tipped wage like fast-food places. I am NOT going to tip you for doing your job that pays a regular wage. Do you want tips? Then work an actual server job where you only get paid about a $3 tipped minimum wage.
You would be surprised at the places that pay below minimum wage claiming their workers get tipped! Places like Duncan Donuts for one
Load More Replies...If that is not generous, something in their calculation is off and broken. I usually get my hair cut for I don't know how much exactly, about 15 minutes or less, giver her 20 and the change is tips. It used to cost 15 € a few years ago, then 16 € for a long time, now 18 €. I still pay 20, but have only been there once since the last rise. Nobody seems disappointed or any such.
I'm so tired of tipping culture. Why can't our country be like other countries where employees don't expect tips because they get paid a living wage? I'm all for tipping as a bonus "you did a great job" kinda thing, but I hate being obligated to tip by default. I'm not the employer, I shouldn't have to be the one to pay the employee wages.
Exactly. And I'm tired of people saying, "then they'd have to increase their prices." It's all BS to put the onus on the customer.
Load More Replies...It's really nice to live in a country where people are not living off the tips. If the price tag is 21€ I pay 21€, be it in a shop (and yeah, the price tag shows the real price, with taxes, here), bar or barber. Only in restaurants we sometimes pay more if the service is really good.
Tipping is getting out of hand. I generally leave a tip for services around 20%, HOWEVER, there are times when I simply cannot afford to leave a big tip. Should I have to give up getting a haircut or the occasional lunch out if I can't afford the big tip? It would be humiliating to explain the financial status of someone on a fixed income.
These people need to be paid by their employers, tips shouldn't be expected and you shouldn't be shamed for not tipping. We're already paying a million dollars for everything these days. If you want more money, make your own business and set your own prices.
I agree, but I also don't, as you are paying for a service, a luxury. Getting your nails done is a luxury, as are hair cuts and having a human being deliver your McDonald's to your home. IDC if I get downvoted for this, this is just a fact. If you cannot afford luxuries in this day and age of inflation, then just don't expect a service and not tip a little? Ask your mother to cut your hair, it's all the same. Just a little less nicely done :)
Load More Replies...Sorry, I don't understand a big part of your tipping culture. Does it happen only when the barber is an employee (under the idea of low salary+tips make a reasonable income)? Or also when the barber is the owner or self-employed? Because in this last case, he/she has the power to set prices for her/his work...
I'm in the US and have never been asked to tip the hair stylist in my life, but maybe that's because the extent of my hair demands are "cut it until it's not dry anymore" "yes I know that's a lot of hair, it'll be fine"
Load More Replies...Mostly i do it for health and money reasons. I can't afford the time, effort/energy nor money to pay for one. So I just bought the equipment ($10 hair scissors, hair clips for parting, a towel, a comb) and do it myself for summer. Edit: Typo
Load More Replies...I currently live in Spain. I get my haircut for €7 and barbers don't expect a tip. I give them a €10 and tell them to keep the change and the last two have refused and given me the €3 back. The U.S. and Canada have gone mad. A 100% tip for the holidays? Lol....
That is something i don't understand of those countries. In belgium you can be gratefull you get even anything as a tip. It's not expected
$5, That's what I tip for a 15 minute $20 hair cut. The type where they just spray your hair down instead of washing it. How much do you guys tip?
I tip between $5-$10 depending on how well the cut came out. $10 is for a really good cut. 25%, which is what $5 on a $20 cut would come to, is generous and more than fair.
Load More Replies...I pay 40-50 € with a 2-5€ tip IF I tip. Normally only If I like the stylist and I am really happy about the cut.
I use to tip my daughter's hair dresser $10. I always took care of my daughter's hair. Since we live in a time where black Americans put harsh chemicals in their hair or weave etc. I never trusted people in my daughter's hair. We are Delaware Indian Puerto Rican and Black. I took care of her hair. It got so thick and long as she got older and it was hurting my body to do her hair.. My sister in law bragged about her hair dresser all the time. I watch my sister in law who had damage hair get healthy in months so I decided to give her a try. She was so happy because she loves when you have natural hair with no chemicals in it. Your first visit she always charged $70. After that it's $60. She doesn't asked for it but she also has an assistance when she has a full schedule. She took such great care on my daughter's hair it really grew and looked so healthy and shiny. She even taught my daughter how to care for her own hair. So when my daughter went to school out of town she was able to
Take care of it. She was more protected over my daughter's hair than I was, and that's saying something. My daughter wanted her side shave she talked her out of it. She dis agree to cut it low in the back but not shave. She told me how to take care of it with it being so short in the back. I did and in about 3-4 months my daughter's hair was back down to the middle of her back. I tip if I get good service I don't care about it. My sister or brothers would baby sit my daughter for me when she was younger I alway pay them before I leave and leave money for food. When I get back if my child is not hurt and had a good time I gave them a tip.
Load More Replies...So sick of tipping culture. For hair cut I do it myself or my wife do it. I barely have hair and was always being charged $20 even if it's mostly ears contour. So no tip or at max $2 and they always seem not happy but where I was going they take cash only (wonder why). So at the end if they are not happy there are hobs paying more and they can change job. $20 for 10 stretched minutes is a lot. How they can expect tips? I miss Japan where tip is not a thing. These days when I leave tips I mostly give %10 at max. And moving slowly toward no tip at all. Economy is bad for everybody.
Why would you tip a hairdresser? You've paid a price for their services, I've never tipped my hairdresser but then again I don't tip waiting staff either. You chose to work in the industry, if you want a better paid job, go find one !!
I can see your point of view. Tipping aggregates me.
Load More Replies...Tell her to get lost. You’ll go somewhere where else they arent entitled! Tell her to massage your neck too then she can expect to get maybe a couple bucks more.
I just don't get it. Are you supposed to barter everything in the USA? I to go my barber and he charges £18 for a cut and I pay him exactly £18. Job done.
It's getting ridiculous here. Everybody thinks they deserve a tip, anymore.
Load More Replies...Tipping is getting ridiculous. I just read an article on tipping people in walk-in/pick-up food chains, when we're the ones going to pick it up. Are we now expected to start tipping the McDonald's person in the drive-thru?? This is the exact equivalent. If you don't want to have to rely on people for tips in order to live, CHOOSE a different job.
Ok, I’m a hairdresser, I mostly cut womens hair but a few men come in to the shop as well. For mens hair usually the price quoted is for the service provided so say a buzz cut is 10, a boxed out fade could be 20 and so on and so forth, if the experience of the haircut has been good for the customer SOMETIMES they tip but not always but it doesn’t matter if they don’t because the price has been set to take into account the time, effort, technique and skill needed and used to complete the specific cut, most hairdressers/barbers aren’t interested in being tipped but instead want the repeat custom, ie someone coming in for a buzz cut paying you 12 every 5 weeks 10 for the cut and 2 as a tip is a lot less than someone coming in every 5 weeks and paying you 20 without a tip. The ‘tip’ is the customer keeping on coming back
I'm in the US. I usually tip $2-$3 on a haircut. Never had a complaint
No tip is what we agreed upon. I asked "how much?" and you answered "20". Your answer is the final price, all taxes tips and benefits included, as the price is yours to set, not mine. Price for a haircut. If you do more than we agreed for me, I am bound to give you more than we agreed. Get creative! If I enjoy your "extra" I will surely pay extra, aka tip you. Skull massage, warm and crispy-dry towels after showering my hair, something. I can barely wait to be surprised. But, the haircut alone is 20, we already agreed on that.
"During the holidays, it is generally acceptable to tip the normal cost of a visit ... to say ‘thank you’ for a year’s worth of great hair". I can't stop laughing. That idiot is either on drugs or completely delusional. I say "thank you" by returning to the same shop instead of going somewhere else. Do these think money grow on trees?
I tended bar in my younger days, and relied on my tips to make a decent living wage (min wage for jobs like that was something like $2.55/hr), I have issues these days with EVERY service industry job expecting tips, regardless. Don't get me wrong, I tip 20%+ when I go out to eat or have my hair cut, but I'm also being waiting on hand & foot. Example, a well-known sub shop has a tip jar on the counter...starting pay is listed as $12-15 per hour...they are doing what they are PAID to do at what seems to me to be a very fair wage, AND they expect a tip? I've even seen tip jars at a worldwide burger joint...where does it end??? Neither of these places are waiting on my every need, refilling my drink or bringing my food to my table, checking to make sure I got everything and everything is correct. THAT would obligate me to give them something above & beyond the cost of my meal. It's an in & out service, and sorry, as unpopular as my comments are, I will not tip.
I understand why the avaricious might see dollar signs and give zero shits about their staff dying of hunger, homeless in the rain, but that doesn't mean I'm about to tolerate that behaviour. TIPPING. MUST. STOP. Either you pay your staff a living wage, or you go out of business. PERIOD.
LoL. Americans and their crazy tipping culture, making the client feel guilty when the responsibility of paying wages is 100% on the party that signed the contracts, the employer.
I live in South Florida. I’ve been using the same barber for the past six months. He charges me 18 for the cut I give him 25 total. First of all my hair is very short and needs just a small amount of hair cut from my head once every three weeks. This past weekend I walk into the shop to get my hair cut. My Barber Jimmy tells me we raised our prices. Cuts are now 25 dollars per cut. That is a seven dollar raise! That is for a cut that takes my barber no more then fifteen minutes! I’m sure he will notice there will be no more paid out then the 25 dollars. That includes his tip! . He is the owner of this shop and make the full amount of the cost plus the tip. If he is unhappy with the twenty five dollars. Paid out every three weeks I will find a different barber!
As a licensed cosmetologist I can say, now this is me personally, but I'm happy with any kind of tip even a buck! I honestly don't ever expect a tip... Now servers? Wait staff? They work for less than 5 bucks an hour, they deserve all the tips🙌
How come we give 20% for someone who spends 20 minutes to cut our hair and we give 15% to someone who handles our food for 45 minutes?
It's time both sides learned the underrated custom of saying THANK YOU: The client for providing the business opportunity and the vendor for the service. Twenty percent tip is perfectly adequate for good service, especially for a basic service like a haircut. Try upselling if you're trying to make more money but be gracious in accepting no. Don't be greedy or pushy.
So many hairdressers are accepting cash and paying taxes. I know two that have admitted to me the don't pay taxes. To the guy that posted about his barber you sound like a good sugar daddy to her. Price of haircut plus $5.09 and not paying taxes. Not bad unless you get caught. You could end up cutting hair in prison. If you turn someone into the IRS and they collect back taxes you can get a finders fee. Just Me
I get tipping the barber/hair dresser for really exceptional service perhaps, but it doesn't make sense to rely on tips to get by instead of raising your prices if they're independently employed. If you want more, explicitly say so in your prices. Nowadays it feels like people are expecting tips just for doing their job.
Tipping servers or bartenders in the US is necessary due to the crappy way businesses haven't had to pay minimum wage, but a barber or hairdresser literally charging $20 for a twenty minute haircut is well above the national average for pay by the hour. If you want to tip for an excellent service then do so, but don't feel obligated. Everyone likes more money but they already charge an adequate (or more) amount for their service. (Full disclosure, my wife owns a salon and has made over $500 a day when she's busy, not including tips. It's not every day, and she works here a*s off.)
This is why I stopped eating out at full service establishments and now go to places where I can just pick up my food and go home. If I am expected to literally "hire" someone to bring me my food then clean up after me, I may as well hire my own personally staff at home who could do a better job than 95% of most wait staff in restaurants today anyway!
So you haven't seen the article yet where they had the audacity to put a star and circle on a woman's receipt because she didn't tip. IT WAS CARRYOUT.
Load More Replies...Time to end tipping culture, Buscemi in reservoir dogs was right
The probably did that so you would round up to the nearest 10. The figure rounding up to the nearest 5 was not enough of a tip at 20. So if they make it $23 most people will tip more than $2 so they will just round to 30. I always tip 5 for my kids cut and adults women are $24 so I round to 30 for me. But i keep a chin length bob which is an easy cut.
I always leave a small tip, about 2€, at my hairdresser's, for the girl who does the shampoos. It's often an apprentice, on minimum wage.
If you're job doesn't pay enough, get another job. I'm dine with tipping, I don't get tips in my job why should I give my hard earned cash to someone else ?
I usually tip my barber a couple bucks. [cut costs $25 now it just went up. and my haircut is as basic as it gets I'm bald and keep my hair short on the sides]They set the price and most that I have known over the years owned the shop or rented a chair. It's not like they have to buy new equipment to keep up with the industry. Tipping your barber 15 or 20% is outrageous. I knew a barber years ago and he said that if it takes 5 mins. to cut your hair your still going to get at least 15 mins in the chair to make it look like you got something special. He would just use a comb and scissors and make it look like he was cutting off more hair. Said that this was a pretty standard ploy with barbers.
This is so impossible to be understood in Europe... Yes, we can also tip anyone, especially when we are VEERY satisfied, or he did something unusual and out of his duties for us... But to be obliged to tip someone - because his salary is too low for him to live normal? Is he a barber or a beggar? Why don't the owner of the salon offers real price, which allows him to pay his worker normal AND to have reasonable profit, and not to make the employee beg for money from clients?... This is stupid and humiliating... How you see this as normal there - I can't understand, really... Begging strangers to pay from their pockets your wages, while working for someone, who doesn't care...
$23 for a haircut should not require a tip. I tip restaurant personel well for good service because their base pay is absurdly tiny. As a twenty-year massage therapist, I charged enough not to need a tip and never expected a tip. I had high-wealth clients who sometimes tipped double my high price or didn't tip at all. It never mattered to me because giving massage and relief to my clients was a passion and I would have done it for free if I didn't need money to live on.
Nathaniel sure, if the wage is fair but waitresses, cruise ship staffs and other professions sometimes have the wage addressed downward because they assume that the tip will bring the wage up to acceptable. That whole piece would have to change. (Bartenders too)
Such a subject, it just so happens, a friend brought up the subject last night, actually, we on low income, will dine out much less often, or feel bad, if not able to tip, or too little !!!
I am a European who lived for a number of years in the US. I am SO freakin' happy to be away from the endless tipping. They also keep getting more and more aggressive about it. Like those screens that pop up after you get what is already a very expensive ice cream (without being served). Then the person behind the counter gets mad if you don't tip them for handing you the ice cream. I actually stopped going to certain places when they started having those screens.
Been cutting my own hair since high school and will continue to do so.
I recently moved to the midwest (Illinois). Last night I went to Subway. The tipping option was on the screen. I was SHOCKED that I had no choice but to tip. I always carry a few extra dollars for tipping with cash, but being forced to tip insured that I will never set foot in a Subway in this area, ever again.
I think if you didn't get an invoice and paid 20+5 dollars for a haircut then you gave a $25 tip. Anyways, mandatory >25% tip is insane.
I used to serve (wait tables) & tend bar. And all nearly 10 years of it, less 6 mo, was in TN where min wage for servers & bartenders was $2.13/hr. Most people don't know that. Usually, bartenders will get a LITTLE more, and at chain places the servers have to tip you out bc you're making their drinks. But it was not uncommon to have a party stay for hours, run you ragged (while taking up a table in your section so you can't get another party there) and tip $2-3. Or like $5 on $100 or more. OR NOTHING! I'm a firm believer in tipping TIPPED EMPLOYEES well for good service, as the gov't is allowing the company to pay them almost nothing. But how tipping people that are already making a decent wage per hour being mandatory or getting all weird is RIDICULOUS! But I will say the writers' opinion that you should ask is not what I would do - awkward.
When I worked at my aunt's hair salon, I would offer to add a tip to a credit card purchase. But in no way was I guilting them. If they said no, I'd say okay and just repeat the total before running the card. Sometimes they didn't know they could and said sure, and I would ask how much. I never told them a price. Sometimes they'd say no because they had cash on them. Sometimes they said no because they weren't going to leave a tip. And for every interaction, I would say thank you and I hope you come back. I would never guilt someone into leaving a tip, let alone a specific number.
F that. Charge what you want and leave it there. If your boss didn't pay you enough without tips, get a better job, cause your boss is a d**k.
The OP's barber is very rude. Trying the old 'did you say no change?' to get a 50% tip, was bad enough and then saying about their prices going up to attempt to get more out of him is ridiculous. We live in the UK and have always tipped my Husband's barber and my stylist but they never ask for it and certainly don't turn their nose up at whatever they are given. The 'latest tip expectation' I heard about is for the woman in the bridal shop who helps you try on wedding dresses. Thats kind of their job as far as I'm concerned. What else are they going to do all day? I had my wedding dress made, for the amount we agreed. I didn't tip the dressmaker.
A few years ago I went to a Supercuts with hair down to my shoulders. The young woman said they should charge me for how long I waited to get a haircut rather than the regular senior price. I always tip very well: another haircutter nearby told me later that it was totally inappropriate for the woman to comment like that. At some point after that I got two bad haircuts a few months apart from a same young woman each time, but had forgotten exactly what she looked like. After the second one, and I'm talking tipping $15 or $20 on a $14 haircut when it's long, I decided to let it grow. When it's long enough to chew off, that's how I will trim it regularly. I only hate having long hair once a day, in the morning before I tie it back. Looks perfectly neat, and golly gee, I hope the ponytail doesn't offend anyone.😜
Strange. In my country there's three models for hairdressers. They're either salaried employees and get paid per hour they work, they're independent contractors who 'hire' a seat and get a share of the money made as an hourly wage, or they're completely independent and 4 hairdressers working in the same salon could be charging completely different rates according to their skill and clienteles willingness to pay for "the best". In no scenario would it ever be considered a requirement to tip. They're either getting paid a fair hourly wage, or they're charging what they feel they are worth on an individual basis.
business is charging 20 or 23 cash. Oo stated cash. Stylist is potentially keeping the cash anyway and not paying taxes so actually getting paid more and then also wanting an above 2o.% tip? Also a tip technically should be on the item not the item plus tax but this hairdresser isn't charging for tax apparently? I work in a spa... Never never expect a tip and never budget your life to include tips, put that money in a rainy day fund, emergency fund, invest it but don't count it as rent. I realize waitress sometimes make minimum wage and live off tips so strategy may be different there people usu spend at their income level. Trick is to figure how to spend below. If customer asks acceptable response is sir/man tipping is appreciated but not required.Those who chose to tip, typically tip as if they were in a restaurant...which in all actualty results in a zero to 50 percent tip depending on the person and meaning behind the tip but the spa did a precovid audit found 16.8 % was average.
A tip is something that someone can financially spare in some cases,, or what they believe the job merits. It should not be expected. If this is the case, then it is not a tip but direct income and should be stated when you walk in the door.
If/when I tip, and I commonly do it, it's because i like the service or I consider their prices for the service too cheap, but ask me for it, or worse, demand, and you can look to the moon for it. Tip is discretionary, as otherwise, it's just a hidden price hike...
Tipping should be done away with. When I tell people this some get offended. But when I ask them if they could get the same after tax income without relying on tips, I have never had anyone say they wanted to rely on tips. Tips are basically a shake down. I some countries like Australia workers are offended if you offer them a tip, as they should be. Workers are entitled to a market wage. I think service workers get a raw deal having to rely on tips.
Tipping should be done away with. In Australia there is no tipping. People are offended if you try to give them a tip as anyone should be. People are offended when I say we should do away with tipping. But when I ask them if they could get the same after tax income without relying on tips I have never had anyone say they would like to rely on tips. We need to get rid of what is basically a shake down. People need to be paid a market wage and not have to rely on tips.
I tip heavily at my nail salon because it was closed for so long during covid. I know the owner and the ladies who work there lost a lot of income, plus they always do a great job and are so nice.
Once in a blue moon I'll put $1in the tip jar on the counter of my local $1-a-slice pizza joint because I know those guys are hard-pressed. But today I certainly lifted an eyebrow when I saw a tip jar for the cashier at my Chinatown supermarket. (I didn't think to check the other lanes--this might have been a one-off.)
I found a wonderful place nearby. One of the women only cuts men's hair, but I keep my hair short and I asked her to please cut my hair one time when the lady haircutters were busy. She did a wonderful job and has been cutting my hair ever since. I had been tipping $5 on a $15 cut, but her prices went up and I am tipping $10 on a $20 cut. I do not go out to a lot of places, the only tips I usually give are for grocery delivery and to her, but I feel that it is so nice to have someone cut my hair exactly the way I want.
Tipping culture IS absolutely insane, however NOT tipping doesn't hurt the big business, only it's employees. Until it's changed, workers rely on tips to make a living, and we need to remember that.
Mom was a cosmetologist. Stylists pay for all their own products and equipment. And, unless they own they joint, they're usually sort of "renting" their place there. So, the more time-consuming, product heavy, and involved the visit, the larger the tip to help cover the stylist's overhead. That said, screw tip culture and employee exploitation.
My barber charges $13 and I have always paid $20. During the pandemic, I was giving her $40 because of all the extras involved with being open. I have gone back to $20 and still feel the cut and service I get are totally worth $20.
I never tip my barber. He's terrible and I have no idea why I keep going back. I'm my own barber.
They should be giving you all your cash back then you have the option to give them a tip. No one should expect a tip just be thankful if they get one.
I took my son to get his hair cut this week. It was 15$ for the haircut. Hes 9 and on the autism spectrum but, very high functioning and homeschooled so I thought I'd teach him a life skill and have him give the tip. He had his 5$ in his pocket before we went in and at the end he gave it to her and told her it was 5$ for her. I was appalled she said in kind of a mocking tone " oh a whole 5 dollars for me?! Aren't I lucky" I was like wtf, thats over 25% guess who won't be getting our business again.
I give my barber a 33.3% tip every 2 wks. Cuts cost $15 and i pay $20 total.
It's sad we live in an era where it's blame the customer not the employer. Yes people need to be paid a decent wage. That is obvious but that isn't the responsibility of the customer to subside that. Employees don't be made at the customer. Take that rage and anger and be mad at the ones actually ripping you off... You employers and your government officials.
Taught myself 30 years ago how to cut my own hair with clippers and scissors. I get it done in 20 mins, they way I want anytime I want, no appointment needed. I figure I've sav well over $5000. Oh yeah, and I don't have to tip myself.
Tipping is such and American thing..... Tips were invented so whites didn't have to pay the newly freed blacks after slavery. Just end this b******t and pay workers.... Enough
I’m a hairdresser/owner. Tipping is optional but it does help. When I see my hairdresser. The haircut are 20.00. I know how it is to live off your tips. I always give her 40.00. When tipping, your making your hairdresser feel appreciate. I feel 20% if a fair tip or depending on what the service, your having done.
I'm a dog groomer. I appreciate a tip, however it is a nice addition and certainly NOT a necessity. I really don't expect a tip from my clients. What burns me is when people don't show up for an appointment. That is like stealing money out of my pocket.
Barber and Stylist of 23 tears here. Tipping means you appreciate your service. A bigger tip means that they absolutely love their hair. Let me clue all of you in on how very expensive it is to be a Cosmetologist working on your own. My prices for color are based on my experience, time and cost of the color, which has increased greatly. My skill level may be much higher than someone just starting out and my prices reflect that. Add in rent, utilities, cost of continuing education, products and you have a lot to pay for as a business owner. We don't get health insurance, pto or retirement. Taxes are way more expensive for owners too. Lets also add on the extreme wear and tear on your body over the years. People seem to view my career as some sort of hobby that a second hand citizen would do, that is until I have to fix a messed up color and/or cut that they tried to do themselves or they had an inexperienced Stylist do. Consider all this when tipping &stop whining.
Ya I think those tipping options on the Register is a gimmick for the Owners to steal the money from the Workers. No thank you. I will give my tip personally.
However $5 tip on 20-25 bill that's is definitely proper and should not be complained about. Try getting cents the changes in their pocket left on a$40 bill at a sit down restaurant at the casino. Lol but I never judged they deserved to have a nice night out that maybe they hardly could afford so... that wasnt the normality so i don't try to understand when I have no right to ask such things nor do I expect that even if I waited on them and didn't get a different section Or top whom the next server did and since it was over 7ppl you got gratuity added to the bill. Plus since they were young and drinking most would tip on top of that for my great, attentive, and speedy waiting service.
If minimum wage workers got a decent wage to live on and living cost weren't so high plus personally I'm a single mother of a 3rd grader, working a full time job ,paying daycare, rent,power,food,transportation, and the occasional school pictures, im scrapping by just to get loose change for those Pic. I normally through out the year have to get help making my bills, the threat of ending up homeless is a month to month struggle since I switched to a job that I only make a wage and no tip. Bartenders and most servers were layer off during covid due to no customers.why do people get to afford multiple houses and cars, eating out ,sports or extra curricular activities when so many can't even get by on the wage and cost of living. And now if I get my hr cut below30 hrs foodstamp won't be available or I will be penalized for needing such help . Try to step into others shoes before jumping to conclusions and judging a whole culture whom realy on others generosity and the ability to afford lu
I don't mind tipping a waiter at a restaurant. But by the time I go in and pay 50-60$ for a basic wash cut and style a bit. My budget is done, and I feel guilty for not tipping. So I don't go back till I can't handle it or I mess it up trying to cut it myself! I hairstylist need to charge what they want to make!
I hear you. Try cutting a 9year boy who can't sit still to save his life and has three caliks one in front and 2 in the back swirling opposite directions. I have no experience cutting hair n even worse clipper lol. I just trimm my own to get dead ends and sometimes I think I might try tip tok videos a try but I'm too scared my hair is too long half way down my back lol and never dyed dirty blonde so I'm not doing risk it. Most stylist comment and jealousy say how lucky I am to have straight hair .
Load More Replies...Lived in Japan, paid $10 for a professional cut from the business owner, another $3 for a shave. Absolutely no tip expected. Move back to NY, $20 + tip for someone to butcher my hair, and shaving now requires a license that nobody has.
I am absolutely exhausted and sickened by tipping culture. My first job was at a restaurant, but in California, where the minimum wage is for everyone - my state does not have a tipping wage. The server makes the same as the host, who makes the same as the cashier at the grocery store, etc. Tips were extra, something the servers bragged about on busy dinner shifts, "I pulled $200 in tips last night!" - in 2003. So now with servers where I live making $16 an hour, and acting like they'll starve to death with anything less than 30% and you're a monster for leaving $5 on your $20 tab is absolutely just entitlement bred emboldened by being trendy. If people can't survive on their legal wages, with tips as a fun bonus, they need to be mad at their employers, not the customers. And no, getting rid of tipping wages will NOT make eating out suddenly unaffordable. California did it nearly 40 years ago and I've only very recently felt like inflation was totally out of control - nationwide.
I am a barber. Although it's nice to receive tips, I never expect them. Tips are not required, they show gratitude for the service received
Another fun day in Externality Land. Paying a fair wage gets pushed onto the consumer, just like sales tax.
I leave tips because it's was something my father taught me to do, but many times I feel I shouldn't. My most recent hair cut I asked for an inch and a half to be taken off the sides, and an inch off the top due to my double crown. The result half an inch left on the sides and an inch on top. I went in with hair that was four inches long. Still tipped, just made a note to never go back. I have come to realize I need to find a barber as this has become the norm with female stylists they just give me their default guy cut an expect that to be good.
As a former service worker, I agree tipping culture is out of control within the past several years. I would have been over the moon, if as a waiter, I had made an average of 10-15% on my tickets (this was the 90s). I was considered one of the better employees , and often trained new staff. I received in the top 20% as far tips earned too. Then 15% was good, and anything else was a exceptional. Now 20% seems expected for basic service, and places like coffee shops, mechanics, dry cleaners, ice cream shops, and even fast food shops now all expect tips! It is employers being lazy and not keeping their pay up with cost of living and expecting customers to pay the difference. Also, after everyone was more generous during the pandemic, it is now becoming expected. Minimum wage needs to increase, and people need to stop expecting tips for low service or already pay fairly jobs. The expectation was that as costs rise, so would your tips, because it's based on a percentage. Insanity.
Ugh that is so irritating!! I did nails while in school, it cost only 25$!! Nails that took almost two hours to do and at times those clients would just get up and pay and walk out!!! 25$ foot two hours of work!!!! No thank you!!! I would have been super grateful for a 5$ tip!!!! Just saying!!!
I got shamed for not tipping on a pick up order. The counter girl, who just got the order from the back, asked if she did anything wrong to not get a tip. I said, no, but isn't it part of your job to get the order and ring me up? If a customer needs to subsidize your salary, then it is a problem with the business and not the customer or your service.
I tip my kids Barber, because they are a handful!!!! He is patient with them and take longer with my kids than should be. He is owner but I tip him as a huge thank you. He always tells me he does not expect tips.. for my own hair stylist, I pay for the work and tip if I like the outcome. Yes they are paid for the work, but a little thank you because they spend time with you and your hair. I personally feel restaurant's should pay their employees accordingly and not expect customers to tip.....they take your order, bring it back to you, as per their job. I tip if the service was really great and they paid attention. I love it n when they interact with my kids, treating then like humans instead of a stain and a problem. Plus we clean the table and make it easy for them too.
I never tip because im sick and tired of being broke. Sorry i just want to dang eat or have a service for the price listed not pay for you doing your job correctly like great glad your doing your job good but like thats what your Supposed to do
That and i don't have the money to tip its incredibly guilty feeling and its not my job to pay employees no hard feelings yall need to be demanding better pay instead of expecting us to cover it
Load More Replies...In my country the prices are clear. If you want to tip, it's a present and a present is never something obvious. I don't tip except in restaurants, and it's 10% here. If I'm happy. The prices are high enough. It's unbelievable a customer must participate in a waiter's salary in US. This is evil. Your country sucks big time.
My general rule is if someone is providing me a service that I can do myself, then tip! I can brew my own coffee, make and serve my own food, and if I really wanted to, I could cut my own hair. When I hear how delivery drivers aren't getting tipped after picking up and dropping off food for people now too, I want to vomit. Tipping culture has probably been around more than a lot of these commenters, how about we end cheap, lazy, entitled culture instead? You people won't complain about what Starbucks is charging you for that coffee you can make at home, but you'll complain about tipping the pour barista that made it. Barbers and stylists that rent out their chair absolutely should get tipped and tipped well too.
Asking for change is the bit that feels a touch rude to me. Nothing wrong with the tip amount tho and the barber's reaction is rude too
Took my 3 year old grandson for a trim. He has fair hair and he was in the chair 10 minutes.City barber and it was $20 bucks, Òur girl a short distance, out of town I pay 15 bucks for myself , She will be doing the grandsons hair next time, 20 bucks for 3 year old is rediculous
I just cut my own hair. Been doing it for more than 50 years. I even taught my sons to do it too. Sometimes when I don't feel like cutting it myself I'll go to a "professional" and I tip very well, 20 for cut with 10 for tip. Then I go home and fix the cut that I just got.
In Japan, we do not tip. In Canada I felt strange when tipping because it is so open to what is appropriate by the person receiving and some places you give 15-20% and they are super happy while other places look at you like "oh.. that's all you're going to pay me OVER the already inflated prices + tax?" Yes.. yes it is.
I am ok with the tipping if it is earned. Met a friend for lunch and I paid with a debit card (big mistake in my part), and one chooses their meal and any additional or special instructions. Then it totals for you and has pre programmed tips built in. I left a 20% tip on that visit but it kind of irked me a bit. This was a local sandwich shop and I am all for leaving a tip, but 25% or more for making my sandwich? Or am I living under a rock. I was in the hospitality industry for quite a few years but that was a long time ago and we jumped up and down if someone left us 10% for impeccable white glove service. Your thoughts?
My wife cuts my hair, it’s convenient and she loves doing it. She also did my 3 sons when they lived at home. Never tipped her, just a hug and kiss for doing a great job. Even on a long oversea vacation, its cheaper to buy clippers even it means to discard them afterwards. Saved thousands. For tipping for meals it’s so different at different places. I just wish restaurants publish their expectations because I had felt like I had been ripped off for tipping too much and cheap when i under tipped. Wait staff love cash, even it’s a little low balled.
I go to great clips. I get $5 off as a senior. I put the $5 back on as a tip. I think $5 on a $14 clip is plenty.
How come with give 20% to someone for who cuts our hair for20 minutes and 15% to someone that handles our food for 45 minutes?
$5 seems pretty reasonable. I like to tip because I know I could NEVER cut my Son's hair properly so I do think my girl at Great Clips deserves it. The price went up too so with a tip, it costs me $25 [$17/kid cut]. She always warms up the water in the spray bottle as my Son [Autistic] HATES cool/cold water and she's EXTRA patient with him as he squirms a lot. She never uses the clippers and is very gentle with the scissors. I don't mind tipping for good service and a good experience, esp for my Son...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought the stylist is renting the space each day. I thought they had to pay to use the space for their daily customer traffic. They have to make a certain amount each day to beak even, before their profit begins.
I pay $15 for a haircut every 3 weeks and I tip my girl $10. Leaving a tip isn’t going to break your bank, And if you think it will then maybe you really can’t afford the haircut either.
Wow! I'm so happy that I have the ability to cut my son's and my own hair. The last time I got a hair cut, the barbers didn't expect tips. They charged, what I assume they thought was a good price for them and also a good price for customers. This tipping culture is just getting ridiculous. Why do the ones expecting tips think that they are the ones getting taken advantage of? I know that it's easier said than done, but why not find another job where you don't need tips. Or, if you want to work a job that depends on tips, be grateful for what you get. Don't expect everyone to tip and then be angry when you don't receive what you think you should.
Supercuts charges $25 minimum. Got off cheap at $20. Still, $5 on a $20 service seems generous
I think 5$ just doesn’t go far so she was expecting 10$ but honestly that’s her bad for not charging more. I’d charge 30$ for a haircut and be happy with a tip. Guess this person doesn’t realize that 20$ is cheap for a haircut and the stylist is expecting the client to know to tip more to make up for the difference of her not raising prices.
My mother is a stylist who can easily spend HOURS on a single client if the request is complicated. Tipping 5$ for that would be insulting and she's never take that client again. Tipping 5$ for a quick haircut is perfectly fine. Especially with short hair. I often tip my barber 40-50% because that's the kind of weirdo I am.
Everyone expects a tip; reality check is most of us are poor too,and going out is a treat. Stop expecting my families treat to be your treat. You didn't fill out an application to work for me.
I dunno about Canada. I know the US they pay rent on their station right? I won't go unless I can pay 20 for the tip.
I don't get my hair done very often. But when I do it's usually a full cut. Dye & style. I'm also a woman... So it's always like 2-3 hours (depending on how busy they are or the color I'm going for) the cut itself usually costs about $75-100.... then color costs about $100 on average. So I'm usually paying $200-$210 before tip. Yes. That's expensive. But it's ALOT OF WORK! But it's also why I don't do this a lot. But I always tip about $60-$75. Some ppl might think that's a lot. But that's like 30-40%.. so I think it's fair because they're spending HOURS on my hair. So what I'm saying is that $5 for 20 minutes for a basic men's haircut is fair IMO. I would probably have tipped $10 just because I'm a weirdo & hate odd numbers. But that's just me.
I tip my hair dresser usually $5-10, but she does a fantastic job and earns every penny of what I give her, and has always been grateful for any extra because she makes sure to charge enough to survive without any extra. But tipping just to tip, and being guilted into giving any extra regardless of service has gotten very old
I've come to the conclussion that it's your face: I can be an splendid tipper and get sour faces. Acquaintances of mine tip much less and it's like disneyworld.
North America… U.S. here… I WISH WE WOULD END TIPPING CULTURE!!! But I’m curious how salon services work in other countries. Here, it’s customary for the stylist to have to pay a certain fee to the salon owner to rent their chair. In order to do that, they need to book so many appointments, up-sell so many services or products, and then they may need to dip into their tips. Once they’ve paid the rent on their chair… then they start making money. It’s kind of like subletting. The salon owner is paying rent for the salon, so they are subletting sections of it to various stylists. Does it work like this in other countries? In any case, for salon services… the typical tip is 30% on a job well done. (Restaurants are typically 20%.)
Load More Replies...I actually work a tip job. I don't care if you agree with it or not. We depend on this. Tips are what keeps the bills paid. If you think reducing the tip, or not doing it at all is going to get the employer to pay us a real wage, you better wake up from your dream. We depend on your generosity so much, that were willing to be belittled just to survive. Then, why don't we quit? It's our best option to keep a roof over our head and food on our table.
You can suck on my r****m if you think I'm tipping you at 100% for anything.
Not sure if ppl know that some shops/salons actually charge the stylist a “booth fee”. They have to pay the owner a weekly fee to use the chair. I was raised that if it’s a man’s cut(barber type) then half the cost of the cut is the tip amount. If it’s women’s cuts/styles/services then tip amount shld match the cost of the service. Remember the salon gets the price of the service. As for “tipping culture”…..my opinion of those who complain about it are disrespectful of those providing services. I live by “treat others as you wish to be treated”. If you can’t afford to tip your server, stylist etc then stay home and handle your own personal needs. Understand that there is a tip etiquette for many services. I tip servers 20% minimum. Friends love joining me at restaurants that I frequent because of my habit n the service provided due to servers’ memory. I tip my stylist for a 22$ cut 22$. Every Christmas I gift mailman, trash pickup, as well as tip my paper boy each month.
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Tips buy their very nature are optional. Tip less and demand more. Managements refusal to pay their workers better isn't your problem. Get a better job if you don't like the pay.
Lol what planet are you all from $20 for a haircut are you kidding me and you're complaining about tipping.... my name is Homer Cuts from Los Angeles my bare minimum for a man's haircut is $60 with a sliding scale to $150 I do cut women as well but have more of a male clientele as I have a beard oil company Homer Cuts beard oil... of course you should tip your Barber or stylus. I'm at the point of my career where I don't have to do new clients or walk-ins it's all regulars and if I take new clients the referrals I just don't have an issue with price I charge what I want generally I'm at $100 an hour.
Playing devil's advocate here, but I could imagine the fellow in question being the type to show wealth and then ask for every discount and short you on the way out the door. Which is his prerogative, sure, but still irritating when you're making sub-minimum wage and counting on the kindness of customers.
I am a licensed barber and my haircuts start at $28 can go up to $50 depending on the cut. I live in California and my average tip on a haircut is $10-20. You may not understand or getting the point of tipping it's a service that Ive performed for you, that you obviously couldn't do yourself. I understand her disappointment we do have to go to school we have to be licensed. Stop being cheap and if you can't tip then go to a Supercuts where they expect no tip. I also get paid well above the minimum wage. So the tips are not supplementing my income.
Ok but didn't basically everyone go to some kind of schooling for their job? So, do u tip your doctor? His receptionist? Do u tip the guy who sold u your house? Car? Shoes...? Everyone at every job went through training. And the ones who didn't go to school for their job, probably can't afford these extravagant tips .. you chose to be a hairdresser, great. But my job is not to pay you EXTRA to do the job YOU chose...
Load More Replies...I am a massage therapist in Florida, and yes we are tipped in the spa industry. What is stressful are those who come in and expect me (and others) to accept that rubbing their bodies for an hour and a half and they give $15 tip is acceptable. They are a married couple who have three businesses and almost everyone in the spa refuses to see them anymore bc they are super cheap. On top of their three businesses one is an attorney and the other is an accountant… I am about at that point because they have no appreciation for our hard work. Bye. I would love a $5 tip on a 20 min massage… do the math.
I used to be a massage therapist, and I've never heard a MT complain about tips. Why? Because we charged a fee that was both fair to us and the client. We never, EVER expected a tip.
Load More Replies...Everyone mistakes tipping for paying someone's wages when in reality it's not. Where's my tip for working retail then? Where are the healthcare workers tips then? We don't get tipped for doing our JOB idiot. These people shouldn't EITHER for doing their JOB. They need to get paid better and not rely on us consumers to pay their wages. I only should tip when they go beyond their job duty and provided even better service. That is the whole point of tipping Also, universal Healthcare is NOT all that's cracked up to be. Everyone thinks it's free when it's NOT. Guess what, your taxes go through the roof to pay for this "free" program. Not only that but then the wait times to be seen are weeks to months depending on what you are being seen for. I lived I'm the UK(military) and the taxes were through the roof. That was the 80's. So don't harp on about universal Healthcare is great when it's not. You don't even know about the true cost or what it takes to cover so called "universal" programs.
Load More Replies...Well, this was in Canada, but yeah, tipping is out of control.
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