Do you tip your hairdresser?

BarryBlue

I've been going to the same place for years to get my hair cut. The price was £4.50 so I just left a £5 note. Then the price went up to £4.95, a 10% rise. I still leave a £5 note.


I do tend to leave a small tip in restaurants, never as much as 10%. If the service or food has not been up to scratch I will not tip at all.

purpleshoes_2

I don't go to McDonald's. The food is crap. I'm pretty sure some low earners will get working tax credits. No excuses for employers paying terrible wages, but let's not assume everyone working there is poor.

I know a few folk who work in McDonald's as their second job.

Donna.cluster

I have been a hairdresser for 15 years and I personally feel that if they have done a good job, you are happy with it and you want to then tip. Don't just tip because you feel you have too. Hairdressers usually are on minimum wage especially the assistants/apprentices who are on £2something an hour and really appreciate a tip.
I tip people from waiters/nail technicians/ taxis etc IF I am happy with their work. It's a sign of appreciation. I certainly do not if they are expecting a tip or add service tip to the bill already!!!!

BigAunty

I usually tipped my hairdresser £2 or so, with one hairdresser charging around £20 and the other around £12 for wash and cut (I don't like my hair blow dried). I usually only went to the hairdresser every 2 to 3 months.

However, for the past year or two, I cut my own hair using scissors bought from Superdrug and advice on how to do it from the internet.

I never understand how people can pay £50, £100 or more for their hairdo each month.

becs789

I no longer tip, my hair costs on average £70 for cut and colour and blow dry, and I can't afford to spend more. I earn an average salary and don't get tips, so no tipping from me.

slowcoachme

I've been going to my hairdresser for years and it costs me about £60 each visit. I tip the stylist £10 about every third visit, the hair washer gets £2 each visit as I get a lovely head massage and plenty of coffee.
I occasionally buy a box of Krispy Kreme Donutd for the whole team.

jaylee3

Donna.cluster wrote: »

I have been a hairdresser for 15 years and I personally feel that if they have done a good job, you are happy with it and you want to then tip. Don't just tip because you feel you have too. Hairdressers usually are on minimum wage especially the assistants/apprentices who are on £2something an hour and really appreciate a tip.
I tip people from waiters/nail technicians/ taxis etc IF I am happy with their work. It's a sign of appreciation. I certainly do not if they are expecting a tip or add service tip to the bill already!!!!

See, now this is what I don't understand; millions of people in dozens of different lines of work are on minimum wage, so why do you think that that hairdressers deserve a tip more than someone serving you in another profession?

One of my cousins who is 18, is on an apprenticeship at a solicitors at the moment, and she is also on around £2 an hour. Do you think people tip her, when they come in and ask her to find them the manager, and when she makes them a cup of tea? And do you think she gets a tip when she spends hours typing letters and making dozens of cups of coffee and cappuccino for her colleagues and the guests and customers?

No, of course not. So why do people think that hairdressers and taxi drivers and waitresses etc deserve tips, and other professions don't.

It makes no sense, and so far, nobody has come up with a decent answer as to why certain professions deserve tips more than other. That's because nobody DOES deserve tips more!

Anatidaephobia

jaylee3 wrote: »

See, now this is what I don't understand; millions of people in dozens of different lines of work are on minimum wage, so why do you think that that hairdressers deserve a tip more than someone serving you in another profession?

One of my cousins who is 18, is on an apprenticeship at a solicitors at the moment, and she is also on around £2 an hour. Do you think people tip her, when they come in and ask her to find them the manager, and when she makes them a cup of tea? And do you think she gets a tip when she spends hours typing letters and making dozens of cups of coffee and cappuccino for her colleagues and the guests and customers?

It's socially acceptable / expected to tip certain types of professions - bar staff, hairdressers, waiters, taxi drivers, etc. People think they are rewarding good service and complementing low wages. Yet it doesn't occur to the same people to tip the shop assistant in their local newsagent or, as in your example, a young girl working as an apprentice at a solicitors.

I suppose it's about perception. People don't necessary know she's an apprentice or even give any thought to her how much she might be paid, they just know that solicitors are well paid and probably wouldn't ever think of tipping anybody in that environment.

Similarly, people wouldn't want to tip a cashier in Tesco because they probably think they don't want to give extra money to Tesco (which is likely what would end up happening anyway, it'd go straight in the till as a cashier could hardly pocket a tip without risking being accused of stealing and getting sacked!). There isn't anything to say that certain people do deserve tips more than others; it's just what we are socially comfortable with and what is seen as acceptable or normal. You could always start challenging social norms by trying to tip people you wouldn't normally

Mrs_Ryan

I usually give my hairdresser a pound tip (it costs me a tenner that's 10%) I have a mobile beauty therapist come to my house once a month to give me a massage and I give her three pounds tip-massage costs £27 so I give her £30 and tell her to keep the change- that's just over 10%. She did my nails the other week- they were £20 but I gave her £1 tip as that was all I had but she was grateful. She does an excellent job and I always tip good service if appropriate so I always give her a tip.

pimento

I used to tip my hairdresser a fiver but then he bought his own salon so now I tip the same amount to the junior who washes my hair and makes my tea. She needs it more than he does.