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AlwaysHopefull89 · 2025-11-01T18:52:52+00:00

First time I went to a new place today. Paid £290 for cut and colour (short hair). I was really pleased with the colour and cut!! two different ladies I had, one for cut and one for colour. I found they were sort of ‘hovering’ around me when I left, even helped me put my coat on. aibu to have not tipped them? I feel awful 😢 I don’t usually go to the hair dressers often at all and now I’m worried I should have done? I feel now they may have been expecting it.

notatinydancer · 02/11/2025 09:10

AlwaysHopefull89 · 01/11/2025 18:57

@BowlyLarrim actually really regretting paying that price to be honest I probably won’t be back. It’s a shame

That is a huge amount of money. I wouldn’t have tipped. I usually round up.

Storyplots · 02/11/2025 09:09

RoamingToaster · 02/11/2025 08:50

Says who?

I just wish people would set their prices accordingly. It’s just a faff and creates awkwardness.

I loved Japan where it’s considered rude there so not done at all.

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Same as in Korea where I used to live. It wasn’t the done thing to tip and I loved that. Made you feel as if when you did receive good customer service it was more genuine
too.

Barcodescanner22 · 02/11/2025 09:08

I’ve always tipped because my mum did. My daughter did an apprenticeship and although earning less than £5 an hour (the apprentice wage at the time) she had to buy all her own equipment, scissors, sharpening, dryers, straighteners etc etc.
two hours work would pay for sharpening or a prescription

Storyplots · 02/11/2025 09:06

OhDear111 · 01/11/2025 20:54

No. They pay staff properly and I pay enough for that to happen. No one tips the TA in a school who is kind to dc or the bus driver. We just seem to choose random jobs and forget others.

I’ve been to the same hairdresser for over 25 years. They get my repeat business. As for a Christmas present of £100 for the nail salon! Words fail me.

Exactly this. It makes no sense, and never has in this country. It’s different in the U.S. where in some states some servers are paid below the minimum wage and need to top it up. But just like the Uk always do they pick the worst parts of US culture to replicate even when it doesn’t fit here.

When I was younger I used to go over and above in retail and call centre jobs and I’d get no tip , then in waitressing jobs I’d get tipped for sometimes doing the bare minimum.

Never was tipped as a TA either, although I did get some presents sometimes.

I’ve noticed that there’s an option to tip for counter service nowadays? What the heck? What am I tipping them for?

This is just greedy management trying to get their staff a pay rise without it affecting their pockets.

TwoTuesday · 02/11/2025 09:04

I wouldn't tip on top of a £290 bill, that's insane

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 02/11/2025 09:02

MagdaLenor · 02/11/2025 08:57

Or just pay the price set, rather than faff?

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He’s the best hairdresser I’ve had in years, so I like to show my appreciation.

wonderstuff · 02/11/2025 09:02

I don’t, because when I asked if I could add a tip they said only on cash and I never have cash on me. I pay £65 for a cut so feel it’s expensive enough to not worry about it.

WeAllHaveWings · 02/11/2025 09:01

She own the salon, has several holidays abroad each year and drives a Land Rover. Don’t think she needs a £5 tip from me 🤣

Zanatdy · 02/11/2025 08:58

Yes, always tip the hairdresser.

MagdaLenor · 02/11/2025 08:57

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 02/11/2025 08:55

I book and pay online (£45 for a cut and blow dry) and leave him a fiver. So assuming I’ve got at 10 or a 20, that usually means calling at the small Sainsbury’s on the way, and buying something little. Or using the cash machine first….

Or just pay the price set, rather than faff?

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 02/11/2025 08:55

I book and pay online (£45 for a cut and blow dry) and leave him a fiver. So assuming I’ve got at 10 or a 20, that usually means calling at the small Sainsbury’s on the way, and buying something little. Or using the cash machine first….

RoamingToaster · 02/11/2025 08:50

No5ChalksRoad · 02/11/2025 07:25

The etiquette rule is to tip stylists and colorists unless they are the shop owner.

Says who?

I just wish people would set their prices accordingly. It’s just a faff and creates awkwardness.

I loved Japan where it’s considered rude there so not done at all.

SpigTheFish · 02/11/2025 08:23

Yes, generally 20%. I get a cut and foils 4 times a year at a cost of around £160.

GehenSieweiter · 02/11/2025 08:14

MinnieMountain · 02/11/2025 07:29

Good grief no!

The only person I ever “tip” is our cleaner at Christmas because good cleaners are hard to find.

That's really more of a Christmas bonus? A nice thing to do and probably really appreciated. Many cleaners are paid really well, but they're still cleaning up other's mess and dirt! 😁

GehenSieweiter · 02/11/2025 08:12

No5ChalksRoad · 02/11/2025 07:25

The etiquette rule is to tip stylists and colorists unless they are the shop owner.

No, it isn't.
Tipping is outdated and unnecessary.

GehenSieweiter · 02/11/2025 08:07

They did probably expect it, however if you paid the price asked then you've fulfilled your part of the contract. Tipping culture needs to stop, just set prices accordingly.

dailyconniptions · 02/11/2025 08:03

No5ChalksRoad · 02/11/2025 07:25

The etiquette rule is to tip stylists and colorists unless they are the shop owner.

No such rule exists. No one tips me in my public facing role in which I earn slightly over minimum wage, so I'm not tipping hairdressers. The price advertised is the price I pay. Simple and straightforward.

MagdaLenor · 02/11/2025 07:59

zaxxon · 02/11/2025 07:56

Yes, always. A haircut is about £80 so I usually round up the 10% tip and pay £90.

Hairdressers often are not on staff. They have to pay the salon a fee to use its premises, and this can be pretty steep, depending on the ponciness of the salon. Some hairstylists might only see 50,% of what they're charging.

Unfortunately, in the gig economy, many people are low waged. I didn't think hairdressers fell into this category. If a stylist has to pay 50% of each client's payment to the salon, that sounds like a bad deal.

zaxxon · 02/11/2025 07:56

Yes, always. A haircut is about £80 so I usually round up the 10% tip and pay £90.

Hairdressers often are not on staff. They have to pay the salon a fee to use its premises, and this can be pretty steep, depending on the ponciness of the salon. Some hairstylists might only see 50,% of what they're charging.

66babe · 02/11/2025 07:43

£290 ! I hope your hair is now gold plated and will stay in perfect position until next summer ?
I have short hair and pay £80 for cut highlights tone and finish and whilst I do not tip , I always bring drinks from posh coffee shop next door as my way of a personal thank you

Movingtodarkestperu · 02/11/2025 07:37

At 290 pounds, it would be cheaper to get the train to my (much further north) town and come to my hairdresser who only charges 60 for a cut, colour, blow dry and straighten! You could then leave a tip 🤣🤣🤣
You wnbu to not leave a tip!

MagdaLenor · 02/11/2025 07:37

I was reflecting about our cleaners at work, they are all migrant women who are low waged. No-one tips them, and they're not in the same league, income wise.

MagdaLenor · 02/11/2025 07:36

Screwyoucolin · 02/11/2025 07:35

No I stopped tipping last year, I will give a bit extra for Xmas. I don't understand how we have got into the culture of tipping hairdressers when so many other services we don't tip for. Mine is self employed so sets her prices if she feels she needs to earn more she can up her prices.

This ⬆️.

Screwyoucolin · 02/11/2025 07:35

No I stopped tipping last year, I will give a bit extra for Xmas. I don't understand how we have got into the culture of tipping hairdressers when so many other services we don't tip for. Mine is self employed so sets her prices if she feels she needs to earn more she can up her prices.

MinnieMountain · 02/11/2025 07:29

Good grief no!

The only person I ever “tip” is our cleaner at Christmas because good cleaners are hard to find.