To have not tipped the hairdresser today

[Cumbrian07]

Basically didn't have any change to tip the hairdresser and paid for my highlights by card. Got a really dirty look from the receptionist. Felt really bad. I know they don't get paid loads.

I always tip the hairdresser. £5 split between the hairdresser and the person who washes my hair - usually split £3 / £2.

But mind you I only go about twice a year

if i have an exceptional cut and colour with a cheerful stylist who makes me feel good i will tip same as waiters and taxi drivers . i dont feel obliged too however and the salon io used to visit cost eighy pound and upwards they even charged ten pounds to straighten my hair and extra for having long hair even if it was only a cut , i didnt tip then because i felt i was being ripped off. It was very rude of the receotionist to make you feel bad.

I never tip my hairdresser, but I do give her a bottle of champagne & box of good chocs at christmas. IMHO as I pay £30 - £90 per visit (every 4 weeks), she does not need a tip, but I do appreciate her service, hence the gift

I recently paid:

• £45 for my haircut
• £33 for DD2 (12)haircut ( including teen"discount")
• £39 for DD1 (14) haircut( including teen"discount")

No I don't tip.

I don't see why some people like hairdressers/waiting staff should be tipped when there are other people on low wages such as nurses who do a more worthwhile job but get nothing. It was different before the minimum wage but now I think they are getting paid so why should they get extra?

redflag you earn slightly more than my DH for fewer hours. There is no way I'll tip my hairdresser if this is the norm!

In general I think you tip if the service is very good and you are concerned that the person doing the job won't get recognition otherwise. Whenever I've had a haircut they always know who's cut my hair before, so I don't see that they need tips to remind them to keep good workers there.

I don't tip my hairdresser - I pay £120-ish every 6 weeks (I say 'ish' because it's never the same amount even though I have exactly the same dp each time). I think this is enough. Why should I pay 'extra' for someone just to do the job they're being paid for?

I'll tip waitresses and taxi drivers, usually because they often add real value to their jobs and my experience. I really gets my goat though when barmen expect tips or a 'service' charge is added to a bill when I've had to go to the bar and ask for my drink. Surely 'service' is the very thing they should be doing?!

I have never tipped my hairdresser and I've been going to her for years. It started out I was never sure how much to tip etc and now she is a senior stylist so it seems to cost more every time I go to get my hair done, which isn't that often as I'm not that rich. When I'm paying £50-£60 a time I feel that's more than enough money. She however has lots of holidays and a convertible car so I assume she is making a fairly decent wage.

I never tip. It's demeaning and outdated. Employers need to pay a decent wage full stop.

when i wad a student nurse i used to clear £220 month, my arse was in rags, no one tipped me, whats the difference?

was a long time ago

had to pay for fags and booze out of that too

Well I do tip. My hairdresser is fab - she recently took over the salon from the previous owner for whom she worked for years. The rent has gone up - her husband has been out of work. Their dc are 10 and 3. They are really struggling and she's one of the loveliest girls you could hope to meet. I work on about 10%. Last time I didn't have change, apologised and will give double next time.

I spend about 39.50 on a cut and blow dry every 8 weeks plus every other visit is a 1/2 head of highlights at about 100.00. She also cuts ds every 1/2 term for about 20 and dd every term for the same.

Oh, and in an emergency, she will always fit us in.

YABU

I always tip mine and before I go in for a cut, I always make sure I have the tip amount in small notes ready to hand over. But then I have been going to this guy for years and I wouldnt dream of not doing it.

He has also been known to rearrange move other people, probably non tippers his diary to get me in.

My 21 year old hairdresser owns her own home, has a constant supply of expensive clothesd and goes on exotic holidays twice a year. She is in a better position to tip me.

Maybe, if no one tipped Managers would be forced to pay their staff a decent wage.

Actually, I think if you can afford it and want to then you can, but I really hate this idea that you have to, that it's somehow something you owe the staff.

I wait till my hair is unmanageble before going to have my roots straightened and a cut. It costs about £120, so I really do not want to add to that bill nor should I be expected to.

Gifts should be given from the heart not because society demands it.

The only time I have felt uncomfortable not leaving a tip was at my local spa hotel where I am a member (I had a facial). I thought it was massively unprofessional and there is no way I will go back there for a treatment now. The main reason I didn't give a tip was because they made the lady in the queue to pay before me feel bad for not having any change when she apologised and offered to put it on the card (they don't get the money she was told and then made it clear they weren't impressed). No way I was giving them a tip after seeing that.

I do tip hairdressers/ taxi drivers on the whole but tbh the whole thing puts me off using the services. I loathe the expectation of it when there are plenty of other people in low paid jobs (often less pleasant and more stressful) who do not expect tips.

I own a hair salon and my staff get around 20k a year.This is in the north east and we pay mare than a lot of salons.I pay them more than me as i do less hours.They love getting tips but they are not compulsory.Some people give me 3\4 pounds and say "sorry it is not much" ! others do not and this is fine.Ten percent is normal.Lots give a pound coin.The staff know who the good tippers are and do comment on people who are tight,but in general we find that it is people in high earning jobs who often dont tip,and people with not as much are more generous.Last week a very kind client gave me a tin of quality street and then went to give me a fiver .Itold her that i could not take it as the chocs were more than enough and very very generous.The upshot is that if you are happy and you can afford it then tipping is appreciated,if you dont want to for any reason or cant afford it then this is also fine.My reward is if you like your hairdo,tell a friend .

I used to tip when I worked fulltime and had more money. A haircut now costs me more than I earn in a day so I don't. I don't like the culture of tipping, would rather pay more upfront if necessary.

I have stopped tipping Hairdressers. At £55 a cut in central London I figure they get their money's worth.

I find getting a good hairdresser hard so pay a lot.

My mother taught me to always tip the hairdresser (reason: they earn a low wage)unless he/she was the owner of the salon (in which case it would be "insulting"). But then I am very old and my mother, even older! I have always followed this rule without thinking. This thread has made me think, though presently I have my hair done at home by a lady in the village. She used to work at one of the swankier places in Leeds but "went mobile" when she had her DS. I don't tip her but then she has a lot of flexibility; brings her DS if she has too, drinks/eats at my expense while she's here, (It's me who says, "can I get you a coffee or anything?" ) I do give her a gift at Christmas though (and something small for DS).

I tip mine as she is fantastic with the kids and dies our hair brilliantly, it's very cheap too so I always leave £3 or so.

I'm shocked so few tip, I thought I was mean leaving less than 10% on the occasions I've tipped a good cut. At the one I go to you can add it to the card amount but it is discretionary, then the owner gives it as cash to the stylist/junior.