AIBU to not tip my hairdresser?

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I have been going to her for years and always spend over £100 per visit (once every couple of months) but I never tip her. I think the hair cut is expensive enough let alone adding a tip! And I guess the standard is 10/15% which adds another £10-20 to the whole thing! But the lady before me tipped and now I feel bad for not......! What to do think?

I pay £18 for a wet cut in my local little back street salon. I give them £20 st the till and tell them to keep the change. Don't know and don't care if or how it's split. If I was paying £100 I'd probably still tip because hell, if you can afford £100 you can bloody well afford an exra tenner on top!

it doesn't really matter tho whether the person doing it is making nmw does it? i mean no it's not great, but if a cut costs £60 and colour £120 it is not fair to expect 10-20% tip, is it? Because i save and have my hair done twice a year and i just wouldn't go if it was expected.

I don't. They charge me £45 for a simple cut and I'm in and out in under 30 mins.
And no thanks to hand massages .

Its not what I am there for.

And I will buy the products I want to, so stop pushing them everytime I go, I have plenty left

I never tip in a hairdresser

cocnutty always tips in restaurants (so long as there's no terrible reason why I shouldn't), I don't take taxis.

I never tip anybody.

I used to care for terminally ill people, people with days left to live, and i ve also laid out somebody when they have died all for minimum wage.

Nobody ever tips people who work in care homes so i certainatly dont tip people who cut hair or drive a taxi.

I don't, to be honest getting my hair done is a luxury I can barely afford anyway these days.

I normally give my lovely hairdresser a couple of pounds as she doesn't charge me very much, colours, washes and cuts my hair.

But recently a junior has been doing the colour and shampoo which takes up the most time so I now tip her (can't afford to give to both!)

I don't tip in restaurants Coconutty but will give a taxi driver the change if it's under £1.

Oh dear, I always tip. Generously. I don't know how qualified hairdressers live, let alone trainees without tipping. And what a bogus argument - "the haircut costs so much, why should I tip?". Well, if you can spend the money on the haircut, then FFS tip the person who's made you look good.

As LookMumNoHands says, they don't get all the money you're charged unless they own the Salon. They don't get paid a lot of money at all and a lot rely on tips. They also get taxed on tips IIRC.

I pay £20 for a cut and blowdry and tip her £5, giving her more at Christmas. Even if you only give her a couple of quid it's better than nothing isn't it?

I tip, not always exactly 10 - 15% (often my colour and cut comes in at over £100, I'll give a fiver or a tenner in cash depending on what's in my purse) but then my hairdresser doesn't own the salon, she doesn't get all of what I pay.

I always tip. Not overly as I can't afford it. I always give 10-15% in restaurants and taxi drivers about £1 on average (live in London so quite expensive and rarely use them). I usually give my hairdresser about £5 - they can split it how they like.

I also always leave cash tips as that way the staff are more likely to get it than the business. I used to waitress and basically lived on my tips, I think it's rubbish that lots of businesses take the tips now.

I always tip and very surprised that so many on this thread don't.

I won't get a haircut unless I can easily afford a good tip as well.

I always tip. If I'm considering a haircut/meal out I factor in the cost of a tip as part of the cost. If I can't afford the tip, I can't afford it. I rarely get taxis these days, but when I used to go out a lot and use them all the time, I'd always give an extra quid or two.

It just seems tight not to to me. I understand that carers and others do a harder job for similarly low pay, and yes, they deserve more, but two wrongs don't make a right. If I've got the cash to be using these luxury services, I can afford to add on a little and spread some happiness.

I tip my mobile hair dresser at Xmas only. She is expensive enough as it is despite being mobile!

I am shocked non tipping is so common! I was taught that if someone performs a personal service for you then tipping is good.

Hairdressers, beauticians, manicurists etc...also a bar steward who goes over and above...tip them. It's nice. The hairdressers do not earn much at all...tips matter to them.

I never tip.

I had a massage not long ago...it was 45 pounds so I tipped 5. A hairdresser would also be given 5 pounds.

I usually tip but it pains me to do so on top of something I see as an expensive and rare luxury (about £60).

Then again if I don't, be it at the hairdresser, taxi, restaurant or whatever, I feel that the expectation is there and it puts my back up. Ok they're poorly paid jobs, but I wouldn't tip a checkout assistant.

Hairdressers earn more than some of the people tipping them! If they don't earn enough they should put the prices up.

No I dont tip as I cant afford it

I don't know anyone that would give their hairdresser and extra £20 ,thats bonkers. Possibly a fiver.

I don't tip, I pay £36 for a cut which is plenty. I give her money in her Xmas card though.