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AIBU?

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To think I don't need to tip?

95 replies

Charlieboo30 · 21/06/2014 16:15

I go to my hairdressers every six weeks (sometimes five) and spend £31. I also have it coloured every three months which is £62 and buy all my products from there. I spend easily £600 a year with them. To me, that's a lot.

Anyway, I was there today and when I went to pay the lady in front of me left a £4 tip for the Saturday girl. I have never done this. Personally I think I pay enough.

I'm now wondering AIBU?

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MrsMikeDelfino · 21/06/2014 16:17

YANBU. They're doing their job. Never understood this tipping thing,

Luggagecarousel · 21/06/2014 16:18

YANBU - it is up to you, entirely. Someties I tip, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I want to, sometimes I can afford to, other times I don't or can't. In my opinion it is NEVER unreasonable not to, although it is sometimes nice if you do.

BackforGood · 21/06/2014 16:19

YANBU - I am another who doesn't "get" why some jobs invite tips and other jobs don't.

TessTackle · 21/06/2014 16:20

A lot of people too Saturday girls/ juniors because they get paid a pitance but of course it is totally at your discretion.

Numanoid · 21/06/2014 16:20

I think YANBU.

Firstly not everyone can afford to leave a tip, and if you've paid for the service then I don't think anyone should be obliged to.

I "tip" taxi drivers usually by rounding up the amount to the nearest , but again don't really leave a separate tip.

whereisshe · 21/06/2014 16:22

YANBU, I don't tip hairdressers. I pay more than enough for it already!

Deemail · 21/06/2014 16:24

Having been a Saturday girl, I must admit I like to tip them if I can but £4 is a lot, did she tip the stylist too?

I usually tip my stylist, afaik it's the done thing but if she's off and the salon owner does my hair then I don't tip as firstly she doesn't do it as good and secondly most of the money I hand over goes into her pocket.

I didn't used to mind tipping when I only went every three months, now that I have yo go every five weeks I'm not keen so usually give €3/4 rather than my usual €5.

hollycomputer · 21/06/2014 16:24

I always tip hairdressers, beauticians, taxi drivers, waiters (unless service is already added on), even the hand car wash gets an extra quid. Why? Because I'm showing my appreciation for the service, plus some of them get paid very little. I just think it's a nice thing to do but I wouldn't criticise someone for not doing it.

Nanny0gg · 21/06/2014 16:28

Ever worked out how much a hairdresser actually earns?

The price includes her chair rental (most are self-employed), a percentage of the actual price to the owner, the cost of the products (expensive if it's a 'good' salon', their tax and NI? Bearing in mind that the charges are usually set by the salon owner.

If the owner did my hair, I wouldn't tip. Everyone else (especially the junior) I would (as long as the service was good).

CaptainTripps · 21/06/2014 16:29

The whole issue causes too much angst. I have just hardened myself to not tipping. Exceptions are: cash tip to waiting staff (never put tips on the card). And sorry to everyone else who is on minimum wage etc.

Floralnomad · 21/06/2014 16:31

I tip the hairdresser ( and I pay more than £31 for a CWB) , but it doesn't surprise me that people don't as I was amazed at how few people said they tipped the pizza delivery man on that thread .

Lauren83 · 21/06/2014 16:31

I always tip, usually £5 hairdresser for a cut, £2 taxi driver and £2-£3 waiter

ginslinger · 21/06/2014 16:32

I tip the junior

BackforGood · 21/06/2014 16:39

Thing is though tess (and others who say tip the junior as they don't earn much).
My ds works in a shop (around his 6th form studies) he earns the min wage for U18s too (£3.82 I think it is, per hour) - would you tip him if he served you in his shop ?
My friends ds works in the kitchen for a big catering company - again - min wage - do you go in there and tip him if your glasses and cutlery are clean when they come out to you?

It's the fact that people tip some jobs but not others I find odd.

TessTackle · 21/06/2014 17:12

Back I totally agree with what you're saying in principal, but having been a hairdresser (and therefore worked my way up from a Saturday girl) I feel obliged to tip them as I know how much donkey work they do.
That's not to say your son doesn't do donkey work, more that I know I used to work sometimes 12 hour days with only one break and my employers got away with it because I was on an "apprenticeship".

Anotheronebitthedust · 21/06/2014 17:19

exactly my opinion, BackforGood. Why is it expected to tip waiters, hairdressers, taxi drivers, but not careworkers, shop staff or cleaners? The last thread on here on this topic got very vicious animated with some posters suggesting that people shouldn't be allowed to go out at all if they can't afford to/don't agree with paying the extra 10-20% for a tip.

squoosh · 21/06/2014 17:20

I tip the hairdresser and the junior.

Wouldn't tip a salon owner.

You are under no obligation to tip so I wouldn't stress about it. Some people seem though irritated at the fact that others choose to tip. Bit baffled by that.

MozzchopsThirty · 21/06/2014 17:28

I rarely tip anyone.

Yes it's shit if you're on the min wage or a Saturday job but we've all been there.

I tip waiters if the service is exceptional. I tipped a lot in Dubai as the service was something else!

I don't get tips in my job, never got tips when I had a shitty admin job, dd doesn't get tips in macdonalds
Why hairdressers, waiting staff and taxi drivers??

WooWooOwl · 21/06/2014 17:38

YANBU

I never tip except in restaurants when the service has been above expectation.

I agree with the sentiment that we don't go around tipping the people who put our shopping through the till at Tesco, or the people who supervise our children while they're having lunch, so why are some minimum wage jobs worthy of a tip but others aren't?

squoosh · 21/06/2014 17:42

I tip taxi drivers, hairdressers, in restaurants, at bars if I ordered a large round, the guy who brings my groceries upstairs.....lots of people really.

But it's discretionary and I don't tip everyone I come across in daily life. Why do non tippers worry about the people tippers aren't tipping??

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Charlieboo30 · 21/06/2014 17:57

Just to clarify a few things - where I live £31 is considered to be above what you'd normally pay. I just really like the salon. I have my hair cut by the salon owner.

I tip in restaurants but only if I've had exceptionally good service. I wouldn't dream of tipping the pizza delivery man!

I guess I just worried that everyone else was doing it and I just looked tight!

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whereisshe · 21/06/2014 18:19

As Mozz said, we've all been there. No one used to tip me when I was working a crappy minimum wage retail job. Feeling sorry for someone for earning minimum wage isn't enough reason for me to tip them, that's not going to solve any problems in the system.

Icimoi · 21/06/2014 18:21

I tip hairdressers around 10% and leave around £1 for the junior. Generally I go for 10% in restaurants and taxis also, rounding it up to the nearest pound.

Alisvolatpropiis · 21/06/2014 18:24

I don't tip.

If I can ever find a hairdresser who manages to cut my hair as I've asked (long, subtly layered throughout, with face framing layers at the front) I will tip like fuck. As it is that very simple request is routinely ignored. I once ended up with a fucking side fringe.

scaredyMumof3 · 21/06/2014 18:26

I went for a hair cut today, I had to have a different hair stylist as mine was on holiday (but I was desperate) ....she was ok but wasn't as good and 8 pounds more expensive

And I still tipped her a fiver

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