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Original poster

to not leave tips for haircuts that cost £42

177 replies

southeastastra · 10/09/2015 21:27

i will usually leave a tip all the time £2 here and there and even up to a fiver for a particularly good cut

but i will not leave a tip for a cut that now costs £42 it's not unreasonable is it

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KingJoffreyLikesJaffaCakes · 10/09/2015 21:29

I don't tip. It's a fecking minefield.

ssd · 10/09/2015 21:29

if you can afford £42 for a haircut surely you could leave a quid for the junior who washed it?

JeanSeberg · 10/09/2015 21:29

I never leave a tip for any haircut. Why would I?

YouBastardSockBalls · 10/09/2015 21:30

Same. I never tip. Why would I??

TheTravellingLemon · 10/09/2015 21:31

Ugh, I never know what to do. I normally leave a fiver to split between the hairdresser and the one who washes my hair.

WhoisLucasHood · 10/09/2015 21:33

I don't tip but I visit my new hairdresser every month, she gets my business 3 times more often than my old hairdresser, that's a more than a couple of quid here or there.

overthemill · 10/09/2015 21:35

I believe the convention is you tip the person who washes your hair and the person who cuts/ dries it but not if they are the salon owner. But I usually tip a quid to the girl and a couple of quid to the stylist. Though I now use someone who comes to my house and charges £13!

Princerocks · 10/09/2015 21:37

I thought everyone tipped. I always leave about a fiver.

FunFunFunInTheSunSunSun · 10/09/2015 21:37

I don't tip. Before being a SAHM I was an administrator. I wasn't tipped every time I did my job...I got paid a wage, as do hairdressers. Even the junior who washes your hair. Albeit not as much as the qualified hairdressers, but neither did I when I was an office junior. It's just the way it works - climb the ladder and get paid more. But expecting people to give you extra pocket money for just doing your job is a bit cheeky IMO...

Unless the service is incredible and above-&-beyond. I accept there will be exceptions to the rule (I have paid more for a hand car wash because they were only charging a fiver, but were VERY thorough and felt they were under-charging), but for just doing what you asked for - no

londonrach · 10/09/2015 21:45

£42!!!!!! Wow. Most ive paid is £15 for a wet cut. Last haircut cost me an easter egg (£1) and was one of the best cuts id ever had. Yanbu.

SinglePringle · 10/09/2015 21:47

Pay £50 for a cut and £100 for colour. I always tip £15 (£10 to stylist, £5 to junior).

pinkmanbitch · 10/09/2015 21:49

yabu. if you think that's too expensive for a hair cut so you can't afford a couple of quid on top, go somewhere else

CremeEggThief · 10/09/2015 21:49

I try to tip at Christmas for hair and nails, but never for waxing.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 10/09/2015 21:50

My haircut usually costs £37. If I pay by cash, I give £40 - so a £3 tip.

If I'm paying by card it's usually because I don't have any cash on me, so no tip.

My mum always tipped the hairdresser so I supposed that's why I've always tried to do it too. I hadn't even considered whether it was a standard thing to do or not.

Oysterbabe · 10/09/2015 21:54

I usually pay about £35 for my haircut and don't tip.

BIWI · 10/09/2015 21:54

I never normally tip. I pay a huge amount to have my hair cut and an even huger amount to have it coloured. It costs me well over £100 and almost £200 respectively, so I'm not interested in paying more for a tip. And I'm not going to pay the Saturday girl for washing my hair either, even if they do give me a perfunctory head massage!

I do, though, give my stylist a £10 tip at Christmas, as she's been cutting my hair for a long time. And when it was her 50th this year, I gave her a bottle of Champagne.

Junosmum · 10/09/2015 21:54

I never tip.

SouthWestmom · 10/09/2015 21:55

I've pretty much stopped tipping anywhere. U think its a convention that needs to die out tbh. With things like tax credits topping up minimum wages I don't think it's as straight forward as it was. I don't earn much in a non tipping industry so I can't really afford to tip someone earning the same or more than me

Original poster
southeastastra · 10/09/2015 22:03

biwi maybe i will give a tip at christmas then Grin god when i think of how much i spend yearly at hairdressers to maintain my bleach head

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BIWI · 10/09/2015 22:06

It's weird though, isn't it? I automatically tip in a restaurant - always 10%, and I always tip cab drivers. Why shouldn't I automatically tip my hairdresser?

BIWI · 10/09/2015 22:07

... and I've read on here that people tip the people who deliver their pizza/Indian take-away, which I think is ridiculous!

TheCatsMother99 · 10/09/2015 22:07

As someone who used to work in a hairdressers, I always tip.

Not all, but a lot of salons, don't pay staff all that well so they rely on tips. In fact, when I was a junior I didn't even earn a wage so I REALLY relied on tips.

Not trying to open the can of worms that is 'staff should be paid enough in the first place to not reply on tips', just saying how it was for me.

80sMum · 10/09/2015 22:08

I never tip hairdressers.

PrimalLass · 10/09/2015 22:09

Pay £50 for a cut and £100 for colour. I always tip £15 (£10 to stylist, £5 to junior).

Why on earth?

MrsTerryPratchett · 10/09/2015 22:10

Don't move to North America. I tip everyone; bloody everyone. And it's 15-20% not a measley 10%.