to not leave tips for haircuts that cost £42

[southeastastra]

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

It's the tip I find unnecessary, not shocking.

But then my hairdresser earns more than I do and lives in a lovely, huge house. I'd feel incredibly stupid giving her a tip in those circumstances.

But regardless, £10 on a £50 cut is a very big tip.

Im not shocked at the cost of the haircut (good hairdresser are worth it). I'm just surprised at a 20% tip on top of a luxury service.

My hair costs between £50-£67 for what i have done ( whether i have a cut with my roots, highlights and colours etc) and i always try to leave £2/£3 tip. I Was always told that that was how you made your money when i trained.
Besides, my hairdresser is fab. She always does me a bit extra. She doesn't set the prices, she just works there. I like to give her a tip as i appreciate her going out of her way for me sometimes.
Everyone loves her, she's always the busiest one!
She never expects a tip though. She's grateful for whatever anyone gives her.

My mom has given tips to the plumper before too.
I always take chocs or biscuits to the receptionists and gps at christmas too.

Tipping is not an American thing.

I'm an ex hairdresser. When I was a junior I never expected tips but I really really did appreciate them. I used to earn £50 a week and had to give half to my mum. The other £25 went on my bus fares, food and clothing. It was a huge struggle and sometimes I had to go without lunch if I didn't get any tips. I worked in a salon that used to have older ladies with their perms and sets early on and wealthier younger clients who came in after work. The older ladies would often give between 50p-£1 but were very rarely tipped by the wealthier clients. I remember at the age of 16 staying until 11pm one night helping with a woman who was having a (thankfully now out of fashion- for now at least) spiral perm. It took 7 hours to do each time apparently. She was ok with the stylist but very rude to me and regarded me as her skivvy. She sent me shop for wine, fags, food, magazines etc. when she was done she tipped the stylist £30 while saying she doesn't tip unqualified workers. I'd spent my last £1 on a pot noodle. The buses weren't running and I had to walk the 4 miles home in the freezing cold. So yeah juniors don't expect tips but they sure do appreciate the shit out of them. I didn't book that woman in on my day off in the future ever I swear

But Look that's the same for lots of low-paid workers - does anyone give a tip to the cleaner in tesco's for example?

primal because I like the service. She had transformed my hair and how I look. Worth it.

I don't usually leave tips anywhere because I'm not comfortable with it.
My haircuts cost £45, the hairdresser is the salon manager and he often washes my hair himself. Its a 'name' hairdresser, not a backstreet operation.

Tipping would be at 10-15% if I did it - as recently in some restaurants.

I have someone who washes, then someone else cuts then someone else dries it! Seems excessive to me but i always tip the girls who wash and dry but not the owner who cuts it.

LookAtAllThesePhucksIGive I can't believe the hairdresser that got a 30 pound tip didn't give you something. I would have done.

I thought that nowadays, especially in big chains, the price is the price and you are no longer expected to tip.

I tip taxis, takeaway deliveries, hairdressers, beauticians, restaurants...I own a business where we receive tips and it's such a boost for the staff, we share them out every few months so they get a nice little bonus and always give great service to get the tips. If you can afford the service you can afford to show appreciation of a good service

I pay upwards of £100 (cut and colour) in a big chain. I don't tip. They charge enough to be able to pay their staff properly.

I always leave a £10 tip each for the colurist and stylist.

I wouldn't if I had easy hair

There is so much of it and it is so all over the place that I go in the morning and don't leave until the afternoon.

Poor blokes have to slave over it for hours but they charge me the same as people that are in and out before I've even had a wash!

If you can afford the service you can afford to show appreciation of a good service

That's nonsense. If your prices are not high enough then put them up. Customers should not be emotional-blackmailed into paying over and above the price you charge for the service.

I tipped a fiver at my last cut and colour (65 quid) because of the length and quality of the consultation beforehand, and the top quality job she did.

I never tip anyone for doing their job. YANBU. The price of that haircut makes me shudder.

I used to take the girl that cut my hair a caramel latte as she didn't get a break. She was so grateful for that!
The lady that does my waxing gets the occasional box of unusual flavoured pop tarts. She is addicted to them and I work close to a shop that imports them from the US. She seems to appreciate that more than an awkward exchange of a couple of quid.

I pay 71 for a standard cut and blow dry, there's no way I'm tipping. At my hairdresser they hand you a tiny brown envelope with the bill. I hate that as it makes you feel like you can't hand back an empty envelope. Now I just say no thanks that's all.

I don't tip but then my hair costs a fricking fortune (up to £200 every couple of months). I did give my hairdresser a tip once at Christmas.

I would only tip if I felt that I received an exceptional service, over and above what was indicated in the price. The last lady that cut my hair did that, she took plenty of time to consult with me first, did a great job and gave me helpful advice when she was doing it. So I felt she deserved a little bit extra, plus she washed my hair herself.
If you just give a basic minimum service (and I've been to quite a few hairdressers that do that) then you can't really expect a tip IMO.

And just to add, I don't pay the prices some of you do either. My last cut and blow dry, a restyle, was about £32.

Tipping in the UK is ridiculous now we have minimum wage. There are plenty of people on minimum wage (cleaners, shop staff, carers) that almost no-one ever tips, so why single out hairdressers, waiting staff or beauticians for example?

It's all service and most of the things that people always say 'well a good waiter adds to the experience of eating out' is actually them trying to get you to spend more money when offering more drinks, sides, desserts and coffees for example.

Should I tip the hairdresser? I don't get it. Lots earning the minimum wage don't get a tip.