AIBU not to tip my hairdresser

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I am genuinely confused about this... I have no idea how to handle this - do most people tip? Not tip? Also if you do how much? Do you just hand it to the hairdresser (feels weird). I used to tip and have stopped...

I don’t tip. My hairdresser is a senior stylist at a very expensive place. I couldn’t afford the haircut if I had to 10% tip too!

I don't.

I do occasionally but rarely. It feels weird.

I tip the young girl that washes my hair.
I never tip the stylist.

I think a lot of people do because at the hairdresser I use they have a large plastic box with lots of small drawers ,one each for each stylist and they often have coins and notes in.(the plastic is clear so you can see what's inside)

I don’t tip many people tbh, I know that it may com across as being tight to some. I just don’t see tipping as the norm tbh.
I tip in a restaurant and that’s about it.

Oh, and I tip taxi drivers at Christmas, but that’s mostly to do with the festive spirit.

You only tip taxi drivers at Christmas? I always tip them! Always tip at restaurants too unless service is awful but I’ve never tipped a hairdresser

Never done it

I don't. I pay a fortune as it Is! I'll often give the Saturday girl a couple of quid though

I sometimes tip hairdressers.

Always tip at restaurants unless the service is poor. I never withhold a tip because the food isn’t up to scratch because that isn’t the waiting staffs fault.

I’ll tip a taxi driver if I don’t have to direct them to my destination (happens often) and they aren’t belligerent arseholes (doesn’t happen often).

No, never really tip taxi drivers. I might not hang around for change if it’s a small amount, but I never really tip them. I just don’t see it as an everyday thing to do.

It's £18 for a cut and blow dry so I always just give £20. Same lass every time as requested!!

I always tip, unless the service is terrible (and this goes for restaurants, taxis, hairdressers). At least 15%

Why tip a taxi driver

Phew, glad i’m not alone, I thought I might get flamed, I can’t afford to tip much or at all- often get a wet cut to save a bit

Oh there is still time to get flamed.

Someone will come along shortly to tell you that if you can’t afford to tip then you Simply. Shouldn’t. Splash. Out.

A really good hairdresser is a person to be cherished so yes I always tip them.

No I never tip the hairdresser. And if I did it certainly wouldn’t be 15%

I never tip but always feel guilty about it. Things are expensive enough without an added cost.

I only tip at restaurants when the service is good/cafes when I can't be bothered taking my change or when I am visiting a country where tipping is the norm.

As a stylist (especially when I was a trainee/junior) all tips were appreciated but never expected. I worked in a little independent salon to begin with and it was the elderly clients who were the most generous. The wealthier young professionals rarely tipped and our prices were very reasonable.

I know the rules about hairdressers and tipping.
(clears throat) "You should tip your stylist and any junior staff who shampoo, make you coffee etc. The only time you do not tip the stylist is if they own the salon"
That is correct because my lovely hairdresser who is not the salon owner told me.

I tip my hairdresser if I have it handy but she's cheap and a friend so I just sort of give her an extra fiver when we are chatting and say "it's grand" i.e no change, it's less than 10% now I think of it but she doesn't expect it so it just so she knows I appreciate her.

I feel awkward tipping anyone my own age or older, it feels patronising or something