To leave a tip at the hairdresser's?

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I regularly have my hair cut and blow-dried at the same salon and always leave a tip (a few pounds). The same when I take my children to the barbers. My partner never leaves a tip after a cut and says it unnecessary. I think it is and even worry that I don't leave enough. What do other people do?

I never tip. Costs a fortune as it is

@RosesAndHellebores you're the one that brought up the make of your hairdresser's car.

sorry retail worker here that doesn’t tip- hairdressers earn the same as us, why do they need a tip?! I understand it in the us where things aren’t great pay wise but uk and Ireland?

That's only assuming your hairdresser is self-employed. If she is employed by the business, her core contract would be for minimum wage or x% commission on takings whichever is the greatest by the end of the pay period. So in busy months, they will be doing well. In July and November, they may not clear much more than a minimum wage.

I don't get why it's necessary to tip. It costs a fortune to get your hair cut as it is , they are doing their jobs just like everyone else. I used to tip , but these days money is tight so I don't

Lol, yes I am very regal, of course. No, not really. I am capable of withdrawing cash but just a bit disorganised at getting cash out. And there's are hardly any cash machines left where I live. I am not sure if you were aiming your snippy (excuse the pun) comment at me and don't mind if you were but I did say I give £10 every few times I go. My hairdresser and I have a very good relationship after long years of custom and this works really well.

@Bert2025 not aimed at you. Where do you live? Where I live every petrol station and every supermarket has a cash machine. Our local village has two and our local town has at least six. There must be 30 within a two mile radius of our home.

Live very rurally. Thanks for replying.

I live in a town but very rarely conveniently pass a cash point. I get groceries delivered, I'm mostly at home, walking in the countryside or at a school (drop offs, or playing a sport in school sports' halls). If I need cash (rarely) it's a purposeful visit. There are so few reasons to need cash these days, I don't even get money changed for holidays anymore.

@Slobberchops1 @tyish this is just how subconscious relationships work. I don't make the rules. Plus I live in an affluent area where everyone can afford to tip so it's more odd if you don't. Where I used to live, no one tipped as it was a poorer area

@scaredmuffins oh bore off trying to make it a class thing, it's tedious. Not tipping is not a "poor person" thing.

Next someone's going to try and link it to education "oh in my circles we alllll tip, but then, we did all go to university". Yawn.

No I don’t tip. I’ve been going to the same hairdresser for years. She always does a good job and is always friendly but I don’t tip anyone.

In the UK, no, I don't tip. I am not a medieval lord tossing vails to the peasants. We are all on the same level here and people can charge what they want up front - all up front and in the open. That's the decent way to behave in my view.

In the US I have to tip, because they don't have the same rights we do here. But it's not a GOOD thing. Let's not bring it here!

Just because you pay £120 or whatever for your hair, doesn't mean that's what the stylist is getting.

I have my hair done at a franchise/chain type hairdresser. I choose to have a junior stylist do my hair because she listens to what I want and I love how she does my hair - when I was booked in with the top stylist she just nodded and smiled then did what she thought best, which wasn't what I asked for.

My hair probably costs about £130 - it's an expensive salon but they often have offers on colour. Anyway, I usually tip my stylist £10-15 cash. She let slip one day that when people add a tip to their card payment, the company take 40% off the top for 'payment handling', I'd rather give the money to the stylist!

The plus for me is that when she recently changed jobs I was tipped off as to where she was going, so I've kept my lovely hairdresser. She told me that the previous company paid minimum wage, training days were unpaid, early starts and late finishes for cleaning were not optional but frequent and also unpaid, and she'd never had an actual employment contract - so had no rights. This also meant that she wasn't breaching her contract by letting me know where she was going. For her that £10-15 cash was really appreciated as she was in quite an exploitative situation.

But by that standard you’d be tipping everyone you buy from.

@tyishno one mentioned class… affluent means more money circling so obviously there’s going to be more tipping. Again it’s just the way the world works and I don’t make the rules 😂

I tip too.

@scaredmuffins I am a massage therapist everyone gets the same service if they tip or dont tip. I can't imagine giving better service or a bigger smile 🤔 to someone just because they can afford or choose to tip.