How long is acceptable to wait in the salon for your appointment?

[ThatCyanSheep]

Just that really. Currently at the salon and my stylist is running at least half an hour behind, I’ve been waiting for 25 minutes as it stands. She knows I’m here and told me to take a seat, but I’m just wondering how long you’d wait before saying something?!

Right, and the stylist can definitely magically configure her day to twat around delaying things for non-tippers whilst also staying on time for all the tippers, yeah?

It’s incredibly unprofessional

lots of salons now book and charge by the hour so there shouldn’t be any excuses for running over

Any more than 10/15 mins and I’d be expecting at least a bit of an update

Maybe just a certain standard of hotel?

People listing how their hairdressers go above and beyond yet they don’t tip.. 🤯

10-15 minutes max. Anymore than that and you’re taking the piss.
It very disrespectful.

I also never did end of term gifts for teachers. What the hell is all that about ? I don't get an end of term gift in my job (office based). So why should a teacher ? We all get paid salaries. Why would a teacher want a shitty mug - or other tatt - to say thanks for educating little Larry.

You seem to live on a different planet and in a different decade.

You’re generally not asked to tip - it’s something that is the norm when you go to the hairdressers in the uk - you don’t have to though.

I don't think anybody actually asks for a tip! I used to tip but don't any more. I think the practice is gradually dying out, thank goodness. People should be paid a fair wage for what they do.

I live in Australia and we don't tip. A few days ago I tried giving a $10 tip to an IKEA assembler and they refused it saying "cant accept it". We all live in different countries with abysmal disparate work laws between them.

To answer the OP, it'd depend on my diary. I understand hairdressers can be short-staffed and appointments be hugely delayed, but also depends on how much time I have for the appointment. If I don't have much time, after 15 mins I'll ask what's going on and flag I'll walk unless I'm done by xxx time.

I'd be furious. Hair appointments are so long as it is of you're getting colour. I find it really difficult to find the time to slot it in to my busy life that adding an extra half hour on top would make me so angry.

It's normal to tip your hairdresser in N/E England. You say "round it up to xxx" when they tell you the price. Mine takes only card or cash transfer.
I'm not saying we still should be though - just that it's definitely the norm.
"Never been asked to" made me chuckle.
It's a very long time since I had to wait more than 5 minutes.

Sorry haven't RTFT but I assume people tipping £20-£30 are doing so on an expensive service? I never pay more than £70 for my hair - that's at the 'restyle' end - so I never tip more than £7, always £5-£7. I also always pay in cash.

Half an hour would annoy me. There's no way I can turn up half an hour late for a hair appointment and still be seen. Of course appointments can over run by a few minutes but if staff are running late by as much as half an hour who over is responsible for the appointment book is overbooking.

My hairdresser has overlapping clients which I thought was the norm eg she would start working on someone else while someone's colour is setting.

So people who can afford to tip should get better service (and basic courtesy) than people who can’t afford to tip??!
yeah, bollocks to that.
mumsnet privilege at its finest

Hey @Cirkitts this is really reassuring. My 'tipping etiquette' comes from my parents and I know things can change generationally, regionally etc etc.

Can I ask where about you are?

Is there a point where the tipping value is insulting to you and it's better 'not' to tip? Like, I'd be embarrassed to give a £1. But I'd prefer to give £5 rather than £10 but is £5 insulting as under 10%?

(My hair dresser is £75 for a cut and blow dry - I'm SE, it's quite expensive for the area but I like them, I try and only go 3 times a year, 4 max)

I always tip, but I wouldn’t wait more than 15 minutes, unless there was a very good reason.

Nor have I. A card from my child was enough. 🤷‍♀️

I seem to find that 15-30 minutes delay is pretty standard, but I’m not sure if that’s because I’m not a regular anywhere, I just book in at whatever nearby hairdressers has an online booking system and availability when I’m free. I also don’t tip, if I’ve spent £60 to get a simple wash, cut and blow dry I figure that I’ve paid enough. If they’re not making enough then it’s up to them to set a rate that covers their costs. This isn’t the US where wages are at slave labour rates so the justification for tipping doesn’t exist here.

Tipping is a horrible working culture of clients paying extra for a service the employer underpay to their the staff.

If companies pay good wages, there's no need for tipping.

This whole tipping thing is a nightmare.

Who do we tip and how much?

It appears, when eating out a 10% tip is regularly expected (the meal cost £100 so you tip £10).

But why and how much to tip the hairdresser or takeaway driver?

I go to my hairdresser about three times a year and it costs £175 each time, am I expected to tip over £17, if they received a £5 or £10 tip, is that an insult?

The takeaway driver only drives a maximum of three miles, how much do I pay them and it is so they don’t spit in my meal next time?

I absolutely hate all this tipping business and I’m so inconsistent with it.

I have really thin hair, and I hardly ever get it cut. It still costs me the same as normal people but it takes them 1/4 of the time! I don’t tip.

I don't tip my hairdresser. Sometimes I feel like I should, but then I remember I literally show up with clean hair and she trims it within 15 minutes, no fuss. So I'd say making £30+ for that length of time is pretty decent doing for her.

Plus, we're not in America. I'd tip in a restaurant, if the service was good because that's been a thing since I was a kid. However, I'm not gona start tipping for all my services!