Barbers Tipping Etiquette (NSFW)

[SimonMac]

My barbers have an app system, where you book and pay in advance, does away with the tip as there is no cash exchange.

In the past a £7.50 hair cut was normally paid with a £10 and a suggestion to keep the change to keep things simple, come to mention it same with taxi's, usually rounded up to the next full note (unless I am ubering and again no need to tip).

[DimPrawn]

Mine is a young lady, she comes to the house, cuts my hair and then gives me a relaxing full body massage.

£10 for the cut, then I tip her £50 for the extras.

Works for me.

[Paddy]

Mine is a young lady, she comes to the house, cuts my hair and then gives me a relaxing full body massage.

£10 for the cut, then I tip her £50 for the extras.

Works for me.

There is a place in Bournemouth that does that (a friend told me £40 extra)

[CompulsiveArsonist]

Generally agree with rounding up but it all depends on the service, if you didn't like the service don't feel compelled to tip.

Some barber shops rent out their chairs so the barber will get to keep most of the tip perhaps that's why he is so insistent on a tip?

I usually get hair cut and beard trim, a bit of threading etc from my local (Iraqi Kurd) barber shop, usually end up paying £20 after rounding up etc.

[MrMarkyMark]

Mine is a young lady, she comes to the house, cuts my hair and then gives me a relaxing full body massage.

£10 for the cut, then I tip her £50 for the extras.

Works for me.

Wash, cut and bl@wjob, then

[tomtomagain]

Why do we still tip at all?

In the past it was because you knew the waitress was being paid an absolute pittance.

In the age of the minimum wage ( soon to be £9 per hour ) people should be being paid a reasonable amount for the work they are doing.

If you tip the waitress and the barber, why not tip the supermarket checkout staff and the Amazon delivery guy? Why not tip the barmaid each time you buy a round? Did they also not provide you a service and they are not being paid more than the minimum.

( ps : Only added the barmaid so that FLC can make some crass comment. )

[SueEllen]

Why do we still tip at all?

We are practising for when we go to the US or other countries where people rely on living on tips.

In the past it was because you knew the waitress was being paid an absolute pittance.

In the age of the minimum wage ( soon to be £9 per hour ) people should be being paid a reasonable amount for the work they are doing.

Some of the people regardless of age are apprentice on feck all per hour - so you should tip them if possible.

If you tip the waitress and the barber, why not tip the supermarket checkout staff and the Amazon delivery guy? Why not tip the barmaid each time you buy a round? Did they also not provide you a service and they are not being paid more than the minimum.

( ps : Only added the barmaid so that FLC can make some crass comment. )

I would happily tip some checkout staff and delivery people who go out of their way to be helpful. When you have had staff who barely do the minimum, though at the checkout that tends to be store dependent, it makes a real difference for someone to actually be helpful.

[SuperZ]

I don't like tipping as I'm a scrooge. However, it depends on the price charged and quality of service. I get my hair cut for £8 and it's always a better cut than I get when I pay £17 elsewhere in the country, therefore I pay a whole quid tip......sometimes.

I don't really believe in tipping catering related staff however. Minimum wage and all that, and should be paid decent enough by the owners. Giving you a menu and plonking food on the table is not that much of a personal service.

I don't tip parking attendants either when they give me a ticket.