Tipping the hairdresser!!!

[blacjac]

Well, if your mum cut's your hair, you don't have to tip. So don't worry.

Phew!



Seriously though, I never have understood the compulsion to tip. If someone goes above and beyond what they get paid to do, then I will give them a generous tip. But tipping for the sake if it just seems daft to me. My parents are incredibly strange with it. They will spend an entire meal moaning about how bad the service is, then leave the waiter a 20 quid tip!

[Moscow Mule]

Mrs BP cuts my hair. Should I tip her?

Yes, just remember to take it out once in a while.

[Board Game Geek]

£120 for a cut, and I add an extra £10 for the service, coffee, biccies, etc.

[PRC1964]

I pay a tenner for my haircut the tip depends on what they charge, I still pay the same.

The barber nearest me charges £9.50

The old Italian bloke with the peg leg who nips out to place a bet on the horses half way through charges £7.00.

I go to the Italian more often.

[SantaClaus]

£45 for a cut in Harrods Urban Retreat, and a £5 tip.

A regular hairdresser who can your hair well without any instructions or stress is worth a tip in my book.

Of course, there are some places that dont warrant a tip, like the barbershop where you bring your own bowl to cut a fringe around.

[pzz76077]

When I go down to my salon to get me barnet done, I also get a B,S+C waxing as well.
After that, the poor girl will need a stiff drink, so I always give here a good tip to cover her costs- generally about 30 Euros.

PZZ

[Gonzo]

I've always found this question a little tricky and as a result have never tipped the hairdressor.

My father is a Barber. He owns his own Barbershop, does all the haircuts himself and sets his own prices. For forty years he has had no competition in his town. OK, he doesn't charge much but I have always thought it bizarre that his customers would tip him, but some do.

I suppose one day I should ask him what he thinks about it I would never tip an obviously self-employed barbershop owner - if they don't think they are getting enough money then they should charge more.

In London I would use one of the big chain salons so I am already paying for the (so called) premium services of a professional and wouldn't expect to have to tip on top.

[NickFitz]

There seems to be some confusion over terminology in this thread.

Women visit the hairdresser.

Men go to the barber's.

Southern ponces go to the barber's but say they've visited the "gentleman's hairdresser". They are effete and factually incorrect.

It's not rocket science, people

[OwlHoot]

Speaking of terminology, what in the world is a "B,S+C waxing" ?!

[TimberWolf]

I don't so much tip as as wonder htf the barber has the temerity to charge £7 for a 5 minute job with a pair of scissors. Although saying that I cut my own hair now. I got fed up with the waiting, dull monologues about cricket and the weather and passing him a fiver and not getting change.