Why do we tip Hairdressers?

I feel that tipping is out of control. The only ones who should get tipped are waiters/waitresses only! A 15% tip is sufficient at that.


As for hairdressers they should not receive any more than a $5 or $10 tip no matter what service they provide. They already take in 50 -60% of what they bill you, as well as a percentage of the products they sell you. They get a commission from that also.


YOU ARE PAYING FOR THE SERVICE TWICE!!!


ONCE ON THE BILL THEY GIVE YOU.


NEXT ON THE TIP YOU LEAVE THEM.


GETTING A HAIRCUT OR COLORING HAS BECOME A MAJOR EXPENSE WITH ALL THIS TIPPING. If you pay for something once that person should do a good job so that you become a repeat customer. You should not have to tip in order to ensure good service.


The hairdresser is making a very, very good salary on your service. (Look at your bills.) Why are you paying them again with a tip to perform a job they have been very well compensated for? It doesn't make sense? We tip people that make a good salary just because they give us a service. Masseuses also make a decent salary and yet they expect 15-20% tips. We are the fools that spoil these people into thinking we owe them a tip when in fact THEY SHOULD DO A GOOD JOB FOR THE PRICE THEY CHARGE US. THESE SERCIVES ARE NOT FREE. They are lucky to have clients and a job in a economy such as our country has now.


DO YOU TIP YOUR GROCERY CASHIER? No you don't. They work very hard also?


Do you tip a mailman/garbage collector/gas attendant. No! They also give us a service and don't make a lot of money. Where does this ridiculous tipping stop! It was started to compensate the waiters ( who don't make a decent hourly wage) not every other service around.Why do we tip Hairdressers?
I tip when service is good. Generally 5.00


I agree tipping has gotten out of hand but if you don't want to tip, don't. Just expect that you wont always get the best service unfortunately.Why do we tip Hairdressers?
I tip whoever I feel like tipping and I do not seek the permission or approval of anybody before doing so.





I have a shaved head,but I would tip a hairdresser if I was seeking to avoid a shaved head.
This is such a stupid question. If you don't want to tip your hairdresser, don't.


But comparing hairdressing to a grocery cashier, that's an insult. Hairdressers go to school to learn what they do. Or they have some kind of skill to cut peoples hair. A dead beat can be a grocery cashier. You don't need ANY skill for that because they train you on what you're suppose to do.





You don't even need to make such a big deal and write half a page on not tipping a hairdresser. If you had a bad experience with one, get over it. But we as Americans have the choice to tip who ever we want. So I CAN tip a grocery cashier or the mailman if I please.





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I agree with most of what you have said except for this:





15% at a restaurant is sufficient. It is NOT. Reason being, servers don't make a livable salary or wage as these other professions do. They make $2.13 an hour most places and live off tips. Also their so-called-hourly wage is not even that, its taxed based on the claimed tips of the employee. Usually leaving a VOIDED check or less than $20 for 2 weeks of full time work. Not to mention if your lucky enough to have insurance through your employer your checks will surely be $0 and you will probably end up owing taxes at the end of the year.





Also servers tip out to bussers/hosts/bartenders 3% or more of their sales so if you left 15% to your waiter they only get to keep 12% This is not enough to survive on. Most servers are college students or parents trying to support a family. I, myself, am a bartender, I went the college route had a ';real job'; and couldn't make enough money there so I support my self on tips now.





Not to mention the tipped employee wage of $2.13 has not been raised nation wide for 18 years. As we ALL know all to well the cost of living in the past 2 decades has drastically gone up, our wage hasn't so its necessary to tip 18-20% for good service, and more for great service.
I have to agree.





The concept of tipping is idiotic.





I believe even waiters shouldnt get tips. The restaurants should pay them. Honestly, I would rather the service cost more then having to tip extra because I dont want to get a service based on how much I tip even though I already pay a fixed amount of money for the service itself.
I agree with you, things are getting out of hand.





If a stylist rents his or her own booth, I feel they shouldn't accept tips. They are probably setting their own fees and can work as much or as little as they want. They're essentially running their own business. If they are being paid by the hour (like in the case of working for a chain company), then yes, they should receive a tip--if the job performed was tip-worthy. Why? They're probably making a meager, unlivable wage working for a corporation.





I'm seeing tip jars go up in virtually all venues of service. I'm seeing them at the local Dairy Queen, Subway Sandwiches, Bruegger's Bagels and the like. I'm feeling like I'm being shamed when I don't deposit any money into them, and this is where I draw the line. While I feel that all GOOD service should be validated by financial compensation, I feel that it is the responsibility of the employer to pay their employees a living wage, which they most often refuse to do. If the employee feels ripped off, they need to reconsider who to work for. I feel bad for them, but not enough to go broke over it.