Tipping at the hairdressers????

boomkatalog · 31-03-2011 02:08PM

I don't usually tip my hairdresser, but over Christmas I went from red to blonde, it took weeks of her testing little samples of my hair for free, and when she did colour it she took great care to make sure it came out as well as it good, using extra toners etc. She really went the extra mile so I tipped her then, and brought her a tin of roses for the salon.

If I was getting just my fringe done too, she doesn't charge for that so I'd tip her then too. Otherwise, it's just so expensive that I couldn't really afford to.

carolinespring · 31-03-2011 02:54PM

I normally leave a 5 euro tip if I am happy be it for a 20 euro blow dry of 100 euro colour. Same tip for eyebrow wax, facial etc. If I am not happy then I dont tip at all. Just pay with my card and leave. I just feel its a nice way to say thanks, I am delighted with what you have done.

Again when eating out I normally tip if the food and service was good, but if really slow or food not great I dont. I would round the bill up so say if lunch was was 25 I would leave 30 or if dinner was 81 leave 90.

I never feel I have to but did go to a hairdressers once ot twice where she made it clear she was waiting for a tip. Didnt go back again. Do not want to be made to feel I have to but do it as I want to say thank you.

Up-n-atom! · 31-03-2011 03:23PM

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who's a bit wary of tipping! I'm really good at tipping in restaurants but I never know what to do in hairdressers. The last time I went it was with one of those boards/city deals vouchers, but I had €10 handy to tip the girl doing my hair (who was really lovely). I didn't know how to go about itafter, though; I felt really awkward so I didn't give it to her in the end, and I felt like a right stingy b*tch for the rest of the day:o It's really silly, I just feel like I don't know what the right etiquette is, especially with the person who's washed your hair - should you tip them just after they do it or wait until you're leaving and go and find them? I'd like to tip people, particularly if I think they deserve it but I just need to know how to go about it!

byhookorbycrook · 31-03-2011 03:24PM

I leave a €5 at the counter when I pay, not sure about tipping say whoever washes/cuts/brings me coffee. I only tip if I am happy with the service.

Sarah Bear · 31-03-2011 03:36PM

don't-tip-her wrote: »

That's what i can't get my head around...if your job doesn't pay you enough to survive on well then get a new job tbh! I'm sure the staff in mcdonalds or cleaning toilets in busaras are on far lower wages and they don't get tipped. People shouldn't have to subsidise others for their career choices.

while a hairdresser is training the wages are low, 1st year wages are €240 per week but when the training is finished you get a decent salary.
If you dont want to leave a tip.. then dont! I dont EXPECT anyone to ''subsidise my career choice'' But if someone does leave me a tip i do appreciate it! I think tips should be only given if the service is good.. not just because you feel you have to tip!

Faith · 31-03-2011 03:43PM

I never did, but I have the last couple of times because I really love what they've done with my hair. They spend so much time with you and they really do what's going to look best. I wouldn't tip ordinarily, but in my current salon the level of attention is fantastic so I feel they deserve it.

Fluorescence · 31-03-2011 03:45PM

This is the first I've heard that you're supposed to tip hairdressers. But, considering nearly every single one I've been too has ignored my instructions and has chatted almost incessently about her life (I don't care, I'm there to get a hair cut and that's it) I wouldn't tip them anyway. If I ever meet one who does what I ask, and doesn't badger me about where I'm going on holiday this year or what so-and-so has been up to according to xyz magazine, then I'll pay 'em double.

Generally, hairdressers are overprices. Home-cut hair ftw!

talkin · 31-03-2011 03:49PM

i have to say i dont tip anymore. i used to all the time though 5/10 max. maybe at xmas time i mite still. i really didnt think anybody tipped anymore ....

Morgase · 31-03-2011 06:03PM

I never even considered that there was an expectation of tipping the hair-washer as well as the person cutting! I used to give an extra fiver or tenner to whoever was taking the money off me at the till and leave it at that.

Not that I tip any more though; I've got more sense now!

Birdie086 · 31-03-2011 06:17PM

I go to a real cheap and cheerful place, and I generally don't tip, I simply can't afford it, however when i bring my son for a haircut whichever poor soul is unlucky enough to be working that day gets a fiver - he screams the place down!!!!

Vinta81 · 31-03-2011 06:30PM

I usually give €5 or €10.

Snoopy1 · 31-03-2011 07:14PM

I always pay by card, and add the tip on to the price. Does this mean no-one is actually getting my tip?

Thinking about it, i never tip if im at beauticians (although thats very rare), so why should i tip hairdressers?

hally6 · 31-03-2011 07:29PM

Im a man n i dont know much bout womens hair but i pay 23 yo yo's for my haircut...
must say it is well worth coz my barber puts alot of effort into my hair...
always lookin fly..lol

:D:D:D

mood · 31-03-2011 09:29PM

I don't tip. The place I go to charge quite a lot so I'm not paying a tip on top of that. As far as I am concerned the service charge is included. I don't get tipped when I do my job no matter how well it's done (and technically it's a service as well).

sam34 · 31-03-2011 09:47PM

the do-I-dont-I uncertainty around this is one of the reasons I HATE going to the hairdressers. I feel awkward and patronising when I tip and stingy when I don't.

whatlliwear · 31-03-2011 09:48PM

I don't tip in the hairdresser because I can barely afford the price as it is.
It took me years to find a great hairdresser & I am so broke as I need a cut every 6 weeks..
So a tip is out of the question. I wish I could afford it but times are so tough.
Just as a matter of interest do ye all tip for lunches out? I always tip at proper evening meals in restaurants but would ye all tip say for example for lunch in a bar? Bar food like? One of my mates does & I always feel like a tight wad as I just never thought to do it before. Usually I can barely afford the food as it is & tend to go for the special/ cheapo option anyway..

Callan57 · 31-03-2011 09:54PM

I wouldn't dream of tipping at the hairdressers ... God Almighty it's way too expensive as it is.
Apart from which it's patronising & insulting and anyway we have a minimum wage unlike US. Tipping IMO is a throwback to the days of Upstairs Downstairs.

Why should I be required to add extra to what are already extortionist prices?

Aishae · 31-03-2011 09:55PM

whatlliwear wrote: »

I don't tip in the hairdresser because I can barely afford the price as it is.
It took me years to find a great hairdresser & I am so broke as I need a cut every 6 weeks..
So a tip is out of the question. I wish I could afford it but times are so tough.
Just as a matter of interest do ye all tip for lunches out? I always tip at proper evening meals in restaurants but would ye all tip say for example for lunch in a bar? Bar food like? One of my mates does & I always feel like a tight wad as I just never thought to do it before. Usually I can barely afford the food as it is & tend to go for the special/ cheapo option anyway..

i dont tip in a sandiwch bar type place, or even for a pub lunch although its been a while!

a thought about tipping at the till, how can you be sure the person who even did your hair will get it? maybe like at most pubs theres a tips jar thats shared out at the end of the day (so even someone bad at their job will get tipped) or maybe it just goes into the till as they dont realise its a tip. or maybe the girl at the till keeps it thinking you were tipping her (well, its a possibility) - so in the past when i DID tip i left it on the table in front of the mirror (the hairdresser was still behind me)

Eve_Dublin · 31-03-2011 10:00PM

I always tip. A haircut (even in fairly snazzy places) cost E30 max here in Madrid and the staff only earn about 2 'n' 6 pence an hour (E600 a month or thereabouts), so I think it's only right.

I used to tip in Ireland too but I never got my hair cut as often as I probably should've. Dunno why, I just do. I always tip when you're supposed to tip.

siobhan.murphy · 31-03-2011 10:00PM

I went and got my hair cut blow dried last week,the salon was freezing the water she washed my hair in was cold,I wasnt offered a coffee,so no matter how the hair turned out you just know youre gonna hate it (I do) and no tip,normallly I would leave a fiver

caseyann · 31-03-2011 10:06PM

As i am never ever happy with how they do my hair,as they never ever do it how i ask them to :mad: I never tip.I only tip a fiver when i am semi happy.:mad:
I once had got my hair cut by a girl,and she was drunk :mad:
So when i left there i had to go to another hair dressers to fix it and i tipped her 20 euro first and only time.

Stheno · 31-03-2011 10:27PM

I never ever tip hairdressers, usually they are late to see me (especially when it's a lunch time appointment), witter on incessantly about ****e (last time I went in with a book as I'd an exam that after noon and they still wittered on about rubbish until I gave them a look that shut them up) and usually they do the bare minimum I've asked for. I've had two good hairdressers in my life and I get my hair cut religiously once a month. Plus they cost the earth anyway, and try to upsell endless products.

Compared to going for a meal, if I get my food in good time, it's hot, well cooked, the staff leave me to enjoy it and are not in my face, I tip 10-20% depending on the meal. If the food is bad, the service is bad, or worse a combination of both, I not only don't tip, I ask for a manager when I am leaving and then make a complaint. Did it one time in one of our "locals" where the OH had a very fatty steak, and when the waiter asked was it ok and he said "it was very fatty" the waiter said "No one else complained". I paid up, and on the way out asked for the manager, gave him the feedback, and was refunded the OH's steak.

Poor/slow service does my nut in, and guarantees not getting a tip, and most hairdressers are slow to attend to your "timed to their schedule appointment"

One of my favourite places to eat is so good on service, that the last time we were there, we were waiting 45 minutes for our main course while we were watching the rugby, the staff came up and apologised for the delay before we said anything, and when we went for the bill, had comped dessert and coffee due to the kitchen losing the order. That sort of service I will always tip highly for, but slow and sloppy with no recognition of it, you can forget it.

31-03-2011 10:29PM

It's mad to hear all the bad experiences with hairdressers. I couldn't recommend mine highly enough to everyone, to be honest

Fluorescence · 31-03-2011 10:31PM

bluewolf wrote: »

It's mad to hear all the bad experiences with hairdressers. I couldn't recommend mine highly enough to everyone, to be honest

Really? I've never had a good experience with hairdressers.

31-03-2011 10:32PM

fluorescence wrote: »

Really? I've never had a good experience with hairdressers.

If you want a good one in south dub PM me

Aishae · 31-03-2011 10:32PM

bluewolf wrote: »

It's mad to hear all the bad experiences with hairdressers. I couldn't recommend mine highly enough to everyone, to be honest

a good hairdresser that does exactly what you ask for and take cues as to whether or not to 'witter on' etc. is like gold dust though. when you find one you stick to her

Chuchoter · 31-03-2011 10:34PM

I never tip anyone, I think its very American and frankly just a bit flathulach and silly. I already paid you, why am I paying you again for doing it right? I need my hair cut too often to be able to tip anyway.

caseyann · 31-03-2011 10:37PM

fluorescence wrote: »

Really? I've never had a good experience with hairdressers.

Me either.

Do you have nice long hair?

Aishae · 31-03-2011 10:38PM

although i did find a good hairdresser once that cut my hair in the way i wanted and she was nice. so i went back several times. but i noticed id get a less nicer 'do each time, i wondered if this was because i didnt tip (she was a senior stylist not a trainee) so i didnt go back when it got to the stage where all i got was a trim

Fluorescence · 31-03-2011 10:42PM

caseyann wrote: »

Me either.

Do you have nice long hair?

No, medium length, just past the shoulder. My hair's very thin though, and every hairdresser I've been to doesn't understand how to add volume to hair. They seem to deal entirely with thick-haired people and only know how to thin out someone's hair. When they try to do the same with my already tragically thin hair I want to stab them in the eyes with their scissors :mad:. They never listen to what I'm asking them to do either! Grrrrr

Tipping at the hairdressers????

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