really? my experience with hair styling has been -- you get what you pay for. the more i've paid for a haircut, the better it's been. i've never gotten a good, cheap haircut ever in my life. so i'm happy to pay a lot and tip a lot to have halfway normal looking hair. BUT, if i somehow was able to get a good haircut at a cheap salon, i'd tip that stylist the same amount i tip for my $60 haircut, even if it ended up being a %50 tip. (oh, and by the way, my $60 haircut is the cheapest haircut at my salon because my stylist is relatively inexperienced - most of the stylists charge more, which is part of the reason i tip so well, because i think i'm actually getting a bargain because my great stylist happens to be one of the cheapest at the salon.)
but i think the reason tipping is based on a percentage isn't necessarily (or not just) because the stylist who gives an expensive cut deserves more than the stylist who gives a cheap cut, but more because the stylist who gives an expensive cut is only getting a certain fixed percentage of the money you pay for the cut, which as a percentage of the money she's bringing into the salon is probably no more than the percentage that the stylist giving the cheap cut gets to keep. so it's like, if you are willing to pay more for a cut for whatever reason, the stylist should share in the increased amount you are willing to pay (especially since she's doing the actual work!) and not have the increase all go to the salon. you know what i mean?
I absolutely agree with you. I think this tipping business can get way out of hand. I think that salon services are WAY overpriced as it is. Thankfully, my stylist is always the person who washes my hair so I don't have to deal with any other people. On top of that, to do so many separate tips requires cash and I often do not have any or much cash on me. I try to have a dollar or two *just in case* but that's it.
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I tip around 20% now--sometimes more.
~Kiervin~
Co-author of: MONSTER'S INK HORROR ANTHOLOGY By Cyber-Pulp Press
That's great to have that kind of relationship w/ a salon owner!
Maybe it's different in ethnic salons.
really? my experience with hair styling has been -- you get what you pay for. the more i've paid for a haircut, the better it's been. i've never gotten a good, cheap haircut ever in my life. so i'm happy to pay a lot and tip a lot to have halfway normal looking hair. BUT, if i somehow was able to get a good haircut at a cheap salon, i'd tip that stylist the same amount i tip for my $60 haircut, even if it ended up being a %50 tip. (oh, and by the way, my $60 haircut is the cheapest haircut at my salon because my stylist is relatively inexperienced - most of the stylists charge more, which is part of the reason i tip so well, because i think i'm actually getting a bargain because my great stylist happens to be one of the cheapest at the salon.)
but i think the reason tipping is based on a percentage isn't necessarily (or not just) because the stylist who gives an expensive cut deserves more than the stylist who gives a cheap cut, but more because the stylist who gives an expensive cut is only getting a certain fixed percentage of the money you pay for the cut, which as a percentage of the money she's bringing into the salon is probably no more than the percentage that the stylist giving the cheap cut gets to keep. so it's like, if you are willing to pay more for a cut for whatever reason, the stylist should share in the increased amount you are willing to pay (especially since she's doing the actual work!) and not have the increase all go to the salon. you know what i mean?
I've had excellent cuts at some cheaper salons.
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