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[Korey]

At the place where I get my haircut, after swiping my credit card, the barber hands me their phone and the Square app asks if I'd like to tip 15, 20, or 25%.

Like this:

I have a no-tip policy for hair cutters because I don't want to enable tips becoming an obligatory thing for the hair industry, like restaurants.

So naturally, I press "NO TIP", hand the phone back to this person while avoiding eye contact, exchange a quick "thanks" and casually speed towards the door asap. It never stops being awkward.

Anyone else experience this awkward interaction every few weeks too?

PS. Food trucks do this too, but I feel way less awkward about it since...why the fuck would I tip a food truck?

That's the point OP. You're being bullied into giving up your money with shame. You did nothing wrong. Remember you are giving the person money to begin with for a service -- their not the proxy to someone else whose actually doing the work whose getting paid. If they wanted more then they should have charged you more... what the fuck kind of bullshit is that anyway -- this isn't rational human behavior; nothing about it makes any sense. Good on you for not being a sucker.

If my barber wasn't cash only, I'd do this too

Spoiler

...no I won't, it's to fucking embarrassing

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[blame space]

you should be ashamed of yourself

 

[Numb]

How can you not tip if you are a regular?

 

[Killer Queen]

you should be ashamed of yourself

.

 

[sangreal]

I've never seen anything resembling a computer inside my barbershop

Of course, I also tip them

 

[Reverend Funk]

tip your fuckin barber bro I bet your hair looks stupid

 

[SpiceMelange]

I reason to myself that if I didn't tip 15%, prices would hike to accomodate salaries such that the 15% would have been in the base price anyway.

 

[Nabs]

So you're asking for them to fuck your shit up. Cool.

 

[TheAbsolution]

you should be ashamed of yourself

For real.
That's not cool.

 

[sazzy]

If you're in the US, tip is expected for barbers.

 

[Surface of Me]

Get ready for some jizz in your hair next time.

 

[Numb]

Gaf has let me down for the last time

 

[Ravager61]

Oh great, another tipping thread.

Zero sympathy here. You should tip your barber. The shame you feel is deserved.

 

[Meaty]

Honestly, just charge me whatever price your service is worth. Dont ask me for more money. Im paying what is in the menu, nothing else.

 

[blame space]

it's a troll thread

 

[Laieon]

So glad I live in Korea where tipping isn't a thing.



Back in the US, I was never asked to tip my hair cut lady. Never even realized that was a thing.

 

[Malo]

I've never seen anything resembling a computer inside my barbershop

Of course, I also tip them

Yeah, same here.

Also tip your barber.

 

[newdayrocks]

You're a bad person, OP.

 

[Eidan]

Death is too good for you, OP.

 

[dc3k]

The weirdest thing to me is that they swipe your card instead of letting you put it in the chip reader or tap it like in a normal country.

 

[brau]

Always tip generously. Its not only good karma, but it always brighten someones day when they deserve it. At least the way i see it.

 

[AlexBasch]

Why the fuck aren't you tipping.

 

[mr2xxx]

Keep waging that war at those who struggle to make it.

 

[jack_package_200]

OP if you were hoping for support or converting people to your side on GAF, you are sorely mistaken.

 

[caliph95]

Thank god i'm neither american nor living in america so i don't have to deal with the tipping shit.

 

[Anfony O]

Tipping is a thing I find really hard getting used to having recently moved to the states.

 

[TheAbsolution]

Honestly, just charge me whatever price your service is worth. Dont ask me for more money. Im paying what is in the menu, nothing else.

That's often not up to the server or barber. You're still screwing them, no matter what you think.

 

[Ivan 3414]

The type of barbershop that uses an app to pay barbers sounds like the type of barbershop that would open up across the street from Ice Cube's barbershop in Barbershop 2.

 

[Sub_Level]

Tips are already commonplace.

Tip them!

 

[FallingEdge]

lmao @ not wanting to "enable tips".

OP is lame as fuck.

 

[catmincer]

I don't get it. Like you pay a set amount for a cut so why pay more as a tip?

 

[StopMakingSense]

It's 'becoming' an obligatory thing. It's always been an obligatory thing.

Maybe ask hair stylists how their pay arrangement with the shop works sometimes.

 

[Pickman]

This has to be a troll thread. You should feel bad about being the way you are either way, OP.

I really hope he fucks your hair up bad some day soon if you're for real. Like r/fuckmyshitup level bad.

 

[superdeluxe]

Tips are pretty standard in hair salons. You can justify how you want, still sort of a dick move. You don't make eye contact because you know you should tip

 

[TheCowboyPoet]

You don't want to enable tips becoming obligatory? Um, I have bad news...

 

[thekonamicode]

Not tipping a barber is a garbage habit.

 

[Trey]

You get your haircut and don't pay with cash? My barber has a square app that that lets me swipe my card, but not handing my guy a crisp 20 after he lines me up just feels wrong.

 

[Zombine]

I give my hair stylist $20 every time I see her.

 

[Aaronology]

Jesus Christ, OP. I bet you kick puppies and push old grannies out of the way when you walk down sidewalks, too.

 

[Allforce]

Dude they make like 2 bucks an hour after paying the chair rental. Hair stylists live on tips.

 

[Gaz_RB]

Tip your barber dude...

 

[Slayven]

Pissing off the man that is keeping your fresh to death seems like a bad idea

 

[JP_]

I don't get it. Like you pay a set amount for a cut so why pay more as a tip?

American culture is weird but you're still an ass if you don't tip.

 

[GSG Flash]

At the place where I get my haircut, after swiping my credit card, the barber hands me their phone and the Square app asks if I'd like to tip 15, 20, or 25%.

Like this:
[MG]http://i.imgur.com/OWAPk7E.png[/IMG]


I have a no-tip policy for hair cutters because I don't want to enable tips becoming an obligatory thing for the hair industry, like restaurants.

So naturally, I press "NO TIP", hand the phone back to this person while avoiding eye contact, exchange a quick "thanks" and casually speed towards the door asap. It never stops being awkward.

Anyone else experience this awkward interaction every few weeks too?

PS. Food trucks do this too, but I feel way less awkward about it since...why the fuck would I tip a food truck?

Too late for that.

I tipped my barber 100% for Christmas/New Years, you should feel ashamed OP.

 

[Earthbound64]

Doing "custom tip" so you can add in 15% on things with options of 10%, 20%, and 30% is almost as awkward.
10% makes people feel cheap, so they do 20% when they would've preferred to do 15% but don't want to take the time / would prefer to avoid the extra waiting.

 

[theWB27]

At the place where I get my haircut, after swiping my credit card, the barber hands me their phone and the Square app asks if I'd like to tip 15, 20, or 25%.

Like this:

I have a no-tip policy for hair cutters because I don't want to enable tips becoming an obligatory thing for the hair industry, like restaurants.

So naturally, I press "NO TIP", hand the phone back to this person while avoiding eye contact, exchange a quick "thanks" and casually speed towards the door asap. It never stops being awkward.

Anyone else experience this awkward interaction every few weeks too?

PS. Food trucks do this too, but I feel way less awkward about it since...why the fuck would I tip a food truck?

That's an amazing sentence.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

I Always hand my barber a $20 bill for a $13 haircut.

Every now and again he tells me it's no charge.

Works out pretty well, and he always takes super good care of me. Why wouldn't you tip someone who takes care of something as important as your hair?

 

[Weetrick]

I understand not tipping fast food cashiers because they don't prepare or serve food... But a barber that cuts my hair for a while and chats with me every month? You're a cheap ass OP. Do you see the same barber every time? Do they half-ass your haircut?

 

[old manatee]

I've tipped after every haircut I've ever had. That poor person has to touch you.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Sorry to inform you, but tipping barbers is about as 'mandatory' as tipping waiters or delivery people.