Pressing "NO TIP" when paying your barber is one of the most awkward interactions
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Are they saving your kid every 2 weeks?
I'll do ya one better. If a firefighter saved your kid and your home, and you didn't send them a basket or something to show your appreciation, I'd wager you'd be a piece of shit also.
Napalm_Frank
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Hold on a minute.
I knew americans had the whole tipping thing but in barber shops? How deep does this madness go?
I knew americans had the whole tipping thing but in barber shops? How deep does this madness go?
The Dear Leader
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Just tip them guy, If the example your giving with that pic is anything to go by you are out worst case scenario $4.08, that's worth not having to deal with the awkwardness in my opinion, plus the next time you go in the barber might remember you being cheap and give the Lloyd Christmas cut out of spite.
About as much chance as tipping becoming the norm here as tipping not being the norm in the US
blame space
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these fucking barbers are getting rich off the idea that people need to tip them!!
Username1198
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I promise you your barber hates you op and him and his homies talk shit when you leave lmao
You may be able to find a common theme among jobs where tips are regular.
A lot of barber shop arrangements do not have the barbers seeing much of the price paid, and they are independent contractors or lessee of the chair working for tips.
No, you are going to regret it when a freak twilight zone incident happens and your only career option is a barber and youre getting minimum wage because your clients are too ideological to tip you. Their salaries already revolve around tips. Its not like youre standing up for something like vegans refusing to support the meat industry, youre literally just hurting the barber for no reason. Even if they one day eliminated tipping and paid the barbers better because the dozens of you made an impact, the haircuts would just get more expensive to cover the difference and end up at the total you should have been paying anyways. Youre not changing a system, you are just underpaying someone who gave you a service.
Out of curiosity, do you also not tip waiters and pizza delivery guys ? Because those are optional too, you know. I mean i just dont get howbyou acknowledge that the norm is to tip and that salaries revolve around them , and that you dont support that, and then rationalize not tipping in the same breath. Theres a reason you feel awkward my friend.
That seems highly possible because I personally have had no friggin' idea that tipping your hairstylist was a thing until reading this thread and as such have never done it entirely out of ignorance. I don't get my hair cut very often though.
These efficient hair cut strategies.
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exactly. They even have better clothes than I do.
Orbis Tabula
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Shiiiit, my haircut is ten bucks. I don't mind throwing in an extra two or three bucks once a month. That's still a bargain.
What gets me is that the place where I get my hair cut asks for a tip at two separate points, so I still get the guilt of leaving the tip line blank, and I worry the tip I left at the first stage isn't what I think it is, so they hate me for no-tipping them. But then I just go home and take a shower.
What gets me is that the place where I get my hair cut asks for a tip at two separate points, so I still get the guilt of leaving the tip line blank, and I worry the tip I left at the first stage isn't what I think it is, so they hate me for no-tipping them. But then I just go home and take a shower.
Aaronrules380
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Honestly, why wouldn't you prefer a lower base price with the option to not tip if they provided a poor service over paying a higher flat rate every time? Because those are really the only two options
lightskintwin
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LOL I tip my barber $2 every week after I get a haircut and goatee shaped up for $18 for the grand total of $20.
ThoseDeafMutes
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StopMakingSense
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Because in many cases the chair rental arrangement with the shop is a set percentage of the price of cut. Shop sets the prices.
Haircut tips are generally understood by well educated people to be a large portion of the barber/stylists' actual income.
Because requiring a tip is fucked up and shoved down people's throats so people don't have to get paid a living wage? I tip, but that doesn't mean you have to like the system, because it's fucked up.
BronsonLee
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tbh it would be cheaper if you just shaved the whole goatee off
in fact just go bald
blame space
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you ARE
because everyone's life in this country FUCKING SUCKS
because everyone's life in this country FUCKING SUCKS
Username1198
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So a lil anecdotal story
I tip my barber really well, as he is dope af. I constantly get compliments whenever I have a fresh cut. I can pretty much call him anytime and get a cut within 30 mins.
Once I was getting a cut, his phone rings and he says it's a customer that doesn't tip. He doesn't answer the phone, and after the dude calls back my barber finally answers and says he's busy for a few days, come In a few days.
Point being, if you tip, you will be taken care of. If it's bad service, then yea don't tip. But to not tip at all is bad imo.
Barbers, waiters/waitresses and casino dealers should always be tipped imo. I work in the casino industry and believe me it's sucks when you give someone a 4500$ win and they don't give you shit. I always give better service to the people who tip, like hookinh them up with seats (for poker) or taking care of any problems they have.
Why would I treat someone who doesn't tip the same way? I mean, I don't treat them like shit but I'm not doing anything above and beyond.
I tip my barber really well, as he is dope af. I constantly get compliments whenever I have a fresh cut. I can pretty much call him anytime and get a cut within 30 mins.
Once I was getting a cut, his phone rings and he says it's a customer that doesn't tip. He doesn't answer the phone, and after the dude calls back my barber finally answers and says he's busy for a few days, come In a few days.
Point being, if you tip, you will be taken care of. If it's bad service, then yea don't tip. But to not tip at all is bad imo.
Barbers, waiters/waitresses and casino dealers should always be tipped imo. I work in the casino industry and believe me it's sucks when you give someone a 4500$ win and they don't give you shit. I always give better service to the people who tip, like hookinh them up with seats (for poker) or taking care of any problems they have.
Why would I treat someone who doesn't tip the same way? I mean, I don't treat them like shit but I'm not doing anything above and beyond.
Paracelsus
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AbortedWalrusFetus
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I not only tip at my barber, but I frequently bring gifts, like pastries or coffee. These people hold your good looks in their hands, tipping is the smart path.
Why is the barber not just slightly increasing the price of their services, and eliminating tips?
You're rewarding extortion?
The difference between barbers and the restaurant business is that in the restaurant business they still make a base salary.
Servers get paid less than minimum wage but still get a salary close to it so that a 10-15% tip can bump them up to the minimum wage.
Barbers are different and are classified as independent contractors so they have no base salary at all. They rent the chair and pay rent at the barbershop out of their pocket so tipping is literally how they survive.
Tipping barbers has probably been around longer than tipping in the food service industry. So to those that do not do it, the situations are not similar at all.
Servers get paid less than minimum wage but still get a salary close to it so that a 10-15% tip can bump them up to the minimum wage.
Barbers are different and are classified as independent contractors so they have no base salary at all. They rent the chair and pay rent at the barbershop out of their pocket so tipping is literally how they survive.
Tipping barbers has probably been around longer than tipping in the food service industry. So to those that do not do it, the situations are not similar at all.
BronsonLee
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Because they're a barber not a fucking Michelin Star restaurant in Manhattan that can pull that shit
always crazy bacon
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I tip my barber 20%, always have as he's cheaper than the other places and fast. If theres a group of kids in line, he'll cut me in.
lightskintwin
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tbh it would be cheaper if you just shaved the whole goatee off
in fact just go bald
I always joke with my barber that with the 80 to 100 dollars I pay a month, he needs to respect me more because I'm paying one of his bills; a cell phone bill or something. LOL
StopMakingSense
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Because the barber isn't the owner and the barber is actually renting the chair from the owner. Most of the haircut fee goes to the shop. Owner sets the prices.
blame space
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I'm so mad that you had to specifically press a button to give this poor dude less money (and you took a screenshot). maybe at some point technology has failed us.
bobbychalkers
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This is a guaranteed way to have your hair line pushed back.
Username1198
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Dude he doesn't even make eye contact.
Like at least look him in the eye as you press No Tip.
Right, I know. If I ever go to one of those places, I will tip. That doesn't mean I have to like the system, because it's fucking garbage.
If they're good enough to always deserve a tip...
Fuck man, it's just $2, I'm sure it isn't going to put you on the street.
And yes, tipping your barber has been a thing for ages, you're not keeping tips from becoming "an obligatory thing for the hair industry, like restaurants" because I guarantee it's been going on longer than you've been alive. You're not proving a point, you're just being an asshole.
And yes, tipping your barber has been a thing for ages, you're not keeping tips from becoming "an obligatory thing for the hair industry, like restaurants" because I guarantee it's been going on longer than you've been alive. You're not proving a point, you're just being an asshole.
always crazy bacon
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Maybe considering people on very low wages also need haircuts it accomodates them at a lower base rate.
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