[Livia]

Some lower-paid jobs have always relied on tipping. I always tip my waiter or waitress if the service has been good. I tip the girl who washes my hair (hairdressing apprentices make nothing...) but not my hairdresser as he owns the salon. If he wasn't the owner I would tip him. I always tip my cab driver - black cabs only I don't take minicabs. I'll tip someone delivering to me if they have to do something... install the washing machine they've delivered or something. No one else really... and usually 10-20% depending on what it is.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Josy

You are a miser.

The cheapest haircut ever and you still don't tip.

My hair costs 56 quid and I give my hairdresser the 60

That £7.50 is not that good value considering the haircut takes 20 minutes in which time he spends 5 minutes actually cutting hair and 15 minutes banging on about his sex life

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by MTVN

That £7.50 is not that good value considering the haircut takes 20 minutes in which time he spends 5 minutes actually cutting hair and 15 minutes banging on about his sex life

I hope he washes his hands

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by Josy

You are a miser.

The cheapest haircut ever and you still don't tip.

My hair costs 56 quid and I give my hairdresser the 60

Mine is £55.50 and I don't even let her keep the 50p.

[Jessica.]

I used to tip the delivery driver when I ordered a takeaway with free delivery or a taxi driver if it was a long journey, other than that not really.

[LeatherTrumpet]

mayb if lower paid jobs did not rely on tipping they would fast become better paid jobs?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i always wait patiently for all my change, these are not low earners struggling to make a buck. They charge a price that earns them a profit. You wouldn't say ... there is that TV for 299.99 ... lets round it up to 350, so why do it for anything else ... just because they ask you where you have been on holiday this year

Well, giving someone a small tip isn't the same as adding £50 onto the price of a TV, is it?

And ordinarily, the profits all get taken by the business whereas any tips go directly to the staff themselves.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

women get so ripped off its criminal

£56?

Imagine if Josy was your wife, you'd have her colour her own hair in with crayons.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Imagine if Josy was your wife, you'd have her colour her own hair in with crayons.

Are you suggesting that Josy was getting a blue rinse?






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[Toy Soldier]

In the US I think the wages for waiting staff are genuinely so low that tips really are how they survive so it's expected. Not leaving one then, would be making a point that the service was exceptionally poor.

In the UK however, the wages are exactly the same as many other jobs that aren't even in customer service and so "getting tips" is impossible... the pay is the pay. Personally I do tip if the service has been noticeably and genuinely (i.e. not cheesily) ABOVE average, but not otherwise