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Turkish guys offer me a complimentary drink (beer, soft drink or water), they set my ears on fire (literally), use a cutthroat razor to do the shave bit, wash my hair and then massage my face with a warm eucalyptus infused hot towel for £12- yes, I roundup to £15 with pleasure. It's a real event going there. Lovely and friendly guys. As pampered as I've ever felt 😆
I moved and the new barbers does an okay job for £10. Can't really tip when paying with a note. Not very good VFM either.
My local one from work charges £11 - a lot of others in there round it up to £15 which I find staggering! It's nothing fancy either...
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They might have wallets full of cobwebs but that's a bit harsh Kona
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Turkish guys offer me a complimentary drink (beer, soft drink or water), they set my ears on fire (literally), use a cutthroat razor to do the shave bit, wash my hair and then massage my face with a warm eucalyptus infused hot towel for £12- yes, I roundup to £15 with pleasure. It's a real event going there. Lovely and friendly guys. As pampered as I've ever felt
Indeed, our guys have transformed the local market. Tired, grumpy and pretty dirty incumbents have really lost a lot of business. Well done the innovative Turks and lovely experience. The wet shaves are great too = although I am always uncomfortable with a cut throat and my neck!!
Great advert for freedom of movement!! 😉
Where are the ladies - the amount they pay and tip is staggering!!!
£70 for me plus tip.
Edit: interesting/annoying how it differs from county to county!
They might have wallets full of cobwebs but that's a bit harsh Kona
No, they deserve it. Would be interesting to cross reference this thread against the pre-Christmas one where all the engineers with a sense of entitlement were bitching about how inadequate their Christmas gifts and meals from work were
i'm assuming you are all Northern with these cheap barbers, mines £15 a cut, so no tipping. Plus i go in with the boy (4) and allthough it's half price and they do a good job, i'm not rounding £22 up to £25..
I always used to shave my head myself, but since i have to be somewhat professional now i've got to have a half reasonable haircut and not look like a hooligan.. i'd prefer to just the clippers out..
It's all complete nonsense. Most barbers and hairdressers aren't employees - they're sole traders, sometimes renting the chair from another barber. Hairdressers are the second worst paid people in the country: http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/these-are-the-10-lowest-paying-jobs-in-britain--eyMObPz1Tl
The woman that cuts my hair has been working at the same place for 12 years, she's pretty smart, has 3 kids, good social life and gets away for a couple of holidays a year. We've had a chat about the owners of the salon and she gave me the impression that they are nice folk that treat the staff well with bonuses, flexible hours and occasional days out. I wouldn't say she's living the high life but she is a long, long way from the margins of society.
The cut costs £30 which I'm happy to pay for what's around an hours work in pleasant surroundings. That seems a fair exchange, I don't feel the need to tip. If i thought the person cutting my hair was somehow being exploited I doubt i would go back regardless of how good the cut was.
My sister is also a hairdresser, has been since the late 70's so I have some insight into working conditions and pay.
konabunny - Member
The people being selfish and refusing to tip when tipping is the social convention are scumbags. You should be ashamed of yourself.
konabunny the barber tipper ... 😆
Luckily I have no hairs on my head otherwise I have to prove you lot with those soft wavy hairs wrong again ... 😆
I doubt I ever tipped any barber before in the far east or in BritLand but those were the days when I had hairs earning peanuts for living and was a student from a poor country far far away.
According to Inland Revenue all income or money a person earns is taxable if they reach the taxable level. No ifs or buts ... all taxable.
KB - and x-reference with the willingness to spend other peoples' money!! 😉
Such is life...being tight with money is an unpleasant trait though.
it's a ridiculous trait that is far from a social convention imo. Just an Americanism that is creeping over hallmark holiday style. Nothing to do with being tight. I regularly pay over the asking price where appropriate, it's just that £12 for 15 mins work at the barber's isn't one of those places. Feel free to tip if you like (or feel compelled to), I choose not to. As soon as it stops being optional it isn't really a tip, is it?The people being selfish and refusing to tip when tipping is the social convention are scumbags. You should be ashamed of yourself.
I tend not to tip for anything, its a service like any other, if they want more money charge more.
Just an Americanism that is creeping over hallmark holiday style.
Cobblers.
Do I have to tip them as well?
I used to tip as standard when it was £9, now it's £10 i only tip if it's a good cut (a bit hit & miss there tbf).
I tend not to tip for anything, its a service like any other, if they want more money charge more.
Ah yes, because all these minimum wage staff have the option to put the price up. 🙄
£7.50 for me and give them £10
Great barbers who take real pride in their work so for me it's a bargain and have a good laugh with them all at same time
Ryan Hair in Sheffield Top place
No, because I would be tipping myself.
One of the advantages of having very little hair left, I bought a set of clippers for £25 five years ago and have done it myself ever since.
When I had hair, I often did tip, but not always I fear.
No tips here I'm afraid.
My local barbour do a job that I'm happy with (I'm not too precious about my hair). They charge £8 but I don't round it up...if they want a tenner, charge that. I don't feel that the service exceptional, why pay above the asking price?
I don't get tipped in my line of work busting my balls, I'm just expected to get my job done and keep the client onside.
Ah yes, because all these minimum wage staff have the option to put the price up.
And that's some how my problem. Do you tip all minimum wage earners then?
If there not happy with their wage, get out there and do something about out.
Bugs me that some think they deserve a pat on the back for simply doing what they get paid for. I dont so im certainly not going to turn into a charity for those that do.
See, and these are the guys i meant!
. Do you tip all minimum wage earners then?
THIS
If there not happy with their wage, get out there and do something about out
NOT THIS
Lots of people do shit jobs for low pay but its still random who we tip
IME most folk in low paid jobs dont actually want a shit job it is just that is what they are able to get. Whilst I have sympathy with them tipping some and not others is no solution to this inequity.
Yes to tipping, and if possible generously. Non-tippers, lighten up, grow up and show a bit of class.
Yep always tip,I kind of see it as a fair compromise for them not mentioning the rapid onset male-pattern baldness,almost like hush-money if you will.
That awkward day is coming though,cant really expect them to hide a Rugby ball behind a thinning toothbrush for ever...
To be fair they`re both great at what they do and nice people too.
Having worked on the other side, in one of those occupations where most people tip. I always treated the tippers a litle bit better, not that the money mattered, I felt it was repectful of them and if they showed me respect i would treat them well. If they felt it was my job to serve them or mistook me for my job. Then they got a basic service.
Unfortunatley for the many of you who seem to be unable to work out who should be tipped and who not, there are no simple rules for dummies. It is a mildly complex interaction which requires a modicum of social skills. If you don't know, i can't tell you.
Non-tippers, lighten up, grow up and show a bit of class.
Not till you insult me four times in one post will I be convinced of the merits of your view.
Come on then , tell us who we should be tipping, and why
Who you want to...
To demonstrate exta appreciation as you see fit...
All pretty straightforward really
Ah, I thought CM was hinting at a defined list of who you should and who you shouldn't tip, and that I among others are too socially inept to know what was in that list, and he was far too important to share it with us
I do.
And double at Christmas .
Mine only costs a tenner.hope my missus doesn't !! I saw her bill for colouring and cut last week. OMgosh!!
I don't generally. But it does cost £13.50 for a basic cut which seems more expensive than average based on the reports here.
But I did recently go somewhere else for convenience only, where it was £9 and I rounded to 10.
I actually had no idea so many people did tip hairdressers though until this thread here (I always assumed only a minority did).
For me, tipping is a result of building a rapport with someone you've spent an 'intimate' period of time with or they've provided a service that save you hassle. This means it's heavily biased towards the jobs where you spend an exclusive period of time in that persons vicinity or someone has done a specific task to save you 'hassle'. This means that hairdressers, restaurant serving staff, taxi drivers and delivery staff are all 'tip worthy' . It's a way to show your gratitude to someone.
Delivery staff? Does that mean I need to tip my Ocado delivery driver every week? Or the useless postman who doesn't bother bringing parcels with him, instead pre-writing the red slips? Sod that.