Originally Posted by QuiltMania
Originally Posted by sisLH
I usually cut my own hair but several times yearly I have it cut at a beauty salon. I leave a tip of $2 for a cut and $5 for a perm. When I had mine cut yesterday, I left the $2 but noticed that the man paying his bill for a haircut left $5.00. Just wondering what you leave. Am I too cheap? I realize different areas of the country leave different amts also.
This whole business of tipping, IMHO, is getting out of hand. The question of "how much are you supposed to tip" to me is outrageous.
I really don't feel that it is reasonable to ask a customer to make up for an employer's lack of paying a reasonable wage. A tip is supposed to be an extra reward for doing a job above and beyond, not something that is expected, at least in my opinion. I will sometimes tip a waitress or hairdresser if the service is exceptional. I will tip, when a tip is earned, based on how good the service is.
I don't know how the practice started but nowadays if you did away with tipping, restaurants would have to raise their prices a ton in order to compensate. It would make the recent increase in fabric look like nothing! No restaurant in their right minds would do that when everyone around them is paying less and therefore charging less.