Originally Posted by JanetM
My hairdresser charges $35 for a shampoo, cut, blow dry, which is cheap by today's standards. $50-60 is the going rate. I always tip her $15, so the total is $50.
Edit: Having read everyone's responses, I am surprised by the number of people that leave very small tips or none at all. Hairdressers and wait staff in restaurants rely on tips, as their salary is very low.
My daugher waitressed through college, and the restaurant reported 8% of all of her sales to the IRS. If someone had a $50 meal, and didn't tip her, the restaurant still reported to the IRS 8% of $50 which is $4 as if she had gotten a tip. She then would be taxed on that $4 as income, even though she didn't receive it. I tip well.
My point about tipping being out of hand is still valid. It used to be (in my lifetime and I'm not that old) that tipping 10% was considered generous and the waitresses and waiters were grateful to receive it. Now the attitude is that a tip is somehow deserved and it had better be 20-25%. I've actually had friends who have been yelled at by servers who didn't receive at least a 20% tip. There is no way on earth I will ever tip a server who did not provide quality customer service. I was at a restaurant with my sister once and the waitress was extremely rude and actually almost threw my food in my lap. She certainly did not deserve a tip nor did she get one. At a different restaurant, the outstanding waitress that served us got a very well deserved 100% tip.