Silly tipping ?

[HotHolly]

I know everybody does their own thing and own amounts...

but Im wondering how many of you tip the hair washer at the salon?

If the hair washer is a different person than the person doing the cut, etc . . yes I tip them. Just a buck or two though, not much.

[Daniel Bates]

I would, if I went to one...

Barbers are the same thing, right?

[toverman]

In somewhere like New York City, everyone in any type of service industry expects a tip. Or else!

[HotHolly]

I had tipped the hair washer and they always looked at me like I was nuts. I was wondering if that was a NY thing.

[Steelsun]

I never understood the hair washing at a salon thing - why not wash your own hair before you go?
And don't you have to wash your hair afterward also - to get the little pieces of cut hair out that the blow drier misses?

[kula23]

I have only tipped the hairdresser but never the hair washer. I guess everyone is doing different way of putting tips.

[Ahh!]

No.

This will be an intriguing thread on herd mentality, peer pressure, consumer response, and owner marketing of revenue/expense shifting. And no, I never paid a tip for a shampoo, and rarely paid a tip to either a shampoo craftsman or a professional cutter. But "I'm just a guy!"
Lately, I go exclusively to a "barber". And, yes, I tip my barber, but no one else does.

[Debbi]

Yes, I always have.

[DeannaD]

I always have if it's a separate person from the main stylist. Just a few bucks.

[sandy_ruotolo]

I tip if it's different from the stylist, or include it in my tip, and tell the person who washed my hair that I gave them a tip and to collect it from the stylist.

[Truckman]

I've had the same lady cutting my hair for thirty years...At one time I was down and out financially and she wouldn't take a nickle to keep me presentable...Since I recovered, I've always tipped her well...She now charges $14.00 for a haircut...I give her a twenty and don't wait for change...

The hairwasher?...I wash my own hair in the shower every morning...Ben

[Disney Chick]

I don't get my hair washed when I go. I do tip the stylist. I also tip the lady who threads my eyebrows at the mall.

[S-Man]

What about the people at Smoothie King? I wonder how much of their income depends on tips.
As a part-time waiter, I now rediculously over-tip when I go to restaurants, even if the service isn't that great, because I know they may have had a crappy night.
But I wonder about little shops like Smoothie King and stuff...Any insight into this?

[colinisms]

One of my good friends cuts my hair, so often times I'll pick up some quick groceries for her or buy her and her daughter dinner. Way cheaper than the $60 she charges at her salon!