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The night after my first haircut in the US I was like “oh shit” and I googled “do you tip for a haircut” and realized I fucked up. The results were anywhere fro

The night after my first haircut in the US I was like “oh shit” and I googled “do you tip for a haircut” and realized I fucked up. The results were anywhere from 10%-50% tip. The next haircut I got I asked “what is a good tip” and the hair cutter would not tell me. I guessed 20% and went about my day. Then someone told me “that was too low”. I ended up cutting my own hair, or waiting until I was in another sane country.

aninteger 4y ago
20% is fine for a haircut. It's perfectly acceptable.
- WirelessGigabit 4y ago
  No it's not. Hair stylists should set there prices accordingly in a way that they make a livable wage.
  - grahar64 4y ago
    Some places hairstylists are more like contractors who actually pay to get a seat to cut peoples hair in. So tipping is a larger portion of their income.
    - WirelessGigabit 4y ago
      If they are employees they can negotiate a living wage. They all should band together and ask more if it is not livable. In fact, we all should stop to frequent places that exploit employees by not paying them a livable wage. And if the solution to this means an increase in price, so be it. The defense of 'they might be contractors', which rent a seat for a fixed price or on a % revenue sharing with the salon is even more ridiculous. They are contractors, so they have all the means to set their own price.
- juve1996 4y ago
  20% was fine when haircuts were a lot cheaper. My barber and most in the area have increased their prices significantly. 20% at $20 isn't bad. When my haircut is now pushing 35-40 range it becomes harder to stomach.
arlcode 4y ago
Hmmm I guess a lot changed since my last vacation to the US 10 years ago. I remember all the travel advisories said something about 10 to 15 percent.
zeroonetwothree 4y ago
I always tip $10 which is around 50%. But I’m only going every 2 months so it doesn’t matter much and I’d rather not risk the disfavour of someone with sharp tools near my face.

aninteger 4y ago

20% is fine for a haircut. It's perfectly acceptable.

WirelessGigabit 4y ago
No it's not. Hair stylists should set there prices accordingly in a way that they make a livable wage.
- grahar64 4y ago
  Some places hairstylists are more like contractors who actually pay to get a seat to cut peoples hair in. So tipping is a larger portion of their income.
  - WirelessGigabit 4y ago
    If they are employees they can negotiate a living wage. They all should band together and ask more if it is not livable. In fact, we all should stop to frequent places that exploit employees by not paying them a livable wage. And if the solution to this means an increase in price, so be it. The defense of 'they might be contractors', which rent a seat for a fixed price or on a % revenue sharing with the salon is even more ridiculous. They are contractors, so they have all the means to set their own price.
juve1996 4y ago
20% was fine when haircuts were a lot cheaper. My barber and most in the area have increased their prices significantly. 20% at $20 isn't bad. When my haircut is now pushing 35-40 range it becomes harder to stomach.

arlcode 4y ago

Hmmm I guess a lot changed since my last vacation to the US 10 years ago. I remember all the travel advisories said something about 10 to 15 percent.

zeroonetwothree 4y ago

I always tip $10 which is around 50%. But I’m only going every 2 months so it doesn’t matter much and I’d rather not risk the disfavour of someone with sharp tools near my face.