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It was the 1980s.
by jononomo 3y ago
It was the 1980s.
- eesmith 3y agoYou should bear in mind that just because you didn't tip the barber, and perhaps no one you knew tipped the barber, that doesn't mean no one thought to do so. As I've shown, it's been a common practice for a long time. Here's some more data points for the 1980s: A 1989 book for teens on etiquette says you tip your barber $1 or more: https://archive.org/details/dearteenager00swan/page/180/mode/2up?q=barber https://archive.org/details/dearteenager00swan/page/180/mode... In a 1987 sociology textbook comparing the US system with the jajmani system at https://archive.org/details/introductiontoan0000barn_n9p2/page/232/mode/2up?q=%22barber+a+tip%22 https://archive.org/details/introductiontoan0000barn_n9p2/pa... : "In the United States a man who wants to get a haircut goes to a barbershop, waits for his turn, has his hair cut, pays for this service, and gives the barber a tip. If he lives in a city, he may go to many barbershops in the course of a year, not being obliged to patronize the same one all the time." To be sure, this could also be a class issue. I grew up in a working class family and it wasn't until I was 26 or so that I learned (some, richer) people always tipped the housekeeper at the end of a hotel stay.
- jononomo 3y agoI lived through the 1980s and tipping for a haircut wasn’t a thing I ever came across —- maybe it was a class thing or something that older people with regular barbers did.
- eesmith 3y agoI also lived through the 1980s, but my grandmother cut my hair until I was a teen, and I can't remember what I paid at Supercuts or if I tipped or not. How many people do you know well enough to know how if they tipped at the barber's? I don't think I knew anyone else's payment practice.