Tipping Hairdressers

[Holmesdale Hibs]

I personally don't tip hairdressers and didn't think it was the done thing until I saw someone else doing it yesterday. Am I being unintentionally tight, or is it unusual to tip a hairdresser?

I get my haircut in a regular barber shop, nothing fancy. Interested in hearing people's thoughts on this.

[H18sry]

I tip my hairdresser as l feel it is part of the service industry, along with taxi drivers and food delivery people, also tip my postie at Christmas.

[patch1875]

I go to a great barbers in Edinburgh always tip as I get the same guy all the time,it's expensive but you get well looked after with coffees and booze and good banter.

[Just Alf]

I've always given a tip at the barbers.... As a kid when I was allowed to go myself my mum even gave me a wee bit extra to tip the barber.

Ps just asked the other half and she tips the hairdresser as well.


*someone* is maybe just tight!

[easty]

I got a free bottle of beer to drink while he did his work when I went in last week. He's a good lad, good hairdresser, and I get some good chat. I always tip.

[Scouse Hibee]

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I personally don't tip hairdressers and didn't think it was the done thing until I saw someone else doing it yesterday. Am I being unintentionally tight, or is it unusual to tip a hairdresser?

I get my haircut in a regular barber shop, nothing fancy. Interested in hearing people's thoughts on this.

Really you have to ask? Always been the done thing my whole life.

[MSK]

My oldest Daughter is a stylist at a shop in Marchmont (Babu) ..has been qualified for the past couple of years ..at that she doesn't earn a great wage & is thankful for any tips she receives ..she admits she could leave & earn a better living, but she just loves her job, she loves the interaction with customers & takes great pride & satisfaction in her work ..she doesn't expect tips but is always grateful for any she does get ..

Occasionally she requires models for styling so next time someone is looking for a hair spruce up free of charge I will post on here ..

Ps ..mind tip her handsomely...

[Pretty Boy]

I just get a number 1 all over. Cost £8, I always give a tenner and don't take change. Don't really think of it as a tip but I suppose it is

[MSK]

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I just get a number 1 all over. Cost £8, I always give a tenner and don't take change. Don't really think of it as a tip but I suppose it is

..don't **** wi the baldys ..

Ps ..I do my own as to avoid having to give my Daughter a tip ..

[PercyHibs]

I don't understand the whole tipping barbers thing. If they're not getting a good wage someone else is making good money as it's not cheap nowadays.

[Scouse Hibee]

We still tip the bar staff in my local in Liverpool,just say take your own when you hand over the cash and they take 20p, been like that for years, well nearly it was 10p about twenty years ago.

[MSK]

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I don't understand the whole tipping barbers thing. If they're not getting a good wage someone else is making good money as it's not cheap nowadays.

Aye ..the person who owns the shop/chairs ...

[sleeping giant]

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..don't **** wi the baldys ..

Ps ..I do my own as to avoid having to give my Daughter a tip ..

My clippers are aulder than my bairns :

[sleeping giant]

I don't even tip the pizza guy anymore as I order and pay for it online.

[johnbc70]

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I don't even tip the pizza guy anymore as I order and pay for it online.

Especially when your paying £18 for a pizza these days!

[lord bunberry]

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..don't **** wi the baldys ..

Ps ..I do my own as to avoid having to give my Daughter a tip ..

I do my own as well, but I always give myself a tip.

[Dinkydoo]

I only tip my hairdresser because she's cheaper than anywhere else and does a better job than most in the town.

[MSK]

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I do my own as well, but I always give myself a tip.

I never tip myself, I just cant afford to nowadays ..

[The_Exile]

I shave my own head, and always give myself a biscuit after the job is done! Wee tip never hurt anyone.

[lord bunberry]

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I never tip myself, I just cant afford to nowadays ..

I know what you mean mate, I've had to half what I used to give myself

[Scouse Hibee]

Taxi drivers always get a tip from me unless I have to navigate for them.

[Andy Bee]

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I don't understand the whole tipping barbers thing. If they're not getting a good wage someone else is making good money as it's not cheap nowadays.

8 quid is around the average taking roughly 15 minutes per client, that's £32 an hour at full tilt with rent,rates, tax, wages, gas, electric, insurance, advertising, equipment and product etc, just tip the barber ya stingy bassa.

FWIW barbers/hairdressers are taxed on the understanding they receive tips unless they state they don't accept them.

[lord bunberry]

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Taxi drivers always get a tip from me unless I have to navigate for them.

I knew there was something I liked about you

[Hermit Crab]

I always tip my barber. £8 for a cut and I give him a tenner everytime. I also tipped the sky engineer a ten spot yesterday as he came out at short notice on the 2nd and was working outside in horrendous weather.

[DH1875]

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Taxi drivers always get a tip from me unless I have to navigate for them.

Or they think they can take you the tourist route cause they think your from out of town

[Hibby Bairn]

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FWIW barbers/hairdressers are taxed on the understanding they receive tips unless they state they don't accept them.

Are they?

[Just Alf]

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Are they?

Yup, my better half used to do hairdressing and it was always a fight each year to get the "tips" element reduced :-/

[Hibby Bairn]

I knew tips were taxed in the US bit didn't realise here also.

[Pretty Boy]

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I knew tips were taxed in the US bit didn't realise here also.

Yep.

Standard procedure. I worked in hospitality for a few years and 'officially' all gratutities had to go into a central pot and were distributed in pay quarterly after being subject to PAYE.

Generally most departments just kept a hold of them amd split them as and when people wanted them but the accounts department used to get really nippy about that.

[CropleyWasGod]

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I knew tips were taxed in the US bit didn't realise here also.

Definitely. It's deemed as a recognition of one's ability, and as such taxable.

As PB says, employees are taxed on what is often known as a Tronc system, although that's normally for the catering industries. Self employed should declare their tips in the same way as any other income.