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re: Tipping etiquette question regarding a haircut

Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:02 am to
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
131769 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:02 am to
quote:

I gave your mom a tip last night, then I gave her the shaft.


My mom's dead, but thanks. Very insightful.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:02 am to
quote:

has no overhead or anything,


What?
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
135363 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:02 am to
So, getting a haircut is now MORE convenient for you and you expect it to cost you less?
Posted by RedPop4
Santiago de Compostela
Member since Jan 2005
15337 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:02 am to
She knows what to charge and what she needs to make, especially if she opened her own shop at her own home. If she needed your $5.00 tip, she would now charge you $15.00.

My wife and MIL go to a lady who has her own shop, and she is by herself, no employees. She has always said no need to tip, I charge you what I need to charge you.

I tip at my barbershop, though, because they don't own the place.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
131769 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:03 am to
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she is letting you come to her house quit being cheap and pay her the same you did in the past


"Letting me?" She quit her job and asked all of her regular clients to follow her away from the place and to her solo op.

And I am paying the same, I'm just not tipping. So instead of making 10$ she's making significantly more.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
179917 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:03 am to
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MORE convenient for you and you expect it to cost you less?


but i'd say its much less of an experience going to someone's freaking house with their baby daddies and family and chirrun running around the place. uncomfortable experience imo.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
60157 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:05 am to
When you tip that money just goes to their pimp
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
27047 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:05 am to
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she is letting you come to her house. pay her the same you did in the past


This.
How much is the haircut worth to you?
If it is worth less, pay her less. Worth more, pay more.
Posted by Splackavellie
Bayou
Member since Oct 2017
13052 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:05 am to
quote:

It ain't rocket appliances.


Underrated comment.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
131769 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:06 am to
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So, getting a haircut is now MORE convenient for you and you expect it to cost you less?


Its not THAT much more convenient I just don't need to go to the shop.

But if she wanted the $10 extra dollars, wouldn't she charge, let's say $40 instead of $30?

This is not the same as her being employee. This is a cash transaction at her house.

I obviously do not care about the money at all. I'm just curious as to what is appropriate and what others would do.

If she tells you the haircut is $30, what you normally pay, would you then pay her $40, or what she asked for?
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
135363 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:06 am to
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i'd say its much less of an experience going to someone's freaking house with their baby daddies and family and chirrun running around the place.
I must have missed that bit of information in the OP....
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
98745 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:07 am to
Depends on if she cuts your hair naked or not.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
131769 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:07 am to
quote:

If it is worth less, pay her less. Worth more, pay more.


I'm not paying her less. She's actually getting way more money from me than she would have otherwise.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
131769 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:08 am to
quote:

I must have missed that bit of information in the OP....


Yes, it is at her house. I chat with her husband and she has two young twins and a giant dog. I don't mind all that, but there are things about going to a shop that are definitely better.

But I don't mind. I like her and she does a good job. She's been cutting my hair for about 6-7 years now.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
135363 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:09 am to
I'd pay her the same as I was paying her before.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22281 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:09 am to
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So the chick who has been cutting my hair


Apparently the hosting site you used to post the pics of your haircut girl is filtered at my work here and I cannot see them. Please post them again from another site. I am pretty sure imgur works.

Thanks.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
93541 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:09 am to
I tip pretty well where I go, it’s a cheap thrill for me, the girls know me, know I tip well, and they make an effort to rub their bewbs all over my head as well as give me a little scalp massage before the cut, I notice they don’t do this for all of the other swinging dicks that go there
Posted by JamesLang
Member since Mar 2018
388 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:10 am to
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She's actually getting way more money from me than she would have otherwise.


How do you know? Serious question.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
131769 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:10 am to
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I'd pay her the same as I was paying her before.


Well, I was paying the place an amount, of which she saw no part of, and paying her $10.

So pay her 10?
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
70178 posts
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:11 am to
quote:

And I am paying the same


oh my bad...i wouldn't tip at all then b/c it shouldn't cost more
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