How much do you tip?

May ↓

Thu, Jan 14 2010, 11:17 am

how much do you tip at the beauty salon. For a cheap job (e.g. $7 eyebrows) is $1 considered normal? What about for a manicure? Are the tipping standards different in NY vs. other cities.

hello

Thu, Jan 14 2010, 11:18 am

I give $1 for each thing I do.

flowerpower

Thu, Jan 14 2010, 11:54 am

I give a dollar for stuff totaling like eight bucks, if it's more I add another dollar....

levial

Thu, Jan 14 2010, 12:05 pm

It depends. I agree with the $1 rule, but if the one eyebrow threader is AWESOME and she is the one I want to squeeze me in when the brow "decapitator" (not her real name, I'm sure, but there is this one chick who I swear can thread the unibrow off of Bert from Sesame street in one swipe) is working the other chair, I tip more. The brows here are 8, so I give the gal I like 2, rounded up to a 10, and she's even taken me before others, done a stray chin hair (thanks pregnancy hormones) or just spared me the insult of having to explain to the less talented person that I'm waiting for the other woman.

life'sgreat ↓

Thu, Jan 14 2010, 4:35 pm

I usually give 3 bucks for my 12 bucks eyebrows/upper lip waxing.

mimishkl

Thu, Jan 14 2010, 4:38 pm

I tip $2 for eyebrows and $5 for bikini wax which costs $30

athomemom

Thu, Jan 14 2010, 4:44 pm

eyebrow wax=$1
mani=$2
mani & pedi= up to $5

chocolate moose ↓

Thu, Jan 14 2010, 5:16 pm

If you don't give at least 25%, you may not get as good service. I give 20 or 25% and round up; like for my $40 gel manicures I give $10.

A dollar is a horrible tip.

↑ May

Thu, Jan 14 2010, 6:04 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

If you don't give at least 25%, you may not get as good service. I give 20 or 25% and round up; like for my $40 gel manicures I give $10.

A dollar is a horrible tip.

I was talking about a $7 threading job that took all of 10 minutes. I don't think its so horrible - it's 15%.

↑ life'sgreat ↓

Thu, Jan 14 2010, 6:41 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

If you don't give at least 25%, you may not get as good service. I give 20 or 25% and round up; like for my $40 gel manicures I give $10.

A dollar is a horrible tip.

I'm sorry, but not everyone has the extra 10 bucks to tip. Never mind that not everyone has the 40 bucks to get gel manicures either. LOL

Maya

Thu, Jan 14 2010, 7:07 pm

life'sgreat wrote:

chocolate moose wrote:

If you don't give at least 25%, you may not get as good service. I give 20 or 25% and round up; like for my $40 gel manicures I give $10.

A dollar is a horrible tip.

I'm sorry, but not everyone has the extra 10 bucks to tip. Never mind that not everyone has the 40 bucks to get gel manicures either. LOL

Yes, but those who do have it can tip nicely for the work.

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Fri, Jan 15 2010, 8:41 am

I'm telling you, the women who don't tip well aren't welcomed back - I've seen them get refused service. 15% is very meager. It's accepted in the service profession to tip at least 20%. If you DO tip small, don't expect great service on your return trip. If you can't afford to tip, don't go!

What do you do at a restaurant?

↑ life'sgreat ↓

Fri, Jan 15 2010, 11:54 am

Maya wrote:

life'sgreat wrote:

chocolate moose wrote:

If you don't give at least 25%, you may not get as good service. I give 20 or 25% and round up; like for my $40 gel manicures I give $10.

A dollar is a horrible tip.

I'm sorry, but not everyone has the extra 10 bucks to tip. Never mind that not everyone has the 40 bucks to get gel manicures either. LOL

Yes, but those who do have it can tip nicely for the work.

Yeah. I guess so.

chocolate moose wrote:

Perhaps where you live. Not around here though. Saying if you can't afford to tip, don't go, is kind of obnoxious IMO. Everyone knows what they can spend. If I set aside money for a manicure to treat myself once in a few months I don't think I need to shell out another huge amount on top of that. A few dollars can do. And frankly, I wouldn't go back to a place so snobbish that they wouldn't welcome me back.

I don't eat out for the most part. I used to, but around here, tips isn't the accepted thing, except if they demand a gratuity.

↑ chocolate moose

Fri, Jan 15 2010, 12:26 pm

life'sgreat wrote:

Perhaps where you live. Not around here though.

The mesorah is that those who serve are paid less, and mainly live on tips. If your people are better paid, good for them; I doubt it though. I don't know whre you go - I live and work in NYC and I doubt any OOT salon pays their manicurists more.

life'sgreat wrote:

Saying if you can't afford to tip, don't go, is kind of obnoxious IMO. Everyone knows what they can spend. If I set aside money for a manicure to treat myself once in a few months I don't think I need to shell out another huge amount on top of that. A few dollars can do. And frankly, I wouldn't go back to a place so snobbish that they wouldn't welcome me back.

Spoken like a patron, not the person giving the service. You're thinking and reacting on your end. Think about the person giving you service. She might only make $2 an hour, you know. You came for a 10 minute procedure ? Think she can do 6 an hour? And you tipped her a dollar - you do the math. The she made $8 that hour. It didn't pay for her to commute in and buy lunch, for that kind of money. Then there are hours where she doesn't see people chick-chock.

I'll say it again - a dollar or two tip is a horrible tip. No one can support themselves from that, much less put themselves out for you. Don't be surprised if your 10 minute grooming gets cut down - just like a dr who gets a copay, they only make money in volume business.

You can be cheap on yourself, no biggie. It's shameful to be cheap on someone else's cheshbon. It might even be a chillul haShem - you might ask a rov about using mayser, even.

life'sgreat wrote:

I don't eat out for the most part. I used to, but around here, tips isn't the accepted thing, except if they demand a gratuity.

I haven't eaten out in years. I only pay for service that I can't do myself - unless it's a gift card, of course. And even then, I think several times ...

Fri, Jan 15 2010, 1:00 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

life'sgreat wrote:

Perhaps where you live. Not around here though.

Actually, oot it is usually MUCH more expensive to get a manicure than NYC, LA or other major cities.

↑ life'sgreat

Sat, Jan 16 2010, 8:17 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

Mesorah by whom? From whom? I don't know what they pay them, and that is between them and their employers.

chocolate moose wrote:

You're right, I'm speaking like a patron, because I am one. I don't tip a dollar and I don't think I would tip just a dollar. But for a 12 dollar procedure, IMO, it's perfectly OK to tip 3 dollars. That is more than the 10% you recommended AFAIK. I don't need to make her cheshbon of how often and much she has work. I do digital scrapbooks for people and if I ask for X, that's what I get paid, even if at the end of the day it works out to be that I get paid 3 bucks an hour (which has happened, depending on how complicated it is for me). But that's my issue/problem, not my client's.

chocolate moose wrote:

I'll say it again - a dollar or two tip is a horrible tip. No one can support themselves from that, much less put themselves out for you. Don't be surprised if your 10 minute grooming gets cut down - just like a dr who gets a copay, they only make money in volume business.

You can be cheap on yourself, no biggie. It's shameful to be cheap on someone else's cheshbon. It might even be a chillul haShem - you might ask a rov about using mayser, even.

They are not putting themselves out for me. They have a job and they are doing what they do. The grooming never got cut down, nor do I think it will. Perhaps those who live OOT have less snobbish salons. I've been to many places and never had an issue. They greet me with a smile, ask me where I've been if more than 2 weeks have passed and do their job happily, humming away and shmoozing.

I don't think I'm being cheap by tipping over 10% of the work. Mayser, wow. That's uber cool, but I don't think that's OK. Giving mayser to a manicurist???