General Chat

I reckon if I do tip, 10% is right in restaurants unless the meal is pants.

I used to give the hairdresser a quid for a £10 haircut my wife thought £2 was more appropriate so I said tell you what I’ll get a hair trimmer and do it myself the cost was repaid in no time, sorted!

I do feel that tipping should only be for service above and beyond, Why is it cabbies waitresses and hairdressers expect tips? Why not tip the nurse in A&E, the car park attendant or the checkout girl in Tesco’s, all on fairly low pay, perhaps less than many hairdressers in high street salons make.

How many declare tips for tax ( I know that some do but most don‘t), think about it, maybe £2 to £3 from 8 to 10 customers a day is something like £100 a week, even with holidays that’s getting on for £5000 a year, around £1000 of unpaid tax!

I would like to see tipping banned, let the taxis, hairdressers and restaurants put up their charges and customers just pay the bill

Have mine cut and coloured every six weeks costs £39 pensioner discount ! Tip £3

At the same time I have a manicure £16.50 tip £1 to the manicurist

I give my Hairdresser 10% they do a good job (When they find some to cut) and both girls are very pleasant,i/e not too much rabbiting. :-D

My hair is short and I like to have it trimmed every two weeks, my hairdresser does and excellent job but as it is so short she does not charge me the standard cost of a dry trim(£8.00) I pay her £6.00 and give her a £2.00 tip.

Are you going anywhere nice for your holidays?

???? Who are you asking Eroll? xxxxxx :-D

that's what hairdressers usually ask isn't it? though mine doesn't - we set the world to rights and tell each other jokes

I am asking anyone who is being coiffed.

I reckon if I get the banter and lingo correct I could be a fine coiffeurator.

with those cloven feet?

Errol, I thought your Trimmers only visited once a year and they were Ausies Earning a few quid whilst on holiday over here. :-D :-D :-D :-D

Eroll you are a complete nutter <3 <3 <3 <3

I don´t tip because my hairdresser has been taking lessons from Easyjet.
Basic charge for cut & blow dry.
Extra for 2 shampoos, extra for conditioner, extra for mousse, extra for hairspray.
By the time he´s finished, the original price has nearly doubled.
I only go to him because he is my landlord´s brother, although I was unaware of that when I first went to him.
Must admit, he does a nice cut, even though he is well into his 70s. Much better than his son who does what he wants & not what you ask for.
So a tip????? definitely not.

Maybe a little something for the weekend?

Na thanks Errol still got 'em left from last time!

Some interesting posts:))

WiseChild....love yours.. :-)

l used another hairdresser about 2 months ago....£27....but she did'nt stop talking and l did'nt like the cut, pleasant enough though

The newest in town was £40, probably more now, brilliant service as in coffee and attention, but no better at cutting than the others.
My new one worked for Vidal Sassoon and is a teacher in hairdressing, not that means she's good, but l'm pleased anyways:))
l'll defo go again:)

jude :-)

I was always told that you tip the employees but never the owner. So my hairdresser doesn't get a tip because she owns the place.

I have watched other customers and as far as I can tell, nobody tips, so I don't feel guilty.

In restaurants, usually 10%. The ones that annoy me are the ones with a "Service Charge" added to the bill, so you have no choice.

In Canada, we got very confused, as everything seemed to have 2 different sales taxes added on. I had to do lots of mental arithmetic before I bought anything!!

Andy'smum....service charges annoy me too, infact they don't get a tip if that is added!!

jude :-)

I think my barber is having an affair with the woman who owns the pie shop next door. He's in and out of there all the time. And he's always taking her bags of something.

Gosh, your tipping in the UK is low!!


here in Canada ........................ tipping for almost everything in most geographic areas is 15-20%

In the Greater Vancouver area (and possibly also Toronto Montreal, etc), it is more often 20-25%

OH usually tips taxi drivers about 10-15%


I always tip my hair dresser ............ $2-3 for a $14 shampoo and cut ........

......... I go to an el cheapo place that specialises in cuts, but she can handle my very fine hair whereas even top-flight very expensive places cannot do that..


Both Canada and the US have taxes added at the cash register, unlike the UK, Australia, etc .................. so you always have to be aware that the price on the item will be higher when you pay for it.


I'm so used to that now, that I get confused in the UK when no-one asks me for more money!


we also always tip in Australia, at about 10-15% ............. and literally no-one has ever turned it back on us.

When VAT first replaced Purchase Tax, having to pay it on services, as well as goods, was a new thing, so many places, like restaurants, didn't show it on their prices.

The public didn't like this at all, so after a while it was made law that the price shown was the price paid. I had a very cheap meal once because the menu had a mis-print!!