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[quote=Anonymous]For those trying to equate tipping a doctor or nurse, the problem is that you are forgetting what's going on.  A doctor charges you a fee for HIS services.  He gets all of the money AND even if you didn't like his bedside manner or his attitude with you, you still pay him his fee and he gets to maintain his lifestyle.  Sure, you can choose not to come back, but his time, education and work was worth something and you paid it.  At a spa, gym, etc, the therapist isn't getting all of that, and regardless of how "hard" you think they worked for you, it took a toll on their body.  The petty $15 or $20 an hour hardly makes up for that...so a $20 tip on top of that begins to make it more worth it.  Now you might say $40 an hour?!  That's more than I make.  Yes, but you also have a steady job with a salary and probably sit at a desk typing...hardly tough work.  A therapist might only be working a 20 hour work week because of how hard massaging is on their body, so really, in full time terms, they are still making $20 an hour when you tip them $20 on top of the $20 they get from the spa.  I'm so sick of people who complain about tipping people like therapists or servers.  If you don't like it, stop going out to eat or getting massages.  Or demand that these industries pay a real wage.  The fact that most places are keeping 60% or more of the fee you pay just to have the space is ridiculous when the therapist is doing the hard work.  On a side note, if you are going to a therapist's home or they are coming to you, i do NOT think you should tip at all.  In that case, they are charging you a fee that should be reasonable for their time, work and experience/education.  They are keeping 100% of that.[/quote]

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