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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The anger about paying a talented worker for their services from a bunch of people who bill or who have spouse's who bill $300+ an hour is impressive. [/quote]

Except those billing $300 plus per hr went to 10 yrs of medical training or 4 yrs of law school plus internships at the cost of several hundred thousand dollars in education to be able to bill as such.  That is not a comparable skill and investment to cosmetology school and cutting/coloring hair.  There time is certainly worth money and salons do charge a lot for services, but sorry, I'm not "tipping" an extra $60 for 2 hrs of work which I [i]already[/i] am paying for.  [/quote]

[b]You are just cheap.  I'm a lawyer and I don't feel like I deserve to tell other professions what they should or should not charge, not begrudge them a customary tip because they didn't go to extensive, expensive schooling[/b].  They aren't better than me.[/quote]

** SORRY meant to say [b]I am not better than them[/b].[/quote]

This. Seriously. People are also assuming that they are busy 40+ hours a week. They may have double booked clients in weekends but except during the holiday season, they seem pretty open on weekdays. If you value someone repeatedly doing a nice hair style, you should tip them according to custom. [/quote]

Some hairstylists are MUCH better than others. But a hairstylist is more of an artist. It wouldn't work out too well for me if I started putting a lot of artistry and creativity into my legal briefings. Pretty sure my clients don't want to pay for that. But I do appreciate a stylist who looks at my hair, face and coloring and can use her art to make me look even better.

Regardless, tipping for stylists is the standard and has been for at least my entire lifetime.
Where have you been? I've been paying for my own haircuts for almost 25 years. In all different locations around the country. During that time the standard was always 20%. 
There are plenty of articles on customary tipping amounts. Some from decades ago.

And I see hairstyling as different than a service from a doctor or lawyer. There is a lot of artistry that goes into it.

Who makes this custom?  If you value their service, you show them by paying what they charge and coming back as a customer.  Tipping has gotten so out of hand, sorry.  [/quote][/quote]

Where have you been? I've been paying for my own haircuts for almost 25 years. In all different locations around the country. During that time the standard was always 20%.
There are plenty of articles on customary tipping amounts. Some from decades ago.

And I see hairstyling as different than a service from a doctor or lawyer. There is a lot of artistry that goes into it.
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Do you tip your lawyer 20% for services?  Skills vary a lot from lawyer to lawyer and some are much better than others. [/quote][/quote]

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