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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]summary - if you are going to a local business to get a massage - the massage therapists are generally NOT getting paid nearly as much as they would be if they were working for themselves. tip them WELL - they work really hard. if you can tell they're not working hard - tip them 15%. if they're knocking it out of the park - drop 30%. [/quote] So, I work retail full time, make less than $12 an hour and I really work hard every day, especially this time of year, and I don't get tipped, even though I go above and beyond what's EXPECTED of me. Why on earth would I tip 15% when I can feel a massage therapist isn't working hard for the $80 I've already paid for their lack luster massage? If I half assed my job and didn't put my all into it with every customer (which is more than one customer an hour, more like 30-40) I not only wouldn't get a tip (which I'm not allowed to accept anyways or I'd face termination), but I'd be fired. Massages are wonderful and a great benefit to one's health, but I don't tip my nurse at the doctor's office or even my doctor for that matter. When I get a massage, it's a treat to myself and I have to work a LOT to make the money needed to pay for the service in the first place. Tipping a waiter or a delivery driver is one thing as they usually get paid less than minimum wage and that's just not fair, but getting 25%-50% of the already high price of the massage session as their bar salary is not bad at all! $15 - $20 an hour is a great rate in most markets and I'd love to get that kind of pay. I'm not saying that massage therapists don't work hard and I'm not against tipping them, but I think it's wrong that a patron at a spa (not a patient in a clinic) is EXPECTED to tip for what is generally an expensive service or that patron runs the risk of being considered rude. Summary, I definitely will NOT tip as high as 15% when I can tell my therapist isn't really doing their job well. At that point, I'll still tip, but not because I want the therapist to pay their bills (that's what their wage is for), but because my grandmother, who was a waitress and bartender for years, taught me that if you tip only a little, the worker knows they should have done better, but if you don't tip at all, the worker will think you are just cheap and don't tip anybody and then they won't work to improve their service.[/quote]
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