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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, Im so happy I stumbled across this site. Ive had good and bad massages, but I paid regardless. But I wont next time. If its bad I will get up and walk away. The worst was on a beach in Mexico. The woman was chatting with some man for half the time and I caught her pausing and looking around repeatedly during my massage after he walked away! yikes! I dont pay anything over $1=1 minute. (how many people do you know make $60/hr? with an associate degree or certificate)...plus they expect a tip?....lol Someone might of promised the MT a great stable income and great 20% tips but it wasnt me! (probably the institution that collected $10k-$15k from the MT ....Yes im talking about the schools.) Educational institutions always mark up your potential earnings in every major because they want your money and feed off your anticipation of a career. Alot of the MT seem to feel entitled to the tip. Sorry I dont think so, not at all. If you need more money get a full time night job to suppliment the part time career you chose...that way you can keep your schedule free for family and the part time massages you give. I usually only tip $5...gas money (most cars get 15 miles per gallon.) Im not trying to pay for your vacation or light bill or fill your tank. And now I read something on here where a MT said she wont do a good job or wont use her thumbs if someone tips lower than her expected amount...scary!!!!! So are you following your $15k educational training in this case?...Probably not. Either you are a professional or you arent a professional. Just recently I bought a massage package off of Groupon.com for $200 for qty:8 60minute massages! What a bargain right? I jumped right on it and even spoke with the owner. I'm frugal by nature. I'm the kind of person that likes to stretch my money. So I look for deals, coupons, shop clearance first then move into sale items then onto regular priced items...occasionally a goodwill for a large vase. But I noticed some stores have employees that get attitudes when you pull out a coupon....like at Olive Garden or hair salon...or if you remind them the sale on the outside window said 25% discount on Weds...and it's Weds :-) So thats why Im online today wondering how much I should tip. But after reading all of the post. Im questioning whether to ever tip again... I used to work security which required me to walk for 12-16 hours 7 days a week for $9.50/hr no one tipped me! It wasnt easy at all and very physically demanding because I was walking inside and outside at all hours of the night/day in all kinds of weather. Cost involved too! So as one person said $35,000 is what they make a year... That's $675 week minues taxes %20..you get paid $540 a week to work part time....and you still want a tip? I concluded that I will pay my MT $3-5 and no more than that!...and that's only..only because of the exceptional discounted goupon I got of basically $25/hr! Once that deal is over I will look for my next deal. [/quote]
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