I would space out your haircuts rather than not tip. So you spend the same but are not paying your long term stylist less for the same service.

Anonymous wrote:I’m struggling to pay the mortgage. So really, after giving someone 20% for ten years you don’t understand skipping a tip once. Gosh, I guess I should do my own hair.

Learning to do your own hair is a great idea! If you trim it every 2-3 weeks it’s easy to maintain. A box of dye is <$10. You can put that extra to your mortgage. Or try a beautician school, very inexpensive.

Anonymous wrote:Hair dressers who rent a chair do not rely on tips. They basically make $150 an hour and pay no one but themselves.

Except all of the bills of running the place if you are the owner.

Of course you cheapo! Go to hair cuttery if you can't afford her. I bet she won't have space for you in the future.

Anonymous wrote:There’s mass unemployment and more coming. I would be more than happy whether base pay rather than losing a customer who could no longer afford to tip.

That doesn’t make OP’s failure to tip right.

Anonymous wrote:I was always told you don’t tip the salon owner. I consider this a salon owner. She gets 100% of the pay. It’s not like a waiter. It’s like tipping the restaurant owner after the meal.

This has been out-of-date for decades. And y’all know it. Stop being cheap and tip your stylist ffs.

If you can’t afford the tip, you can’t afford to get your hair done. Find a less expensive place, get it done less often, get a lower maintenance style, or do it yourself.

I think culture and etiquette have evolved. It definitely used to be you didn't tip a salon owner because they got all the fees. See Emily Post circa 1965.
But apparently now everybody gets tipped as a service provider.

OP sounds like you need to go less frequently, get a less expensive place or something because your regular isn't going along.

Anonymous wrote:My hair stylist moved in the past year to a place where she rents her own space. I still tip her the same 20% but I asked her if clients were still tipping the same. She said most people were still tipping but some stopped. She sounded understanding about it.

This is my situation. Her booking book(?) was such that she no longer needed or wanted to be in a chair in a big busy salon, so she went independent in a wonderful new built-out space. She pays rent (not cheap I think given this place is really nice) and supplies. I continued to tip, as before, in cash. She does not expect it of her clients, but is appreciative. She's booked 2 months out, so if I decline to tip or go elsewhere, her business would not suffer.

Hair dressers who rent a chair do not rely on tips. They basically make $150 an hour and pay no one but themselves.

My hair stylist moved in the past year to a place where she rents her own space. I still tip her the same 20% but I asked her if clients were still tipping the same. She said most people were still tipping but some stopped. She sounded understanding about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Disagree on this. Hairstylists pay relies on tips. It’s one of the few professions, IMO, that you should tip (another being a restaurant server). You don’t think your stylist is feeling a pinch from our current economy too?

Why do they rely on tips? Don't they set their own rates? They aren't like waitresses who are paid a tipped wage.

They are paid a reduced wage and they aren’t salaried employees.

Anonymous wrote:Disagree on this. Hairstylists pay relies on tips. It’s one of the few professions, IMO, that you should tip (another being a restaurant server). You don’t think your stylist is feeling a pinch from our current economy too?

Why do they rely on tips? Don't they set their own rates? They aren't like waitresses who are paid a tipped wage.

Anonymous wrote:Forego the service and do your own hair. Good lord.

Harsh. Glad you’re still employed!

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Anonymous wrote:Disagree on this. Hairstylists pay relies on tips. It’s one of the few professions, IMO, that you should tip (another being a restaurant server). You don’t think your stylist is feeling a pinch from our current economy too?

Well her choice is either getting business from OP or not. Would she rather get $100 or $0? If she NEEDS $120, then she should make that her price. She gets all of the money, she's not an employee or independent contractor but rather a sole proprietor.

You (and OP) know that this profession depends on tips. That’s why the question even came up. If you decide not to get your hair done, your favorite stylist goes out of business.

Also, maybe OP can clear up her stylist being the owner? You can be an independent stylist and rent out a chair in a salon without being the owner. It’s not quite the same as being the owner.