If you were a barber.....

ibstar · 01-05-2017 08:42PM #1

Would you rather have a guaranteed tip of €1 every time you serve a customer,or a tip at customer's discretion(customer doesn't have to tip)?

Fighting Tao · 01-05-2017 08:45PM

Stupid question. Tip everytime wins because it's guaranteed money. Are you sure that's the question you meant to ask?

alchemist33 · 01-05-2017 08:46PM

If its guaranteed, it's not a tip. Its part of the fee.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 01-05-2017 08:47PM

ibstar wrote: »

Would you rather have a guaranteed tip of €1 every time you serve a customer,or a tip at customer's discretion(customer doesn't have to tip)?

Just put an extra €1 on the price of a haircut if you need it. Why tip a barber?

corner of hells · 01-05-2017 08:50PM

You could let the customers pay you what they think the haircut is worth.

If they are cheapo's and keep coming back , you could send them off with a haircut that looks like you cut it with a flamethrower.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 01-05-2017 08:53PM

My barber actually charges €11. It annoys the tits off me, but he gives a great haircut, so I put up with it. But, I never tip him, ever.

ibstar · 01-05-2017 08:54PM

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Stupid question. Tip everytime wins because it's guaranteed money. Are you sure that's the question you meant to ask?

This is exactly the question, as I have never worked in the industry that operates with tips, but always make sure to tip.
Question arose due to a mathematical curiosity of how this type of industry would rather operate.

BrokenArrows · 01-05-2017 08:54PM

The only time i will tip a barber is if they price at an uneven amount.
9.50, 10.50, 29.50(when im splashing out) etc. And the tip will be 50c because i couldnt be bothered waiting for it.
Not that im stingy, its just im a believer that a tip should be a tip for something exceptional, not just for doing their job.

Also im not sure ive ever gotten a haircut that ive liked, so why would a tip for that.

Noveight · 01-05-2017 08:55PM

My barber gives me a tidy "short back and sides" for €12. Never crossed my mind to tip him, €12 for ten minutes work ain't bad as it is tbf.

The Backwards Man · 01-05-2017 09:07PM

If Boxcar Willie taught me one thing, it was take the shiny euro, smile and walk away

Cupcake_Crisis · 01-05-2017 09:24PM

Just the tip is no fun.

Beyondgone · 01-05-2017 09:30PM

I always tip the barber. It's not for this haircut, it's for the next one.

FizzleSticks · 01-05-2017 10:01PM

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Penfailed · 01-05-2017 10:08PM

Tipping a barber?! Is that a thing? I've never done it.

Beyondgone · 01-05-2017 10:33PM

Penfailed wrote: »

Tipping a barber?! Is that a thing? I've never done it.

State of your hair tho, in fairness.

The Rape of Lucretia · 01-05-2017 10:35PM

ibstar wrote: »

Would you rather have a guaranteed tip of €1 every time you serve a customer,or a tip at customer's discretion(customer doesn't have to tip)?

Where are you ? America ?

Fighting Tao · 01-05-2017 10:45PM

As a customer I wouldn't like to be ripped off just to garnish a forced tip. Tips always should be optional and never expected. Lay staff what they are worth rather than trying to gouge customers to make up for lack of tips.

2Mad2BeMad · 01-05-2017 10:49PM

I always tip my barber, gives a great cut, plus he lets me skip the queue.
Pisses of people when its busy but I don't care, I'm not waiting around all day and he gets a tip for giving a good cut and making me not wait around.

wakka12 · 01-05-2017 10:54PM

BrokenArrows wrote: »

The only time i will tip a barber is if they price at an uneven amount.
9.50, 10.50, 29.50(when im splashing out) etc. And the tip will be 50c because i couldnt be bothered waiting for it.
Not that im stingy, its just im a believer that a tip should be a tip for something exceptional, not just for doing their job.

Also im not sure ive ever gotten a haircut that ive liked, so why would a tip for that.

Im guessing you tip waiters and taxi men? Well in my books barbers do much more skilled jobs than either yet tipping barbers isn't really a thing, i don't get why

Tigger · 01-05-2017 10:58PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Im guessing you tip waiters and taxi men? Well in my books barbers do much more skilled jobs than either yet tipping barbers isn't really a thing, i don't get why

Should I tip my solicitor?

Ol' Donie · 01-05-2017 10:59PM

I always tip the barber.

Just saying.

Arghus · 01-05-2017 11:03PM

I tip if the barber is sound.

ThisRegard · 01-05-2017 11:03PM

I don't think I've ever not tipped a barber, you tight bastards.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 01-05-2017 11:04PM

Customer shouldn't have to tip. I don't need anyone's euro badly enough to take it from someone who begrudges giving it to me.
I work in a job that people tip a fair bit but it's never expected and I would never think bad of someone who doesn't tip. You have regular clients who come back very regularly, may refer their friends, that's better than a tip. Or a lot of clients at Xmas will stick 50 in a card for looking after them all year but don't tip each occasion. Good clients will be looked after by any decent business whether they tip or not.

Jack the Stripper · 01-05-2017 11:07PM

When I get my hair cut in America I tip. I don't get it cut as often since the Concorde stopped flying.

If you were a barber.....

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