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Tipping

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  • 06-06-2012 08:45PM
    #1
    Mrs Garth Brooks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Mrs Garth Brooks


    Do people tip? Like tipping hairdressers?

    I can't afford to go to a proper hairdresser salon, so i went to a hairdressing college where it is cheaper. Wash and cut for €20, so not bad.

    But is there anyone a hairdresser here, if the college charges €20, do the students see any of this? Im sure they paid to the course, so i cant imagine them getting their money back with wages from the college.

    I felt real guilty for not tipping the students, as i am just finished college myself but i can't afford to.


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    #2
    Pa Dee
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 279 ✭✭Pa Dee


    The bigger the tits the bigger the tip


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    #3
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi



    I felt real guilty for not tipping the students, as i am just finished college myself but i can't afford to.
    Then you shouldn't feel guilty. If you don't have it for yourself, then you don't have it to give. The Celtic tiger has a lot to answer for. I've often given between 10 and 20 for a waiting tip, it takes hard times such as these to realise how far that money can go.


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    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    If the service is good I tip and if not then I don't. If the food was not great but the service was good I would still give a tip.


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    Vicar in a tutu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭Vicar in a tutu


    If I have the money to spare I'll tip. If not then tough luck, they get paid anyway. I know it mightnt be alot but its something and im sure they get other tips.


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    Theo Salty Devil
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Theo Salty Devil


    i only tip in restaurants, for good service


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    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Vicar in a tutu wrote: »
    If I have the money to spare I'll tip. If not then tough luck, they get paid anyway. I know it mightnt be alot but its something and im sure they get other tips.

    What if no one has spare money then they never get any tips.


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    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    The size of the tip is equal to how drunk I am.


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    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    Jesus. Again!?!

    We haven't a had good go at immigrants in a while. Seems 'tipping' is taking that mantle in AH.


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    #10
    Fenian Army
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭Fenian Army


    Poor people like myself can't tip


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    #11
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    I pay €20 for a wash cut and blow dry from a proper hairdresser! That college is a rip off.


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    token101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,050 ✭✭✭token101


    No. Because meals/pints/taxis cost more in Ireland because staff get a lot more basic pay than in the US, where tipping is a big thing because staff survive on it. So I'm not choosing to add to my own costs! I'd give a tip if I thought the service was particularly good for some reason, like a taxi guy going out of hiss way showing you around a strange place and not ripping you off or something like that. But not for just doing a job they already get paid to do. You don't tip in a shop and staff get paid equally as sh*t and don't usually get fed, unlike a restaurant.


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    Vicar in a tutu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭Vicar in a tutu


    hondasam wrote: »
    What if no one has spare money then they never get any tips.

    Fair enough but people are still paying them for their service! Money is tight enough these days, as I've stated if i have the money I will give a tip, If not then I'll not lose sleep over it.


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    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Ffs, wrong thread again.
    :mad:




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    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Bad Panda wrote: »
    Jesus. Again!?!

    We haven't a had good go at immigrants in a while. Seems 'tipping' is taking that mantle in AH.

    Its that time of the month again! :o


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    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    The size of the tip is equal to how drunk I am.

    Brewers droop :p


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    mickgotsick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 350 ✭✭mickgotsick


    I only tip cows


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    #18
    Owen_S
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭Owen_S


    When I was younger I pushed over some cows in a field, it that counts.

    Edit: Beaten to it by Mick the wizard^


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    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    Bad Panda wrote: »
    Jesus. Again!?!

    We haven't a had good go at immigrants in a while. Seems 'tipping' is taking that mantle in AH.
    We're due a review in both sectors, surely.


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    #20
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    I always give tips, somtimes, especially with people at work, the novelty wears off and they tell me to "feck off ya bleedin know-it-all". Best tip-always bend the knees, bend the knees.


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    #21
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    I tip my Stetson as fine ladies pass and say "Evenin' Ma'am".


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    #22
    lac007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭lac007


    Watch Reservoir Dogs,there is a great scene at the start of the movie about tipping.


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    #23
    af_thefragile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,161 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    I thought you were gonna talk about cow tipping! :(


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    #24
    Muir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 948 ✭✭✭Muir


    I used to go to the schools when I got highlights because it was half the price. They don't get any money though, so I used to try and tip if I could. But I mean nurses do placements & don't get paid, other students work hard & don't get paid. So if you consider that they are like other students, you don't really need to feel guilty not tipping.


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    #25
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    As said in previous posts ,tipping is something I only do in restaurants after a good meal but it's always the norm for ladies to tip for a hair job done well .


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    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Bad Panda wrote: »
    Jesus. Again!?!

    We haven't a had good go at immigrants in a while. Seems 'tipping' is taking that mantle in AH.

    I was saying the other week we didn't have a taxi thread in a long time
    And then like Bus Éireann, none for ages and then we got two in a row :)

    Yeah, could do with another fordingur thread


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    #27
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    People who work hard and give you a good service deserve to be paid for it.

    By the people that employ them.


    I've no sympathy for the type of waster that feels they deserve a gratuity for doing their jobs properly.


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    #28
    Pantsface
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 449 ✭✭Pantsface


    I tip in restaurants, take away drivers, in the hairdresser's and beauticians

    Used to tip taxi drivers, but they can jog on these days


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    #29
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    humbert wrote: »
    People who work hard and give you a good service deserve to be paid for it.

    By the people that employ them.


    I've no sympathy for the type of waster that feels they deserve a gratuity for doing their jobs properly.
    Just as well you don't live in America were tipping is the norm .

    You don't live in America do ya ? :pac:


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    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Latchy wrote: »
    Just as well you don't live in America were tipping is the norm .

    You don't live in America do ya ? :pac:

    It's different in America, but if tipping becomes commonplace it will happen here too. The employers will start to deduct the value tips from the normal pay for the job.

    You end up with the crass, absurd situation where you the customer are paying the employee directly of your own volition.


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    #31
    ZombieBride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭ZombieBride


    I never tip in Ireland, the reason they tip in America is because people who work in the service industry there get paid a lot less than the minimum wage so rely on tips. Here we have minimum wage so tipping is paying people twice, it's ridiculous!


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