The one I go to sure as shit isn't making minimum wage. Has her own shop out of her house and is booked solid for weeks in advance. My 15 min cut is $15.. That's at least $50 an hour when doing easy cuts. Anyway you look at it there's no way in hell that comes out to $5 an hour.

Judging by her huge ass house and lack of husband she isn't doing bad for herself

3/2/2008 1:06:36 PM

i told my girlfriend that it was ok to spend more on a hair cut

3/2/2008 1:07:32 PM

Whether or not I tip is almost entirely dependent on how long I have to wait to get my hair cut. I know the barber can't help that, but I hate going to the barber shop.

3/2/2008 6:41:22 PM

I thought black people loved going to the barbershop

3/2/2008 6:42:05 PM

$8 cut, $2 tip. Quick and easy buzz cut.

But 90% or more of the time I do it myself.

3/2/2008 8:45:27 PM

The funny thing is, given there's about 30 million black people in this country, we're not all alike.

3/2/2008 9:12:32 PM

Quote :

"i imainge id want to piss myself if i knew i was going to have to sail thru that"

I think I'd be both terrified and very excited at the same time

3/2/2008 9:34:10 PM

25,5

3/3/2008 9:07:33 AM

usually tip the great clips girl a buck or two, unless she fucks up and then she gets the dirty look

3/3/2008 9:41:14 AM

I get a discounted rate for hair appointments because I go to a friend who I used to work with.

With her, I tip about the same as I would a restaurant (20%).

3/3/2008 10:12:01 AM

Costs me $11 to get cut. I give her a $20 and tell her to keep the change.

3/3/2008 12:12:28 PM

I pay $50 for a wash, cut and style. I tip $10. Since I'm growing my hair out for my wedding, I only pay this every 3 months, so it all evens out.

3/3/2008 12:23:09 PM

my haircut is only $10 most of it is with the trimmers and maybe 20% is with scissors. I always give at least $2 unless they keep my face mostly clear of hair then i'll give $5-10 for a tip.

I hate pieces of hair all on my face!

3/3/2008 2:13:28 PM

$25 cut + $5 tip, extra at christmas.

3/3/2008 2:14:40 PM

I can't believe nobody has done some kind of "just the tip" joke yet

3/3/2008 2:21:20 PM

Standard $2 tip for my barber--and at his price, the tip is 5¢ more than 15%. I give $5 on special occasions such as Christmas.

3/3/2008 2:27:18 PM

12 dollar buck haircut

5 dollar buck tip

3/3/2008 2:36:40 PM

obligatory bubble bursting

Quote :

"^^ i love that picture. i imainge id want to piss myself if i knew i was going to have to sail thru that"

it's a 'shop

would be very impressive if that occurred naturally though, just think of all the fun multi-stage fluid dynamic interactions there are in a 3 phase intersect like that!

back to the question at hand, some %.

3/3/2008 10:48:17 PM

I've never paid for a haircut.

First me mum cut it, then I did, and now my girlfriend cuts it. I pay $0, and tip 100%

3/3/2008 10:56:10 PM

$200 for a women's haircut? are you fucking kidding me?

The best style I ever had was for prom, when my mom's friend couldn't do it and I went to Fantastic Sam's for my updo.
$15 + $5 tip.

I usually pay 12-15 with a 5 buck tip, then again my hair is really short right now.

3/3/2008 11:08:01 PM

usually $10-12 cut/$2-3 tip

3/3/2008 11:22:21 PM

if I could still find $8 barber shops today I'd still go to them. a 15 minute haircut gets no tip

Quote :

"any man that pays more than 20 bucks for a haircut is (1) gay or (2) going to become gay"

I cringe at $12 haircut prices. I don't want a frickin' wash and rinse, either, so don't try to jack up your prices with that mess.

3/4/2008 9:37:08 AM

$18 + $4 tip

3/4/2008 9:46:10 AM

People who don't tip clearly have never worked for tips before.

3/4/2008 11:25:56 AM

Exactly.

My old roommate would serious not tip over $1, no matter the bill..and he bitched about that. He called it "giving his money away". He didn't understand waiters/waitresses get paid like $2 an hour to work their asses off and depend on tips for any real income

Once upon I was a Chinese delivery boy.

3/4/2008 11:28:06 AM

Six minutes at great clips yesterday. New record. She also gave me the $2 employee discount so I tipped her an extra $1.

3/4/2008 11:47:51 AM

I hope you didn't have to sleep with her to get that discount.

3/4/2008 11:52:12 AM

when i used to get it cut by people: $18 wash & cut, $5 tip

but i got tired of people messing it up so i bought some $15 clippers and do it myself now.

3/4/2008 11:59:46 AM

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"People who don't tip clearly have never worked for tips before."

Bullshit. This does not need to be discussed again, but many of us have worked for tips. Having done it before, we expect a level of service similar to that which we gave our own customers. It's not too much to ask or too much to expect.

[Edited on March 4, 2008 at 12:16 PM. Reason : l]

3/4/2008 12:16:36 PM

$12 + $5 tip. Great Clips....laul

This lady has been cutting my hair since 02...so I take care of her.

3/5/2008 9:08:37 AM

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"People who don't tip clearly have never worked for tips before"

I've worked for tips before while making minimum wage base. $12 for 15 minutes of work ($48/hr) is plenty generous.

3/6/2008 9:18:49 AM

why would you assume that the barber/stylist/haircutter person gets 100% of the price

it's a business for a reason

3/6/2008 9:20:25 AM

Median hourly earnings in May 2006 for salaried hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists, including tips and commission, were $10.25. The middle 50 percent earned between $7.92 and $13.75. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $6.68, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $18.78.

Median hourly earnings in May 2006 for salaried barbers, including tips, were $11.13. The middle 50 percent earned between $8.71 and $14.25. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $7.12, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $20.56.

3/6/2008 9:23:16 AM

i think

Skwinkle just pwnt yall

[Edited on March 6, 2008 at 9:28 AM. Reason : w]

3/6/2008 9:28:40 AM

I go to a guy that gives half off to college kids. I tip $5 because I'm getting out of there cheaper than most.

3/6/2008 9:32:13 AM

I love being a hair model. Cut, color, foils, blow dry, eyebrows... about a three hour affair, would be about 250, for free, every six weeks. All I have to do is take a couple pictures for the hair books and agree to do an ad. She tips me in shampoo. :-)

3/6/2008 9:34:30 AM

haha i like that comment skwinkle had about sleeping with the hairstylist person

3/6/2008 9:48:45 AM

Some of you guys don't quite get it. Say your haircut costs $20 bucks. It's not like they get the whole $20 bucks. If they're LUCKY, it's a 50/50 split with the salon. Don't want to tip or pay for a haircut? Do it your fucking self. Unless they jack your head up, join civilized society and fucking tip. You're paying for a service that you can't do yourself, thus you should tip accordingly.

3/6/2008 10:02:29 AM

i dont get tipped at work

i do things for people they cant

3/6/2008 10:20:21 AM

well maybe you should quit your job and go cut hair then. Wouldn't make as much money as you do now? Exactly. So STFU

3/6/2008 10:36:52 AM

Quote :

"i dont get tipped at work i do things for people they cant"

3/6/2008 10:49:27 AM

Quote :

"well maybe you should quit your job and go cut hair then."

3/6/2008 10:50:21 AM

I have no desire to cut hair.

3/6/2008 10:52:53 AM

well thats all fine and good but dont expect a tip

3/6/2008 10:53:37 AM

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" I cringe at $12 haircut prices. I don't want a frickin' wash and rinse, either, so don't try to jack up your prices with that mess."

Where do you find less than $12 haircuts? Hell, since Man-Mur raised their price to $15, the only place you can get $12 is great clips etc. and I'm not a fan of those places.

Been going to Professional Barber Shop in CV lately--$18 cut, $4 tip.

3/6/2008 10:55:06 AM

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"Wouldn't make as much money as you do now? Exactly. So STFU"

So, we should compensate non skilled workers with shitty low paying jobs by tipping them?

3/6/2008 11:01:31 AM

hey, that's your decision buddy. But, if that's your stance, then cut your hair your fucking self. Don't want to do that? Once again, didn't think so. So until then, fucking tip. You a fucking jew or something?

[Edited on March 6, 2008 at 11:17 AM. Reason : .]

3/6/2008 11:16:54 AM

There should definitely be a cheaper price for just getting your whole head buzzed. My haircut takes ~5 minutes for them to run the clippers over my dome and touch up the edges. And I still get charged the $15 bucks and tip a dollar or two... depending on either how attractive they are or how cool of a conversation we had.

Should only be $5 bucks.

And I do have my own clippers, but that just never turns out well.

3/6/2008 11:17:21 AM

Same here. Like I said above, 6 minutes for mine. Even if the person working there only gets $2 from the total cost of the cut that's still a good hourly rate.

Quote :

"hey, that's your decision buddy. But, if that's your stance, then cut your hair your fucking self. Don't want to do that? Once again, didn't think so. So until then, fucking tip."

I don't want to cut my hair myself. I am willing to go to somewhere and pay a fee and get my hair cut. Do you tip when you go out and get fast food?

3/6/2008 11:24:31 AM

moved to the next page

[Edited on March 6, 2008 at 11:30 AM. Reason : asgd]

3/6/2008 11:28:10 AM