Can someone just tell me?
Tipping is such a confusing custom! I mean. I get the whole restaurant service 15% thing..that's pretty ingrained now. But services are still kinda fuzzy for me. Like...I hear so many things, I totally don't know what's what anymore. I think I'm pretty confident that tip is needed for all American service providers (hair stylists, etc.), but what about Asian ones? Like the nail salon...my hair stylist? This post is prompted by a recent reminder that I really still have no idea what's accepted tipping behavior. It's even worse when I don't have spare 1s to give tip without having to ask for change (AWKWARD), on top of which, clear communication is crippled by our mutual shaky grasp of each other's native language!
I've heard that for Asian hair salons, you don't need to tip. Or you don't need to tip if your stylist is the owner...Or you don't need to tip as much..maybe 10%. Is that TRUE? I really wish I could just ask outright and somehow not come off as a cheapo or something. Then I'd know for sure if I'm offending by not giving a tip...or if one is totally not expected...how much is acceptable/generous...or what! I really don't mind giving tip. I just want to know for sure if I'm supposed to or not & how much. Does anyone know the right answer??
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I figure, if you have a regular service provider that you're happy with, might as well tip them 15% or more... esp w/ something like a haircut which you don't get that often. I usually tip $2 on my $11 haircut.
At home, I would tip between $3 - $5 for a $20 haircut. Then there's the whole thing that you're supposed to tip the person who shampoos your hair (if it's a different person, etc.), but I never do. Here in Japan, there is not such thing is tip, so nothing to worry about!
I tip my hairstylist 20% and shampoo girl anywhere between $2 to $5. I only get haircuts once every four months so I want my stylist to really do a good job every time I got there. I tip the nail salon about $3 for my pedicure.
Oh, my gosh! I just re-read my comment, and realized that my English is getting so bad! I can't even talk/write properly anymore!!!
what? I didn't notice anything horrendous...maybe my english is bad too! :) hehe Too bad that's my primary/only language!
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