How Much Do You Tip for Service?

Standard 20%, unless the service is exceptional or if it is around the holidays I will tip a little extra. Or, if I'm only getting my eyebrows done, I will generally give a 50% tip, or just a polish, I will give a hefty tip too.

For food, we always tip at least 20%, but if the bill is really low because of kids meals or lunch deals, we generally will give a great deal more. However, if the service is bad, we will not be so generous.

I got my hair dyed and cut yesterday and the total was 140$ I left a 30$ tip. She did a fantastic job. And I do plan on going back to her regularly, and will continue a 20% tip for her services

I tip 20% for all services. (hair, nails, massage, food, housekeeper, etc)

The ONLY time I have tipped less has been if the service was crappy and then I still tip about 10%. I will also explain why I tipped a lower % so that the feedback can help the next person.

I am always a great tipper in service industries, minimum of 20%. I was a server through high school and college and it paid for a couple of degrees.

My daughter is a 19 year old college student in her second year and is also a server in a family restaurant. She is taxed on 17% of her total food sales. So if she gets tipped less than that she is taxed on money she did not make. It is also customary in her restaurant to tip her cooks and busboys 10% each of her tips. She is great at what she does, has customers tell her all the time they wished they had more money for her but things are tight. She graciously accepts that and is kind. She ends ups doing well and it sure beats retail.

20% always. More if it was great service.

20 percent on average.
I never tip lower unless the service was really, really bad.

Generally 20% on services. For restaurants, 17-20% depending on service.

If service is subpar, I do reduce the amount. I figure that since it is a gratuity in appreciation for services received, it should be adjusted if the service is not as expected. I wouldn't reduce it for waiting a reasonable amount of time on an appointment, but I would reduce it if I were unhappy with the quality of what I received.

For basic service, as in the person did their job and covered all of the basics of their job then they get 20% regardless of the cost of the service.

If I think the person went above and beyond, then I add on from the 20%.

It takes a lot for M. to decide that someone doesn't deserve that basic 20% minimum. It has to reach the point that their service sucks, they're rude, and any mistakes are their fault and incompetence and not the fault of kitchen staff of anyone else, and I have to say something to the manager to complain (and in doing so clarify that the situation is in fact the server's fault) that's when I revoke a tip. But if I have to do that then I'd rather request a new server who does deserve the tip.

Of course, if they're in training, that's different. I have more patience in that instance.

If I have to wait for my service, such as waiting for my hair stylist, I don't detract from the tip. That's just... it makes no sense. It's idiotic. You tip based on the products you receive aka the cut plus dry, make-up job, color, highlights, color rinse, perm, whatever it is you're having done to your hair, eyebrows, lip wax, etc. You tip on THOSE things, not your wait time. If you don't get those things every time then your tip amount will change.

Of course you have to wait for them to finish up sometimes. That's life. If you can't wait then go to the appointment desk and make a new appointment or find a new salon. You don't dock the tip because you had to wait.

EDIT: Do people really not understand the reason for tips? That tipping is NOT icing on the cake of a paycheck in businesses that have tipping? Tipping is the MAJORITY of a person's paycheck in these businesses and when someone is a server or even a hair stylist especially in a place like Cost Cutters, the only money they make is that tip. They don't make commission. And these are the only jobs where people seem to think it's all right to decide how arbitrarily how much their service is worth and therefore how much of a tip they're going to leave.

That's why a FLAT RATE TIP is 20%, and if you can't cover a minimum of 20% then you can't afford to go out and even get the service done. Can't cover all of your services you're getting at the salon AND the appropriate tip? Then wait until you CAN cover it. Can't cover your meal AND the tip? Then don't go.

wow!! A mani-pedi in Chicago for $40??? that's a deal!!!

haircut - 20% if I love what they did. 10% if not. And I won't go back.

Manicure/Pedicure - 20% more sometimes when they have made my feet feel like WOW!!! and a great hand/wrist massage. 10% if not.

Food - 20% for good service and it goes down from there. I don't punish the server for things they had no control over - food cooked wrong, plated wrong, etc.

If a stylist or ANY server told M. I didn't tip well enough? i won't be going back there. I realize that much of their "bread and butter" is on tips - however - tipping is NOT mandatory - it's something we CHOOSE to do. I know there are many who do not feel that way. But that's MY way. I think there has only been ONE time in my life that I left no tip. And yeah - I'm bold in that way - I told them WHY I didn't leave them a tip. To be honest - I went back to the establishment later and the server saw M. and came to M. and thanked M. for telling them the truth, yes, it stung she said - but it helped her become a better server.

GOOD LUCK!!!

There are nail shops on every corner, the returned service is the 'tip'.

I do go to the same gal regularly for a haircut and usually tip between 17-20%. She's great, listens to what I need/feedback, and I don't mind waiting. She's also very conscientious and will actually call M. if she think's I'll be waiting more than ten minutes to tell M. she's running late. I try to tip the same amount every time, too.

If it were a new person, or if I was going more to a barbershop/supercuts type place where you just sign up and get who you get, I would tip very much depending on service, standard 15%, but I've been know to leave less or more-- or none, if the experience was terrible. (I had one person actually complain about my cowlick and get grumpy at M..... she got nothing for a tip and when I was paired up with her another time, I just asked for someone else and told her why. I hope she learned from that one!)

Minimum 20%, more for service above and beyond the call.

It depends on how much money I have that day! So, no, I don't tip consistently and I just hope that they don't read too much into it. But I always give verbal compliments and thanks.

I usually tip around $10. I usually get a cut and color for $100.

I ususally tip 20% but if i get great service expecially in waiters. I will always ask for them again. one waiter i have come to know him and his wife i will always tip him huge amounts. last time M. and my hubby went there, our bill was 70.00 and we left a 60.00 tip. if i dont know them and i get good service i tip just 20%

If they are my regular it is because I like them and I tip 20%. Otherwise, 15-20% based on how well the did. I am never offended or put out when someone is truly busy and I have to wait. If they are chatting and I have to wait, I might just walk out.

Tipping has become too much of an expectation. At my dry cleaners there is a tip jar!!!

20%. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Just depends on the bills I have in my wallet. Same chick. It all even out to a pretty consistent 20%.

The standard is 15% so that's the minimum amount I tip, which I'm sorry but I think that's perfectly acceptable. I usually give between 18-20% however of the total bill.

I have a lot of hair and cutting it can be very time consuming so 20% just isn't enough some times. I tip $10 an hour for my hair as an regular hair cut every 8 weeks or so still takes 1 1/2 hours to complete. For nails about 20%. I do tip on quality. The better the service the better the tip, especially at restaurants.

20% or more generally. a lot more if i'm thrilled. very occasionally less if i'm very peeved, but i hasten to add that i get peeved when i get service that is clearly offhand and disinterested. i don't get pissy if someone is just busy, or overwhelmed, or makes a point of apologizing for the delay.
i go to the same stylist every time. if i'm getting a full cut i tip a little over 20%, but if i'm just running in for a bang trim and she only charges $5, i tip her $5 too.
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