Tipping - WTH -uggghhhhh

[medpedspouse]

I know we have talked about tipping before and I am totally on board with the fact that you should tip your waitstaff since they make less than minimum wages. However, I just saw a chart that said I should also tip between 15-20% to my hairstylist, massage therapists, taxi driver, mani/pedi person and animal groomer. Whaaaaat? Do these people make less than minimum wage too?

I f-ing hate tipping. Not because I am cheap but because it makes no sense to me. I should tip my dog groomer but not my plumber/electrician/handyman. I should tip my massage therapist but why not my physical,therapist/acupuncturists/chiropractor too? Why should I tip the cab driver 20% (unless s/he has totally gone waaaay beyond the call of duty)? I get that my hair stylists has to pay overhead and that what I pay her is not all profit. Sooo, why not just charged me more? No one tips me for doing the j-o-b I was hired to do. If I go beyond the call of duty, I get an email/card maybe some cookies, etc.

Ughhhh. Maybe I should have just posted this on the rant page - sorry folks.

How do you rationalize all the tipping?

[HouseofWool]

I don't tip. I'm an asshole.

[PrincessFiona]

I feel you on this. It bugs me that you tip for coffee at Starbucks but not McDonalds ... I know they're above minimum at Starbucks. I never know who I'm supposed to tip for what and how much. Yah, I know there's probably an app for that ... but seriously, no one ever tipped me for a job well done.

grumble grumble

Kris

[v-girl]

I tip hairdressers and nail techs. I don't tip everyone else.

[medpedspouse]

I don't tip. I'm an asshole.

How do you get away with it? Especially now with the Square, it automatically makes you choose between 15,20 & 25% before you can complete the transaction.

[poky]

I feel you on this. It bugs me that you tip for coffee at Starbucks but not McDonalds ... I know they're above minimum at Starbucks. I never know who I'm supposed to tip for what and how much. Yah, I know there's probably an app for that ... but seriously, no one ever tipped me for a job well done.

grumble grumble

Kris

I have never tipped at Starbucks. I use the app on my phone to pay, and just pay what it costs.

[poky]

How do you get away with it? Especially now with the Square, it automatically makes you choose between 15,20 & 25% before you can complete the transaction.

The only place I frequent that has square is a local coffee shop. I usually pay cash and just put in some of my change as tip in the tip jar. If I pay by card and it asks, iirc it gives the option of none, or specify your own amount.

[PrincessFiona]

My mind is still blown that you can pay with an app on your phone.

[spotty_dog]

How do you get away with it? Especially now with the Square, it automatically makes you choose between 15,20 & 25% before you can complete the transaction.

THE HELL?

I wouldn't be frequenting an establishment that offered me an i-device pre-populated with tip. Nope nope nope nope nope.

[BonBon]

I've been meaning to post about this very topic. EVERY F'ING ice cream stand I've taken the kids to this summer has had a tipping jar. WTF. You're college kids making 8 bucks an hour. Please. I go to pick up a pizza and they have both a tipping jar, and if you pay with a credit card, it has a line for a tip. It's not even delivered pizza!!

It bugs me.

[WolfpackWife]

If you're at an establishment that's using an iPad/square to pay via tablet or phone, they should definitely have an option for "no tip." A place I frequent for lunch uses an iPad to pay and they always have the 10%, 15% or No Tip option. Not cool if they've somehow bypassed the "none" option. I don't know how I feel about tipping. In restaurants, of course, but elsewhere? Ugh, I don't know. I get so uncomfortable and embarrassed. DH and I had a couples massage on our anniversary and we paid for his with our debit card, and paid for mine with a gift card I'd been given for graduation. When he went to give his masseuse a cash tip, mine looked at us expectantly and it was just so...awkward. He said "we're paying for hers with a card so we'll have to tip on that. Paying different ways, you know." It's like...don't stand there looking at me with a look that says "uh...where's mine??" At least give me the benefit of the doubt and if/when you realize later on that I didn't tip you after paying with a card, then talk shit about us and what terrible customers we are.

I don't know for sure, but I feel like haircuts/colors are SOOO expensive, but I have no way of knowing what someone's overhead is, so when I tack on an extra 20% to a haircut that's already running me $75...it hurts. It's the primary reason I don't color or get highlights. That will jack up the service price to $125+ and next thing I know I'm tipping $25. Maybe I just feel cheap now because we only have one income. I used to never think about it or at least didn't hesitate.

I will say, I am happy to tip my waxer. I give her over 20% and it still makes the total price of the service what I consider reasonable. The girl is waxing vag all day long so I mean...I think I can throw her $10 because she's nice, fast, clean, and thorough.

I've gotten to the point now that every place you go gives you a receipt with a tip line and leaving it blank makes me feel like a glaring asshole. Why am I tipping you for coffee that I poured myself from a carafe? All you did was get a scone from a try and put it in a bag. I've never once considered tipping when Cooper has had a bath or a nail trim. Oops? If anyone in dog care deserves a tip, it's the vet techs. They are the ones who have to take the rectal temps and get stool samples.

[HouseofWool]

How do you get away with it? Especially now with the Square, it automatically makes you choose between 15,20 & 25% before you can complete the transaction.

I've never seen the tip prepopulated before. That seems sleezy to me.

[alotofyarn]

I tip waitstaff, hairstylist, nail techs, cabs, and occasionally loose change or a dollar at coffee shops. That's pretty much it. If I get food to go, I generally don't tip or leave more than a dollar. It all frustrates me too though, and I hate tipping.

[corn poffi]

I've been able to write in my own tip on Square many a time!

I had to laugh when my salon got Square, because I realized that I had been giving my esthetician a 30% tip! She deserves every penny of it, but math is obviously not my strong point.

I'm a tipper though...

[Curegirl]

I'm also a tipper, especially if it's really good service or they're working alone on a Saturday night. My waxer is a single mom so I tend to tip a lot although I heard you don't have to tip if it's the owner of the establishment? My bang trims are $5 and it's a lady in a barbershop so I end up giving her $10. I got my nails done last week and it was $15 but she took the rest of the $20 I handed her...wtf? That woman, I will not be going back to. Actually, I rarely get my nails done so I guess no worries there.