How Much Do You Tip On...

[Boston]

‘Gratuity Guru’: Tips signal empathy | Author notes highs, lows of service jobs
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What say you, everyone?

[quote]The underscoring theme of “Keep the Changeâ€

[mcm]

$10 DD gift card for mail man

$7 instead of the regular $2 tip for my barber (keep the change ya filthy animal)

i think thats about it

[Boston]

I like a nice even $20 for haircuts, $15 cut, $5 tip

[mcm]

mine is 13, leave 2. my haircut takes < 10 minutes

[Giggles]

I like a nice even $20 for haircuts, $15 cut, $5 tip

Bump.

When you raise your prices to $16 though, you're still only getting a $20.

[TeeDub]

so we have to do this thread every six months?

[Giggles]

The times they are a changin'. And tips with them.

[Boston]

exactly, Giggles

and we're coming upon the Holidays when people who aren't VTex do extra tipping

[JJ]

My "Super Cuts" buzz takes about 5 minutes. Costs $13 (or is it $14 now?). I usually leave $4-5 for the cutter. She needs it more than I do.

Mailman - $25 @ Christmas

Paper Delivery - $52 @ Christmas (a buck a week)

Almost tipped my leaf-bag collection dudes the other day, as we normally have about 50 heavy bags.

Honey Dew Donuts - My twice-a-week Medium Iced and 2 Cinnamon Sticks habit comes to $5.20, I give 'em $6 & they keep the change

[Giggles]

I think, despite having never met my mailman, I am going to leave him a $5 tip in my mailbox with a card asking him to stop giving me other people's mail.

[Stephen Glansburg]

My mail gets fucked up constantly! Guy ain't gettin' a dime outta me. Besides, he fell during a storm at my neighbors house and now he is suing them so that should hold him over.

Trash/Recycle dudes get a 30 pack with a bow on it.

[mcm]

Anyone heard of this before: if your barber is also the owner of the shop, you don't need to tip him? True or false?

I don't go to the owner although he does cut hair at my place. Also is it rude to wait for your barber if there is no one else in there and your barber is cutting someone's hair and the other guy is just sitting there with a broom in his hands?

[Maury Ballstein]

I throw a 5 spot to my barber no matter what the cost.

I've never tipped my mailman in my entire life. I wonder if that's why I find it constantly stuffed and crushed into my mailbox.

Tipping 80 cents to a coffee shop seems ridiculous to me but to each their own.

[MCA]

Itunes GC for mailman. He's my age and we have mutual friends as it turns out.

Dunkins GC's for trash guys.

NOthing out of the norm for barber (barber gets 4 bucks on a 16 dollar cut so its an even 20).

[KW]

It is definitely ok to wait for your barber if they are cutting someone else's hair.