I'm feeling tipped to death! Everywhere I go, people want to be tipped. I know that we can be "insurance poor," but I'm actually feeling "tip poor." When should I, and when shouldn't I, tip? I'm reaching a point that I don't want to tip at all! I'm starting to go to a spa for treatments that cost between $75-$200 each, and if I purchase a package of treatments the cost could be between $700-900. I'm almost afraid to ask, but should I be tipping 10-20 percent to them?
2007-10-06 07:00:23 · 11 answers · asked by MsNomer 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Tips, or rather, gratuities, are offered, in gratitude, to people who performed a service for you in a manner that was above their minimum job requirement. If you paid for the furniture and the delivery man delivered the furniture, no need to tip. BUT, if you asked him to move it around until you found it to your liking, or he had to move other pieces of furniture to place the new, then, yes, he went above the normal service of delivering and should be considered for a tip.
Your second issue: Should you tip for a package of spa treatments? Certainly not at the time of the purchase. IF you choose to tip, it should be at the time of service and you should tip directly only those who performed the services for you. Your should tip based on the amount of the regular treatment price and ONLY if the people who performed the service went beyond their normal job to accommodate you or to make your experience more pleasant.
I believe tips and gratuities are earned, not bestowed. I speak from the experience of thirty years as a hairdresser. I earned mine.
BTW, gratuities are also figured on the price of the product or service, specifically, you do not tip the waiter 15-20% based on the whole dinner tab if there is a bar bill included. Your tip for the waiter should be calculated at the price for dinner and a "corking gratuity" of no more than $10.00 should be added to the tip. It does not matter if the bottle was thirty or one hundred dollars. Cocktails should be tipped to the bartender of the establishment.
This is applicable in your situation should you be charged for products in the spa. Your tip amount is not calculated with those products in mind.
I agree wholeheartedly--the whole world has gone tipping mad!!
(Tips: To Insure Proper Service, are given BEFORE a request such as, "Please see that my bed is turned down and there are fresh towels in my room before we return." or "Please see that my wife's wine glass is never empty." That sort of thing.)
2007-10-06 10:59:31 · answer #1 · answered by lfh1213 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tipping is a very shaking ground to tread. I recently read an article in USA Today that shows an entire chart per region and country on how to tip, how it varies and could be considered insulting either way, tip or no tip, too little too much. Being on the receiving end is not easy either. It helps when the business has the gratuity added on the bill for you.
2007-10-06 07:16:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I agree and I have no idea about tipping at the spa. It doesn't matter if you can afford it or not. It's the idea that EVERYONE thinks they deserve a tip that is a little scary to me. It seems we're going to tip ourselves into the poor house and then we'll all be in the same boat as these people that think everyone should be tipped for doing their jobs. A vicious cycle and I refuse to play the tipping game.......sorry........go ahead and call me cheap.......
2007-10-06 08:45:21 · answer #3 · answered by EvilWoman0913 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Wait staff legally earn half of minimum wage, so they really depend on tips. The others are making at least minimum wage or more, so I don't feel so obliged to tip a lot, if at all.
2007-10-06 10:12:05 · answer #4 · answered by tom 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I feel the same. My haircutter and my massage therapist receive a small tip since they provide an excellent service to me on a regular basis.
2007-10-06 07:25:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you can afford $200 for a spa treatment, why is a tip such a big deal?
2007-10-06 07:06:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
If you can afford such luxury treatment,
then I don't understand why you would be complaining.
Those I tip always and generously are
servers, hairdressers,and delivery people.
2007-10-06 10:22:35 · answer #7 · answered by BigTip$ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As long as we continue to tip those who just walk by...they'll keep working those jobs.
2007-10-06 09:34:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
yes- if they are good, defiantly. I know it seems crazy but the people who are giving you those treatments are not getting the full amount of money you are paying for them. They are only getting a percentage. It's kinda the same rule as dining out- if you can't afford to tip- DON'T GO OUT TO EAT!
2007-10-06 07:07:34 · answer #9 · answered by Sansa 2 · 1⤊ 6⤋
If you're really paying that much for those treatment's why are you worried about 140+ dollars?
2007-10-06 07:06:44 · answer #10 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋