Comments on: Automatic Gratuity: Including Gratuity in Salon Service Pricing https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/06/automatic-gratuity-including-gratuity-in-salon-service-pricing.html Backstabbing, bitchfits, and Botox...there's no business like the beauty business. Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Tina https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/06/automatic-gratuity-including-gratuity-in-salon-service-pricing.html#comment-6788 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 16:50:35 +0000 http://www.localthisuglybeautybusiness.com/?p=30#comment-6788 In reply to Dianne Minor.

Honestly? Paperwork. I use detailed consultation forms for all color clients, and for clients who I know are going to be a problem. (For example, the ones who come in bitching about how, “No hairdresser has ever done my hair right,” and the ones who give conflicting statements like, “I want a blunt layer cut.”) I’m also extremely straightforward in a way that some people may interpret as borderline rudeness. Finally, if I’m certain a client is asking me for something that is either inadvisable (a permed mullet) or will end in disaster (bleaching the shit out of over-processed hair), I outright refuse to perform the service and refer them to someone else.

]]> By: Dianne Minor https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/06/automatic-gratuity-including-gratuity-in-salon-service-pricing.html#comment-6785 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 09:16:22 +0000 http://www.localthisuglybeautybusiness.com/?p=30#comment-6785 How do you handle clients that tell you how to fix their hair and get mad when you do it that way and say your the professional why didn’t you tell me that was not going to work, when you already advised them?

]]> By: Auto Gratuity: Hair Salon Tipping Pros & Cons - No Tips Required https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/06/automatic-gratuity-including-gratuity-in-salon-service-pricing.html#comment-3039 Sun, 08 May 2016 21:24:56 +0000 http://www.localthisuglybeautybusiness.com/?p=30#comment-3039 […] out this breakdown by hair salon expert Tina Alberino of the fantastic blog ‘This Ugly Beauty […]

]]> By: Hair Salon Tipping: Pros & Cons – No Tips Required https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/06/automatic-gratuity-including-gratuity-in-salon-service-pricing.html#comment-2030 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:47:21 +0000 http://www.localthisuglybeautybusiness.com/?p=30#comment-2030 […] out this breakdown by hair salon expert Tina Alberino of the fantastic blog ‘This Ugly Beauty […]

]]> By: Tina Alberino https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/06/automatic-gratuity-including-gratuity-in-salon-service-pricing.html#comment-802 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 17:44:07 +0000 http://www.localthisuglybeautybusiness.com/?p=30#comment-802 In reply to Anna.

I am born and raised in this country and I think it is SUCH a backwards custom. “Welcome to my business, now pay my employees a living wage so I don’t have to.” I don’t get it and I never will. There’s also a convincing argument being made that tipping is discriminatory and unconstitutional, based on studies that show that minorities and women are frequently tipped far less than Caucasians and males. I highly recommend listening to the Freakonomics podcasts. They address all kinds of really interesting stuff.
http://freakonomics.com/2013/06/03/should-tipping-be-banned-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/

]]> By: Anna https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/06/automatic-gratuity-including-gratuity-in-salon-service-pricing.html#comment-801 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:27:00 +0000 http://www.localthisuglybeautybusiness.com/?p=30#comment-801 18-20% going straight to the employee on top of their wage seems super high to me though. Unless I pay a minimum wage I guess (which seems super unfair). I pay 50% over minumum wage to start with and then do something like a profit share if the salon reaches quota at the end of the month. % Split between full timers. Just so people (also reception) understands that not only immidiate actions but so many things add up to a happy salon/happy clients/

]]> By: Anna https://thisuglybeautybusiness.com/2014/06/automatic-gratuity-including-gratuity-in-salon-service-pricing.html#comment-800 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:20:25 +0000 http://www.localthisuglybeautybusiness.com/?p=30#comment-800 Girl, I love you!!! I’ve head no tipping policy for years and I NEVER miss it. In Poland, where I’m from tipping is not common at all because hairdressing is a trade and esthetics requires a full college degree so those professions are viewed as well, professional. Tipping in North America drives me nuts. Not that I’m cheap, just tell me the price and I will pay it (if i can afford it of course). I feel people are totally brainwashed thinking tipping is actually good thing. They act (and demand to be treated) like professionals but they seriously wait for people to tip them “to show them that they did a good job”. I don’t get it! Isn’t that what they should do anyway?? Anyway, I can talk about this for years, I’m so passionate about this so it heart warming to see others think alike!!!

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