I will never tip for a hair cut. Thats what I'm paying for. I've never heard of that though, polus I've never seen anyone else do it either around here.
As far as tipping wait-staff goes, it all depends. If it is a really busy night, if they do a good job, or if they make special accomodations then sure I'll throw down some extra cash. But if there's nothing special or out of the ordinary then I won't tip. Sorry if it seems cold but unless you do something extra to deserve the money, then why should I give extra?
Before you think I'm a total dick let me explain where my views come on this matter.
During grade school and high school I was a paperboy. Now, my responsibility was to deliver a paper to a customer's property. That in and of itself can be a lot of work. My route was rather large and had about 50 pounds worth of papers every morning (at least 100 lbs on Sundays). I walked the whole thing with the papers in my trusty paperbag over my shoulder (think Newsies without the knickers) for about three miles, every morning, at 5am. For this I was paid beans (I think I got $70 for two weeks). Yeah, the pay sucked but I knew that going into the job. The real goal was to get tips. So I went out of my way to make the service better in order to deserve the tips. I walked up to each house and place the paper in people's screen doors. If it was raining I would bag the papers before delivering all of them (the cost of the bags came out of my own pocket). Every paper was out before 6am (the deadline was 8am I believe). I hoped this extra service would make people thankful andn thus more tips for the improved service.
I was wrong.
Sure I got some nice tips here and there but I would say that the majority of the people on my route NEVER tipped me in the eight years I did this. Half of them would complain if their paper wasn't in their door (an extra bonus I took the initiative of doing) or about other rediculous crap (I got chewed out by some crazy lady because her paper had a few drops of water on it...and a hurricane was passing over at the time). I would get I USED POOR LANGUAGE SKILLS RIGHT HERE, AND GOT EDITED BY ARMY!! tips, like the one guy who would tip 2.18 every four months (seriously...what the christ?). Not to be all negative; there were a few people who did tip well, and for them I am very grateful.
So, unless a waiter/waitress goes above the "can I take your order" and delivering the food, I won't tip. Walking a few plates 30 feet is a hell of a lot easier than slogging 3 miles with 50 lbs of papers on your shoulder. If you're only going to do the minimum amount of work, expect the minimum wage. If you want more money get a new job.
PS: I always will tip the pizza guy (unless he's horribly late). Too many damned idiots on the road that you guys have to put up with.
As far as tipping wait-staff goes, it all depends. If it is a really busy night, if they do a good job, or if they make special accomodations then sure I'll throw down some extra cash. But if there's nothing special or out of the ordinary then I won't tip. Sorry if it seems cold but unless you do something extra to deserve the money, then why should I give extra?
Before you think I'm a total dick let me explain where my views come on this matter.
During grade school and high school I was a paperboy. Now, my responsibility was to deliver a paper to a customer's property. That in and of itself can be a lot of work. My route was rather large and had about 50 pounds worth of papers every morning (at least 100 lbs on Sundays). I walked the whole thing with the papers in my trusty paperbag over my shoulder (think Newsies without the knickers) for about three miles, every morning, at 5am. For this I was paid beans (I think I got $70 for two weeks). Yeah, the pay sucked but I knew that going into the job. The real goal was to get tips. So I went out of my way to make the service better in order to deserve the tips. I walked up to each house and place the paper in people's screen doors. If it was raining I would bag the papers before delivering all of them (the cost of the bags came out of my own pocket). Every paper was out before 6am (the deadline was 8am I believe). I hoped this extra service would make people thankful andn thus more tips for the improved service.
I was wrong.
Sure I got some nice tips here and there but I would say that the majority of the people on my route NEVER tipped me in the eight years I did this. Half of them would complain if their paper wasn't in their door (an extra bonus I took the initiative of doing) or about other rediculous crap (I got chewed out by some crazy lady because her paper had a few drops of water on it...and a hurricane was passing over at the time). I would get I USED POOR LANGUAGE SKILLS RIGHT HERE, AND GOT EDITED BY ARMY!! tips, like the one guy who would tip 2.18 every four months (seriously...what the christ?). Not to be all negative; there were a few people who did tip well, and for them I am very grateful.
So, unless a waiter/waitress goes above the "can I take your order" and delivering the food, I won't tip. Walking a few plates 30 feet is a hell of a lot easier than slogging 3 miles with 50 lbs of papers on your shoulder. If you're only going to do the minimum amount of work, expect the minimum wage. If you want more money get a new job.
PS: I always will tip the pizza guy (unless he's horribly late). Too many damned idiots on the road that you guys have to put up with.
. Ive been cutting my own hair for the past 8 years and I cant imagine how much money Ive saved over those 8 years. On average id get my hair cut at the barber for about 10$ a pop every 2 weeks. So in about a year Id spend about 250-260$, now multiply that by 8 thats 2,080$ saved! 
bday parties are the only times i ever got tips while i working for the local field lol
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