The article is good, and being in the former service industry myself, I am always a good tipper when tipping is required, including nail & hair salons. I usually overtip if the service was good, meaning 20% or more. I have always read and heard that Salon Owners were not to be tipped, because they not only own the salon, but if they have booth renters, they also count that rent as income, or something to that effect, plus any profit from the retail items sold. But I can never tell who the actual owner of some places is, so I have never put that policy to test. If you did raise your rates to cover tipping, I think you would need to make it very clear to your clients that tips are included in the fees you charge and are not accepted.
Not so with "tip jars". If I paid cash and have nothing but change I may throw it in the jar rather than put it away. If it is a counter service restaurant or counter establishment of any kind, the employees are paid minimum wage or more to do the job they were hired to perform and are not considered by the gov't as "tipped" employees that need to declare their tips on their time cards or to the IRS; everything in the jar is considered over & above their wages. Restaurant workers in California have to declare their tips to their employer as part of their timecards; they are then taxed on what they declare and it is taken out of their paychecks for them. As far as going to Massage Envy like the writer of the article - never again. I've been there twice, once on my own for their "special" and again with a gift certificate. Their one hour massage is actually only 30-40 minutes after the therapist sits down and talks to you first about your workout routine, trouble spots, what kind of massage you prefer and what kind of stress you've been having what brought you there today, and on and on and on. I do not want to talk when I get a massage, I'm there to relax, not get interrogated. And it wasn't even that good. On Oct 5, 8:31 am, Kelley Killop-Marble <[email protected]> wrote: > GREAT ARTICLE!!! > > I have actually contemplated raising my rates just a smidge and then > explaining that I no longer accept tips. I have not done this cuz I have not > totally thought it through. Yet it is something I still contemplate as > something different from the other shops...Great service and no tip > expectations....what do others think about this tip thing?!?!?! > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Diana Bonn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > very interesting article about tipping, includes shop owners, hair > > stylists and manicurists. diana from indiana > > >http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SmartSpending/ConsumerActionGuid... > > -- > Kelley Killop-Marble > > Opalized Designs Studio Salon > 7859 Twenty Four Mile Road > Shelby Township, MI 48316 > mobile: 313.363.1755 > > Check us > out:http://wdiv.cityvoter.com/winners/4-the-best/1830/beauty/manicure-and... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
