Hair Cut

[hansnl43]

haircut in Don Momg (Issan) 30 baht, tip 10 baht

[saraburioz]

I went for a haircut in Pattaya - 80B

I gave the girl 100B and waited for 10 minutes for the change.

She automatically assumed I would give the tip of 20B, how wrong she was

[Spaniel]

I get my haircut in a barber shop in Minburi for B60 and I give the barber B20. I disagree with the people who say Thais dont tip. Years ago I used to get my haircut in a little shop on soi 23 about 50 m from soi cowboy. Even there I noticed some, but not most, of the Thai customers tipped.

[leftcross]

hmmmm difficult one.

i found a great barber's shop and it was 60 baht for a cut. it was the best haircut i could find in bkk and it was down a little soi near a tourist area.

i kept giving the guy a 20 baht tip every time because i was so pleased with the haircut. i used to get it cut once a fortnight.

he soon cottoned on and put the price up to 80 baht for foreigners. it still said in thai 60 baht but there was a sign up in english saying 80.

OK, i thought, same price but no tip now. but because it was 80 baht he was hovering when i gave him a 100!!! he wanted the 20 baht tip too.

i stopped going there eventually cos i moved apartment.

anyways, i was around the area again recently and went in with the wife.

he had now put a sign up saying hair cut 100 baht. i thought this was taking the piss. they had a new bloke cutting my hair and i was chatting away to him and the wife in thai.

when it came to paying the bloke who cut my hair asked the owner how much i should pay. clearly he knew i could see there was a sign in thai saying 60 baht.

i told him in thai that i understood why he charged foreigners more money but that they were on holiday with western wages while i work here. i said i would pay 80 baht, more than a thai but less than his new price. he agreed so i gave him 80, although i dont think i will go there again. he just got too greedy.

maybe if nobody had tipped him when it was 60 baht he wouldnt have raised and raised it.

Edited October 24, 2006 by leftcross