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A tip? Not likely!

January 28th, 2007 at 01:30 am

A girlfriend of mine received two gift certificates for a pedicure and manicure. She invited me to use the second one. We used them this afternoon.

I'm not sure what the problem was, but the person who did my pedicure/manicure was pretty rude to me. My entire pedicure/manicure took maybe 15 minutes tops. My friend's took more like 25 minutes. The lady who did me finished and then tried to ask me how I was going to pay - but she wasn't exactly easy to understand. It sounded to me like she was asking for a tip. I played dumb and told her that no I didn't want any tips. Smile Her coworker (who was working on my friend) finally interpretaed for her and let us know she wanted money. So my friend gave her the two gift certificates.

I sat next to my friend waiting for her to finish for a good 8 - 10 minutes.

I haven't had a *lot* of manicure/pedicures done in my lifetime, but I have had enough to know that this experience was WAY below subpar. If this would have been one I was actually *paying* for -- I would have been majorly complaining. Of course, I wouldn't have gone to this place in the first place, because there is this great place that does a *real* spa pedicure, including heated rocks/towels etc, for $10 LESS than this place.

My standard tip when going to one of these places is $10. I would have left a tip today if I would have received even good service. Maybe the lady thought I was going to stiff her because I was wearing my workout clothes (clean, but a bit wrinkled - the last of my clean clothes that I could wear and push the pant legs up) ?

I could say maybe it was because of my weight - but my friend weighs as much as I do. Maybe it was because my heels were in such bad shape. Smile I do give myself pedicures and manicures of a sort, but am not that good at getting my heels nice and soft.

Who knows what the problem was. At least it didn't cost me or my friend anything. It did cost that lady a $10 tip though!

I wasn't going to say anything to my friend about it, but she actually spoke up and apologized to me for getting jipped -- and mentioned that it was a good thing we weren't paying for it, otherwise there would be a scene! Smile

Posted in General, Frugal Single Life | 5 Comments »

5 Responses to “A tip? Not likely!”

  1. Amber Says:
    January 28th, 2007 at 02:48 am 1169952490
    1169952490

    I usually tip any way but it sounds like she was a real pistol to deal with, so maybe I would not have left a tip. What people do not realize is, it is all about customer service

  2. koppur Says:
    January 28th, 2007 at 03:24 pm 1169997841
    1169997841

    I usually tip, but if the service is bad, I tip low, and if the person is extemeily rude (I mean, really nasty), I complain to their manager and don't tip.

  3. paigu Says:
    January 28th, 2007 at 08:12 pm 1170015165
    1170015165

    Interesting that you got the bad service even before they knew you had the gift certificates. That really says a lot of the quality of that store. I'd stay away from it.

  4. living_in_oz Says:
    January 28th, 2007 at 09:04 pm 1170018297
    1170018297

    I wouldn't have tipped either. I'm not from of the "always tip" way of thinking. If I tip, then it is because a tip is deserved. If I don't get good service, I don't tip...period. I already paid for the service. A tip is for "above and beyond". It doesn't sound like you got any above and beyond.

  5. Mari Says:
    February 16th, 2007 at 09:50 pm 1171662651
    1171662651

    Your lucky you have your dad to help you out with your car problems. My alternator just died and in the process of finding someone to fix it Frown It's really not fun when they can easily screw you over. So I am aprehensive about it...to say the least.

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