Lapping Around the Sun

      Dear Clients,      Thank you so much!  Some of you tipped $20, some $10, some $5, and some $1.  Together, all of you chipped in to help maintain a win-win business relationship between you and me.  My employer does not pay me $15 an hour, and I'm okay with that.  You see, we (my employer and I) are counting on you to see to it that I do well, so that I can afford to stay and continue to provide (and continually improve) good service for you.  You make it possible to keep prices down.  You make it possible for us to provide "walk-in" service and provide for you when it is convenient for you.  If my employer had to pay me $15 an hour, prices would have to go up, because neither I nor all other stylists on board could afford to work here.  You keep the win-win business relationship alive.  You win!  I win!  All other clients win!  My boss wins!  The company wins!  I cannot ove...

Tips (money paid for service) are a way to keep prices down. Tips are how a customer can pay the person who provided him / her a service. 15 - 20 % is a fair measure that everyone can chip in to help assure that service providers are paid for what they do. Tips lead to win-win business and keep win-win business perpetually rolling. Non-tipping lead to lose-lose business and keep lose-lose business perpetually rolling. Imagine employers paying waiters / waitresses $15 an hour instead of $2.25 (I just picked two amounts)!  How much do you think you'd have to pay to eat at that restaurant?  Seriously! Think about it!  Probably that one ceramic plate of scrambled eggs, grits, bacon, and toast served with metal utensils would cost you well above $10, and that does not include the cost of a beverage served to you in a ceramic / glass container!  So, now you're at $12 just for one person!  Could you afford to feed your family (of say 4) at tha...