Speaking as someone who does this professionally:
As a general rule, most guys do tip. Hell, percentage-wise, most guys tip better than women do, and quite a few are very loyal clients. That said, if I do a guy's haircut and it takes 10 minutes with the clippers, and he doesn't tip, it's disappointing, but not a big deal.
On the other hand, for example, I had a woman in a few weeks ago--and I spent THREE HOURS trying to fix her daughter's messed up haircolor, and they both loved it when they left--and she didn't tip. Now THAT will make a stylist mad. And yes, we remember those kinds of things, and will keep that in mind. I would never give a person a bad service because of something like that--but I'm never going to go the extra mile to help them out either.
That said--we charge $14 for a men's cut at my salon, and every so often you get a guy who hands you a twenty and tells you to keep the change, and people like that absolutely make your day.
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