Girls working at Hooters...?

You can make much more money at a high class restaurant, without blatantly being objectified every night. Serving tables is difficult and takes time management. But most restaurants will train you. Plus, the table turnover is horrible at a sports bar because you have customers sit at your table for hours watching games. Where in a restaurant, you can turn a table three times in that time.

zachbonner wrote: »

I have a crappy job so If I judged my girlfriend based on where she worked I would be a complete a**hole

I thought this said "creepy" job. I was so intrigued.

A job is a job. The girls at the one in Station Square, Pittsburgh always looked happy and that they were being treated well. Mind you this was back in 1997 and at off peak hours so i don't know what it was like now or when it got busy. Most of them looked college age so I figured it's not a permanent job.

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lookin4gains wrote: »

Honestly, I served tables and started at a nice joint. No experience when I started and was pulling $200+ a night. Can't say they won't hire if you don't try. *shrugs* I can only speak from my experience.

Well, you have to take location into account as well. Someone might not have available transportation to get to the higher class joints or those areas/types of establishments aren't hiring.

It's a job. I'm not going to look down on anyone that is doing what they can to support themselves (if not also their family or even their education).

I used to eat at Hooters when I was traveling back in the 90's. I'd go there as they usually had the game on and other sports bar chains weren't as common yet.

On slow nights, the waitresses would often sit and talk with me and they were often articulate, intelligent, and fun.

Would I date a Hooter's waitress now? I don't think my wife would let me, so I would have to say no. However, when I was in my 20's and single, I would have had no issues with dating a waitress from there.

As a former Hooters Girl, I'm biased but I don't see much of an issue with it. Honestly, I wasn't hit on or objectified anymore at Hooters than I was at the other restaurants I worked in. I worked in one restaurant with a uniform that covered up to my neck, including a tie, and guys would still make the same comments. A jerk is a jerk, no matter what restaurant he goes to.

I can't speak for all locations but I can say that my bosses were always quick to jump to a girl's defense too. If any guy thought they could touch a girl for any reason they were quickly escorted out of the building.

Now, I will say that there are certainly some girls working there that aren't just another server and use everything they can to get a bigger tip. Leaning over tables, hitting on customers, sitting on laps, etc. I never used these tactics, I just acted like myself, and was never encouraged to use them either. We all have boundaries with interacting with strangers, whether we work at Hooters or not, and mine were always respected.

It was actually a lot of fun. I made great money for a server, got to participate in a ton of community sports events as a representative (in a Hooters Girl track suit, not the shorts/tank uniform), and met a bunch of fun and incredibly intelligent girls (almost all of us were in school).

Honestly, the worst part of the job wasn't any sexual objectification. It was the pantyhose. God, those were uncomfortable.

fredgiblet wrote: »

I don't see anything different from working at any other restaurant except you need to be prettier to work at Hooters.

That is true in some aspects; you can be objectified at any restaurant you work at if you are attractive. Although at Hooters guys are going there, partially, to see the waitresses in tank tops and small shorts. I would agree with the other poster that you should try to look for a higher scale restaurant and they might be willing to train you if you show them you are willing to work for it. In the end, there is nothing wrong working at Hooters and if that's where you can get a job, go for it.

RllyGudTweetr wrote: »

If your job is legal, pays your bills, and isn't forced upon you, there's no reason on Earth to be ashamed of doing the work. Tell anyone who thinks differently to kindly stuff it.

THANKS WELL SAID

Nuthin' wrong with young ladies tryin' to make an honest living. If they're pretty enough to work at Hooter's they'd make way more bank if they signed up down at the local
"Shake Em' Up Joint". Just sayin'. God bless em'.

work is work, we all must pay the bills

If you feel uncomfortable enough with the idea to ask about it, you may want to try looking for a different job.

Oy vey.