Girls working at Hooters...?

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jazzy_45
jazzy_45 Posts: 101 Member
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Hi everyone. I'm just interested to hear opinions on this. What do you think of girls working at Hooters? Would you think less of them? Is it seen as sleazy? Or would you just think nothing of it? I mean they are just waitresses, but at the same time we all know Hooters mean something other than owls and the tank tops show that...
Guys, would you date a girl who worked at Hooters?

What if they were doing it part-time to earn enough money school? Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, right?
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  • Drea_h85
    Drea_h85 Posts: 312 Member
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    I had a part time job there during summer while in school. My parents weren't to thrilled but I did it anyways. At the time my theory was do what u gotta do but now thinking about it and having a lil girl of my own. I'm not to keen on the thought of her getting a job there.
  • lookin4gains
    lookin4gains Posts: 1,761 Member
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    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.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
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    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.
  • jazzy_45
    jazzy_45 Posts: 101 Member
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    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

    What's your job, if you don't mind sharing?
  • rowlandsw
    rowlandsw Posts: 1,166 Member
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    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.
  • jazzy_45
    jazzy_45 Posts: 101 Member
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    lookin4gains wrote: »
    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.

    But what if you have no experience in the restaurant industry? I doubt you could get a job at a high class restaurant if you have no restaurant industry? And what if you don't even have any job experience? Even less likely. But with Hooters I'm pretty sure you could get a job there with no prior work or restaurant experience, if you fit the part. I'm not saying it's right, but it's the way it is.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,641 Member
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  • lookin4gains
    lookin4gains Posts: 1,761 Member
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    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.
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
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    While some waitresses at Hooters might be objectified by some customers, I don't think personally that I would see a person who works at Hooters any differently. It's not like they're strippers or working in porn. They're just waitresses. Hooters hasn't cornered the market on objectifying waitresses...it happens at all kinds of restaurants and bars, even classy ones, although it's not as common.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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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).
  • rowlandsw
    rowlandsw Posts: 1,166 Member
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    You know you have a food problem when someone says hooters and the first thing that comes to mind is how good the food was and you get hungry lol
  • jazzy_45
    jazzy_45 Posts: 101 Member
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    rowlandsw wrote: »
    You know you have a food problem when someone says hooters and the first thing that comes to mind is how good the food was and you get hungry lol

    Hey the wings are pretty good there! :D
  • lookin4gains
    lookin4gains Posts: 1,761 Member
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    PikaKnight wrote: »
    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 agree with this. And I am by no means implying that working at Hooter's is below anyone. I'm saying that there are different options that offer much more money and less objectification. If that is all you can find in the job market then obviously that is the job to support you. I am saying that going to an interview at a few different restaurants could actually turn out differently than you might think.
  • slider728
    slider728 Posts: 1,494 Member
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    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.
  • fredgiblet
    fredgiblet Posts: 241 Member
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    I don't see anything different from working at any other restaurant except you need to be prettier to work at Hooters.
  • geekandgranola
    geekandgranola Posts: 14 Member
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    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.
  • Misshodge64
    Misshodge64 Posts: 8,588 Member
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    Do what you have to do to maintain, I think you are intellectual enough that you will carry yourself with dignity. Do what you can and have faith that God will give you something better. You find something better than you can resign from Hooters, :-)
  • Jace4890
    Jace4890 Posts: 2
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    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.

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