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Is being a Hooters Girl a dream job or nightmare?

Do you respect Hooters Girls for "selling the sizzle and delivering the steak"? Is this an open door to opportunity or is the corporate world just taking advantage of beautiful women?


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i dont eat anywhere that my food is prepared or sereved by half dressed people... i always wonder WHERE the hair in my food REALLY came from!!! yuck... and as for working somewhere like that hey i would kill for the bod but...i could find better ways to use it!!! and they have nothing to do with working as a you know what!!! im married and VERY HAPPY DISPITE MY not so glamrous body!!!


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Sex sells...Always has always will.

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I think it's ridiculous. I eat out for good food, nice atmosphere and good service. If it doesn't have all 3, then I'm not going. My husband has no desire to go either.

It's as silly as it would be to open a restaurant called Big Packages and have guys running around in tight boxer underwear.

Give me a break.


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They're waitresses, so I wouldn't say it's a dream job or a nightmare...although I imagine the tips are probably better when you're some cute young thing in a tank top and shorts versus a middle aged woman in a polyester dress and support hose waiting tables at Denny's. I don't mind a restaurant using sex appeal as a gimmick to make itself stand out; I've never eaten at a Hooters but I wouldn't be leery of going just because my waitress would be showing a little skin. As to whether it's an opportunity or the corporate world taking advantage of beautiful women, again I'd say neither. No one is forcing these women to work there, and they should know what they're getting into � everybody knows about Hooters. And again, it's waitressing, so I don't know how much "opportunity" it offers aside from a paycheck. Unless I'm missing something.


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I don't see much difference between this and the casinos using the girls dressed in the even skimpier outfits to serve drinks and such. Or how about the increasingly popular "Coyote Ugly" bars?

I've never eaten at a Hooter's, nor worked at one - and don't plan on dong either (laughing at the thought of me in one of those outfits!) <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> But there are plenty of restaurants where the waitresses wear just as skimpy, they just don't advertise it in their name. I'm not planning on going to a Hooter's because i don't see anything on the menu that I can't get anywhere else! To me a restaurant is about the food, not who's serving it. {shrug}

BTW - Dancing on top of the bar at a Coyote Ugly looks like a lot of fun though! <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />


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...but doesn't atmosphere have a lot to do with the "dining experience"? McDonald's isn't about the food, for instance - it's about convenience with kids, family dining that won't break the bank, or a speedy drive-through.

Hooters is about...well...er..."hooters." Doesn't it give men a chance to laugh at themselves? ...And women a chance to share in the joke?

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Unfortunately, the focus on large breasts in this country has caused many women to go in debt and risk their health with breast implants. Some rather ridiculously large, which isn't comfortable.

They obviously haven't lived with C-D boobs before, because it can be a hassle trying to find tops that fit properly.

A woman's worth is no more tied up in her mammary gland size than a man's worth is tied up in his size. Places like this reinforce the concept that beauty (of which boob size is one factor) is more important than kindness, intelligence, and personality.


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It is my understanding that some of the servers use it as a springboard for a modeling career. The food is mediocre at best. I went when a male friend invited me to lunch, picked this place and like the immature person that he is, refused to go anywhere else. I observed most of the customers (men) enjoying the attention that they obviously don't normally get. They don't realize that they are only getting attention here because they are paying for it, not because the girls like them. Although I wasn't ignored by the servers, it was clear that they give their attention to the men or whomever they think is paying the bill. A coworker of mine (also female) went to get the wings and said that there were still feathers attached! Bon-appetite!

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My opinion on all this is that it is a dress code like anywhere else. It may be different but it is a dress code still. Being a "Hooters Girl" does in fact open doors. Hooters has an annual International Swimsuit Competition which exposes women to international media attention and if you win you get to be in ads, magazines, etc. It opens doors for other modeling opportunities that may be small but is an opportunity nonetheless. I do also believe that the corporate world tries to take advantage of "beautiful women" but lets get serious here! This is NOTHING new! The fashion industry is the PERFECT example of this. If women (and some men) are going to complain about women using their bodies to sell a product they should complain about the fashion industry that has promoted a look far beyond a typical woman's reach. Models are EXPECTED to be 5'8" size 2. Everywhere on magazines you see photoshopped and airbrushed models who look fabulous and girls everywhere want to look like that (but little do they realize that even those models on that Maxim cover aren't that smooth and their breasts aren't that perky...it's called computer technology). If a Hooters Girl has breast implants it is because that one girl has probably always wanted it and not because she came to Hooters and realized suddenty 'HEY! I need bigger breasts!' Most of these girls work at Hooters because they know that here they can make quick, easy, and GOOD money. On a bad day my tips for one shift will be about $100. That is why I did it. Yes, I have the choice of working at other restaurants but why? There is more work involved with tips clearly not as good. I am a college student and I need fast cash. I plan on doing more with my life obviously but most of these girls are in college so give them a break. And for those women out there who refuse to shut up about the topic why don't you talk to these girls. These girls have dreams and aspirations. These are some of the most fun and intelligent girls I have met. We aren't stupid and "plastic" as I've heard. This is a job and we are doing it. And by the way, the food IS good.

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