Do you eat at Hooters? Are you a woman?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would stab myself in the eye before I would enter that establishment. I can't even say the name, I call it the Owl Place. Its existence in 2013 America is a disgrace. I always used to say that if I were absurdly wealthy I would buy them out and shut them all down just so I don't ever have to drive by that sickening orange logo ever again. And yes, I'm a woman.

Yes, but have you tried their wings?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One of my female coworkers liked to go to Hooters. I still remember my last visit there, for her birthday several years ago. As we dined, we spotted a mouse scurry along the wall of the dining room. I flagged the waitress down, and discretely told her that there was a mouse about. She replied, and I quote, "The little one?" She later came back to our table and assured us that "he doesn't go into the kitchen". Hooters: Good wings. Pleasant, if not terribly bright, waitresses. Hygienic vermin.

LOL!

For the record, this was the Gallery Place Hooters.

[Anonymous]

The question is not whether the food was good. The question is does the theme offend you.

I am very surprised how many women can not see past the clothes the girls wear. Actually, the girls mostly are cute and friendly.

We went one night when my son was really, really young and it was not because we wanted a good meal we probably just could not deal with the snobby people in <fill in the blank> restaurant that think every meal they have out is a special occassion. My very active boy was probably driving me crazy and I probably just needed a beer.

It was not busy and the waitress played catch with him so we could eat. She was very nice.

I guess after watching my neices play volleyball for years little shorts don't phase me.

I get not one iota of a feeling of girls being "sexualized" in the restaurant. They are wearing shorts and a t-shirt.

I also wonder how many of these women against Hooters are also for girls to NOT be judged by "what they wear".

[Anonymous]

Never been, so wouldn't know how the food tastes, but really..comparing the women who work there to strippers? Not dissing strippers (they are doing their thing - the men who pay them are the idiots), but there is a big difference between being naked and wearing short shorts and low cut tops. As far as the flirting - that happens at 'regular' restaurants as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The question is not whether the food was good. The question is does the theme offend you.

I am very surprised how many women can not see past the clothes the girls wear. Actually, the girls mostly are cute and friendly.

We went one night when my son was really, really young and it was not because we wanted a good meal we probably just could not deal with the snobby people in <fill in the blank> restaurant that think every meal they have out is a special occassion. My very active boy was probably driving me crazy and I probably just needed a beer.

It was not busy and the waitress played catch with him so we could eat. She was very nice.

I guess after watching my neices play volleyball for years little shorts don't phase me.

I get not one iota of a feeling of girls being "sexualized" in the restaurant. They are wearing shorts and a t-shirt.

I also wonder how many of these women against Hooters are also for girls to NOT be judged by "what they wear".

It's as if you're arguing several different things here, none well. I'm sure the women who work there are just like everyone - a mix of nice and terrible, dim and bright, etc. No one's implying they're bad people of reworking there. The clothes are a bit different than shorts and a tee-shirt based on the pictures I've seen, and quite a bit tighter. If you can't see that a restaurant named "Hooters" is, in fact, meant to sexualize the women who work there, then point missed. Moreover - did you liken your nieces' outfits to the costumes worn at Hooters? That's gross.

[Anonymous]

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I also wonder how many of these women against Hooters are also for girls to NOT be judged by "what they wear".

The girls in that restaurant don't get to choose what they wear. If the world were perfect, they would have plenty of jobs to choose from, and so only wants that really wanted to dress like that would work there, but we all know the world is not perfect. We are not judging the girls. We are judging the people who pick their outfits and the people who make the commercials for that restaurant for marketing almost exclusively to men. That may be fine, but expect me to be as comfortable there as most men would be in a room that was pure pink with frilly frills everywhere, the air doused with a floral perfume. I know where I am not wanted...

[Anonymous]

I don't care that it exists, but I can think of hundreds of other places where I'd rather have a meal. It would be weird to take my kids and DH for a family dinner. I'm sure my ten year old DS would stare at the girls' boobs hanging out of their shirts. Awkward!

[Anonymous]

So... how many of you wear high heels to work? Because it's "professional", right? And I assume you chose your field, and your specific employer?

I happen to think high heels are appallingly misogynistic, and I think a little less of women who wear them. About on par with Hooters girls' uniforms. But at least they don't have to permanently maim their feet for their job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So... how many of you wear high heels to work? Because it's "professional", right? And I assume you chose your field, and your specific employer?

I happen to think high heels are appallingly misogynistic, and I think a little less of women who wear them. About on par with Hooters girls' uniforms. But at least they don't have to permanently maim their feet for their job.

I think this misses the point. The point is: are normal women really welcome at hooters? No. Its a men's club. It's whole point is to appeal to men. Now, maybe you would say that most work places are men's clubs as well and women are not really welcome there. Unfortunately this is partly true.

[Anonymous]

I have a problem with it being a "family restaurant." The theme of this restaurant (the name, girls, their outfits and flirtatiousness) is not family friendly. It's marketed as a family restaurant to bring in more revenue and to get morons like PP's to bring their children in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no problem with the concept. It's a free country.

But I find their wings offensive. No wings should be breaded. Just sauced, fried, and sauced again. I know you can order them "naked," but at Hooter's those are always dried out and awful.

Also, whenever I've left there, I've felt jittery from the amount of sodium I consumed. The whole menu is a fat-and-salt festival, washed down by watery beer. Again, it's a free country--but not that appealing to me.

Not to be a prude or anything, but if there was a vegetable on the menu I might go back.

BWAHAHAHA, thanks pp, funniest thing on DCUM in a while!

Happy to help. Always happy to add a little levity around here.

But it's also true. That place is High Blood Pressure Central.

[Anonymous]

So... how many of you wear high heels to work? Because it's "professional", right? And I assume you chose your field, and your specific employer?

I happen to think high heels are appallingly misogynistic, and I think a little less of women who wear them. About on par with Hooters girls' uniforms. But at least they don't have to permanently maim their feet for their job.

I occasionally wear heels to work, but it certainly isn't a requirement of my job. I can wear flats whenever I want. I don't believe that the hooter's waitresses can choose not to wear their uniforms. I don't think less of them, or people that wear heels. But people that wear heels definitely have more of a choice about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

So... how many of you wear high heels to work? Because it's "professional", right? And I assume you chose your field, and your specific employer?

I happen to think high heels are appallingly misogynistic, and I think a little less of women who wear them. About on par with Hooters girls' uniforms. But at least they don't have to permanently maim their feet for their job.

I occasionally wear heels to work, but it certainly isn't a requirement of my job. I can wear flats whenever I want. I don't believe that the hooter's waitresses can choose not to wear their uniforms. I don't think less of them, or people that wear heels. But people that wear heels definitely have more of a choice about it.

Not only can the waitresses not choose, but I have read in various places that they have size requirements -- like body size, breast size. How is that not misogynistic? The same used to be true for airline stewardesses, and people thought that was appalling. It is no less so for a waitress, in my opinion.

I think high heels are ridiculous, personally. I don't care if others wear them, but I do not, even when I am in court in a suit. I wear flats. I am not going to maim my feet or compromise my ability to walk and carry heavy case files. I have female colleagues who must rely on our male colleagues to tote their things, or must take a taxi down to court (a bare 10-minute walk from our office), because of the way they dress. That is unacceptable to me. No one has ever remarked on it and I don't care if they do.

[Anonymous]

You have never been to a hooters so you don't know. Yes, it is shorts and a t-shirt plain and simple.

So you can kiss my grits.

See that is funny, not sexual.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The question is not whether the food was good. The question is does the theme offend you.

I am very surprised how many women can not see past the clothes the girls wear. Actually, the girls mostly are cute and friendly.

We went one night when my son was really, really young and it was not because we wanted a good meal we probably just could not deal with the snobby people in <fill in the blank> restaurant that think every meal they have out is a special occassion. My very active boy was probably driving me crazy and I probably just needed a beer.

It was not busy and the waitress played catch with him so we could eat. She was very nice.

I guess after watching my neices play volleyball for years little shorts don't phase me.

I get not one iota of a feeling of girls being "sexualized" in the restaurant. They are wearing shorts and a t-shirt.

I also wonder how many of these women against Hooters are also for girls to NOT be judged by "what they wear".

It's as if you're arguing several different things here, none well. I'm sure the women who work there are just like everyone - a mix of nice and terrible, dim and bright, etc. No one's implying they're bad people of reworking there. The clothes are a bit different than shorts and a tee-shirt based on the pictures I've seen, and quite a bit tighter. If you can't see that a restaurant named "Hooters" is, in fact, meant to sexualize the women who work there, then point missed. Moreover - did you liken your nieces' outfits to the costumes worn at Hooters? That's gross.

[Anonymous]

Your not comfortable in a room with beer, TVA, beer and girls wearing shorts. Hmmm.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I also wonder how many of these women against Hooters are also for girls to NOT be judged by "what they wear".

The girls in that restaurant don't get to choose what they wear. If the world were perfect, they would have plenty of jobs to choose from, and so only wants that really wanted to dress like that would work there, but we all know the world is not perfect. We are not judging the girls. We are judging the people who pick their outfits and the people who make the commercials for that restaurant for marketing almost exclusively to men. That may be fine, but expect me to be as comfortable there as most men would be in a room that was pure pink with frilly frills everywhere, the air doused with a floral perfume. I know where I am not wanted...