Happy 25th Anniversary Hooters

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To be candid, I never liked Hooters. I may be a misogynist, some might even call me a womanizer but I’ve always had great disdain for two things most men enjoy, strippers (and strip clubs) and Hooters. I’ve felt a sense of embarrassment being that I’m one of the few who was not a in favor of buying strippers for someone’s bachelor party or going to a strip club as a means of having fun on a Saturday night but I got over it. Strippers and Hooters = not worth my time or money.

To be sure, I don’t need another way to piss away my money, I have enough.  Why would I go to the ATM and get out $300, go to the 7-11 to get my 20’s changed into 1’s, only to insert them into a woman’s garter in hopes of being aroused.  Sounds like a lot of work to me.  More importantly, why would I want to go from “Six to Midnight,” with no hopes of flesh-on-flesh?  I don’t know about ya’ll but that’s not my idea of fun.  (Oh, and you’re a buffoon if you believe, like many dudes do, that the stripper showing you all that attention actually enjoys your company.  FYI, she’s getting paid to show you a “good time”; once the money stops being exerted and once you step foot outside of those double doors, you’re all but dead to her. So, throw away that fake number she gave you and salvage your self-respect.)

This segues perfectly into what I actually wanted to write about: Hooters.  Here’s a short glimpse into Hooters’ standard operating procedure, if you will (From Wiki):

The Smoking Gun website obtained a copy of the Hooters Employee Handbook which notes that:

Female employees are required to sign that they “acknowledge and affirm” the following:

1. My job duties require I wear the designated Hooters Girl uniform.
2. My job duties require that I interact with and entertain the customers.
3. The Hooters concept is based on female sex appeal and the work environment is one in which joking and sexual innuendo based on female sex appeal is commonplace.
4. I do not find my job duties, uniform requirements, or work environment to be offensive, intimidating, hostile, or unwelcome.

Interesting.  In my 24 years on this earth, I’ve been to Hooters three times.  One of those times was last night.  Before last night my Hooters contempt was born out of a core belief that they exploited women.  But, do they really? Or are they capitalizing on a facet of sexuality that women would and do use anyhow, in any profession (Strippers take it too far because you’re paying them to dance and/or rub you)?  I’ll give you the fact that the establishment is called “Hooters”, and Hooters used to be slang for breasts, and many of the waitresses have big breasts, and all of them have breasts but besides that, why should it be troubling to me?  After such a valuable experience as I had last night, it’s not.

My experience in the restaurant industry tells me that Hooters’ girls, when doing their job correctly, provide a service that spans beyond the average waitress’s area of responsibility.  If you go to your local Applebees, you may get a waitress and she may provide you great service, but she isn’t required to “shoot the shit” with you.  She isn’t required to engage in conversation with you unless she wants to and unless there is some connection that tickles her fancy.

At Hooters, the servers are usually gorgeous and they interact with you like it’s a natural and meaningful meeting of two people even if it’s not.  Not to make Hooters sound sophisticated, but what if it is?  Hooters might be ahead of its time if you think about it. Let’s say you’re a lonely guy— the type of guy that, besides work relationships and dating websites, has no interaction with the opposite sex, then I think you’d feel pretty good leaving Hooters with a full belly and a warm fuzzy (feeling that is).  Would you not?

So Happy 25th Anniversary to Hooters.

Food for thought, u do the dishes…