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TexasTowelie

(111,297 posts)
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:05 PM Oct 2021

Hooters employees are pushing back against new revealing uniforms that include shorts so short that

Hooters employees are pushing back against new revealing uniforms that include shorts so short that they're 'like underwear'


Some Hooters employees are speaking out on social media against a new uniform they say is too revealing.

Several staffers took to TikTok this week in a series of viral videos about new shorts that are so short they've been described as "like underwear." In the videos, employees are airing their grievances with the skimpy uniforms and comparing the length to their previous shorts, which are considerably longer.

"Soooo Hooters got new panties. I mean shorts," wrote one TikTok user. "Love my job but don't love wearing undies to work," wrote another.

The restaurant chain - which is known for its "craveable food and wings, cold beer, sports, and of course, Hooters Girls" as the company states on its website - has long faced criticism for its sexualization of women. Critics have called out the chain for outfitting employees in revealing uniforms and requiring certain hair and makeup standards.

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/hooters-employees-pushing-back-against-155622068.html
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Hooters employees are pushing back against new revealing uniforms that include shorts so short that (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
Craveable food is questionable vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #1
How shocking for a place named after a slang term for breasts Effete Snob Oct 2021 #2
How about Peckers. greymattermom Oct 2021 #4
See post #11. nt TexasTowelie Oct 2021 #13
No thanks, I'm having some of deez Effete Snob Oct 2021 #35
I've heard the cordon bleu is excellent at Knockers. Lochloosa Oct 2021 #8
I think Knockers is their delivery service. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #38
A friend suggested there should be a restaurant called Peckers AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #3
I've thought that for years. greymattermom Oct 2021 #6
There is a restaurant that opened a few years ago called Pekers. TexasTowelie Oct 2021 #11
I prefer O'Nutters myself smirkymonkey Oct 2021 #26
Such a good one: betsuni Oct 2021 #29
LOL! I know, I loved that sketch! smirkymonkey Oct 2021 #30
There's a restaurant called Big Pecker's in Ocean City, MD. 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2021 #15
I just read the menu underpants Oct 2021 #5
... EYESORE 9001 Oct 2021 #10
Never been and never will go to a Hooters. LiberalFighter Oct 2021 #7
Ahhhh, ok? USALiberal Oct 2021 #21
So they voluntarily work at a place madville Oct 2021 #9
So..... They deserve it? CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #16
The "controversy" gains attention madville Oct 2021 #20
No one deserves unfit working conditions Effete Snob Oct 2021 #33
When I read the atory that isn't the impression I get. CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #37
Sometimes it is helpful to step back and ask "why is this news?" Effete Snob Oct 2021 #39
My wife and I.... Xolodno Oct 2021 #12
They're copying the shorts style of "The Wing House" A HERETIC I AM Oct 2021 #14
Tough labor market 😳 underpants Oct 2021 #31
.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2021 #42
If I were working at Hooters - and believe me I never would - FakeNoose Oct 2021 #17
Don't even like the kind of customers that go there. I'm sure employees are Hoyt Oct 2021 #18
I went to one once for a bachelorette party. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #23
Get it. I like chicken wings, etc. I just don't like the atmosphere. Hoyt Oct 2021 #24
Well, it was about 25 years ago, and I didn't select the venue. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #25
I'm with you. Foul, drunk, and misogynistic as hell. hlthe2b Oct 2021 #32
To be fair, I've gone to Hooters; I fucking love their wings. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2021 #34
But at what cost? Effete Snob Oct 2021 #36
I'm too far gone for this particular response, but I love ya. XD Decoy of Fenris Oct 2021 #40
They're very tasteless. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #19
I thought I read they were going the other way. The wings were highly over rated. I went ... marble falls Oct 2021 #22
Met a woman North Shore Chicago Oct 2021 #27
My daughter worked at Hooters for 2 years pfitz59 Oct 2021 #28
I thought they went out of business JI7 Oct 2021 #41

vercetti2021

(10,150 posts)
1. Craveable food is questionable
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:12 PM
Oct 2021

My friend is a manager at Hooters and their food is actually decent because he manages it well. But why go skimpier? Twin peaks does that

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
2. How shocking for a place named after a slang term for breasts
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:13 PM
Oct 2021

I’m boycotting Hooters in sympathy.

I will only dine at Knockers, Jugs, and Tatas until this decision is withdrawn.

AZSkiffyGeek

(10,790 posts)
3. A friend suggested there should be a restaurant called Peckers
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:26 PM
Oct 2021

All men in speedos for the servers. Logo is a woodpecker with a big beak.

TexasTowelie

(111,297 posts)
11. There is a restaurant that opened a few years ago called Pekers.
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:43 PM
Oct 2021

It's in the Oak Lawn gayberhood of Dallas. I posted a thread about the place a few years ago. I think that the servers wore boxer briefs instead of speedos though.

50 Shades Of Blue

(9,771 posts)
15. There's a restaurant called Big Pecker's in Ocean City, MD.
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:45 PM
Oct 2021

The logo is a cartoon rooster head, LOL.

(I've never been inside, so I don't know what the servers wear.)

madville

(7,397 posts)
9. So they voluntarily work at a place
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:35 PM
Oct 2021

That has been known to exploit women for decades, and then complain when they exploit them. Right….

Probably a coordinated media campaign more likely, this has gotten tons of free advertising and now people will want to go see the new shorts. Genius if so….

madville

(7,397 posts)
20. The "controversy" gains attention
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:09 PM
Oct 2021

More business, more profits, more tips, etc.

I think they’re all in on it actually, just a strategy to drum up business.

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
33. No one deserves unfit working conditions
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 07:43 AM
Oct 2021

The suggestion is whether the “controversy” is actually advertising.

If so, it is effective. We all know Hooters has skimpier outfits.
 

CrackityJones75

(2,403 posts)
37. When I read the atory that isn't the impression I get.
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 08:12 AM
Oct 2021

And I guess the reply I was replying to sounded a lot like blaming the victim and/or not believing the person making the complaint.

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
39. Sometimes it is helpful to step back and ask "why is this news?"
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 09:20 AM
Oct 2021

"Hooters Employees Subjected To Sexual Objectification" - is this news? Well, it was true before this development. Whether it is or is not a sincere news story, it is undeniable that the message is being publicized, for free, to their target demographic.

Sort of like "Residents Complain About Non-Stop Street Drug Sales At Corner Of Oak and 16th". No doubt the residents are complaining, but I'm new in town and was looking for a place to buy crack. Thank you, news guy.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,320 posts)
14. They're copying the shorts style of "The Wing House"
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:45 PM
Oct 2021

Another Florida based “Breastaurant“ that has had this style shorts for years.


Google “The Wing House Uniforms” and you’ll see.

Hooters has been struggling for a while now. This is an attempt to create new interest and traffic.

And FWIW, the original Hooters in Clearwater along with another 25 or so Florida stores are still held by the founders, and they have not changed the shorts, per the article.

FakeNoose

(32,346 posts)
17. If I were working at Hooters - and believe me I never would -
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:49 PM
Oct 2021

... I'd start wearing men's underwear. Knit jockey shorts, and of course there'd be something on underneath. But the point would be to say to my boss, "OK you want me wearing underwear, this is what I'm wearing."

Yeah I'd probably get fired, but at least I would have made my point.



 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
18. Don't even like the kind of customers that go there. I'm sure employees are
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 10:58 PM
Oct 2021

just trying to make a living.

Crunchy Frog

(26,548 posts)
23. I went to one once for a bachelorette party.
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:23 PM
Oct 2021

It was ages ago, but I do recall thinking that the food was quite good.

I would never go there under ordinary circumstances.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
24. Get it. I like chicken wings, etc. I just don't like the atmosphere.
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 12:25 AM
Oct 2021

I can go places where staff are serving food and a different type experience.

I too have been once with a bunch of professional people who I guess thought they were impressing us. Nope, they failed.

Crunchy Frog

(26,548 posts)
25. Well, it was about 25 years ago, and I didn't select the venue.
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 01:01 AM
Oct 2021

I didn't really pay attention to the atmosphere, as the focus was on a fairly raucous party for the bachelorette.

Just because I liked the food doesn't mean I would go back for it, and I never have gone back.

I think it would be a particularly uncomfortable experience to go as a lone woman, as opposed to being in a large group of women, one of whom was handcuffed to a full size male blow-up doll.

hlthe2b

(101,715 posts)
32. I'm with you. Foul, drunk, and misogynistic as hell.
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 07:02 AM
Oct 2021

Exploitation is not alright with me. And yes, I worked weekends at a restaurant that made a killing (as did I on tips) during SEC football games to earn money for my first post-graduate degree. But we wore clothes that made us feel comfortable and management was strict as hell with the drunks to ensure they behaved and ALL employees were respected. THAT is the damned difference.

 

Decoy of Fenris

(1,954 posts)
34. To be fair, I've gone to Hooters; I fucking love their wings.
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 07:52 AM
Oct 2021

The servers are just folk, like you said, trying to make a living, but wherever I go their wings are to die for. More than once I've eaten myself sick on them; the breading, spice and meat-to-bone ratio are amazing, and I personally make it a point to compliment the chefs (And tip the waitresses very well for the trouble of having to bring me a plate or two of wings.) Though I've not been to a PPV in the past few years, last I knew, they're one of the few "Sports bars" that offer PPV events for free on their screens; It'd be a fools errand to make subpar wings at home and still pay $X for the PPV as well.

Still, your point is well made. An employee should be comfortable in their uniform/getup, and it seems like these new uniform changes are pushing that boundary or crossing it entirely. I've never gone to Hooters for the "Hooters", and I will boycott them accordingly if the servers feel this new uniform crosses a line.

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
36. But at what cost?
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 07:59 AM
Oct 2021

Millions of chickens have their wings harvested and are returned to their homes wingless, and sometimes with very little medical attention.

Without their wings, they can’t run as fast, and are vulnerable to predators because of this permanent disfiguration.

But, you can help. Your donation to the Regenerative Institute will fund valuable genetic research into helping chickens gain the ability to regrow their wings.
 

Decoy of Fenris

(1,954 posts)
40. I'm too far gone for this particular response, but I love ya. XD
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 09:54 AM
Oct 2021

Just imagining several hundred chickens Naruto-running but without "arms" and falling all over themselves. I both love you and loathe you in equal measure, good sir/ma'am. Very well played.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
22. I thought I read they were going the other way. The wings were highly over rated. I went ...
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:22 PM
Oct 2021

... with the office about twice. The whole deal was not appealing to me.

North Shore Chicago

(3,254 posts)
27. Met a woman
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 05:09 AM
Oct 2021

who worked at a Hooters in Arlington, Texas many years ago. She told me tips after a Texas Rangers game would normally be over 1k. She saved most of it to put herself through graduate school at SMU.

pfitz59

(10,198 posts)
28. My daughter worked at Hooters for 2 years
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 05:30 AM
Oct 2021

It paid for 6 years of college. The shrimp and wings and fries were decent. Her restaurant mostly had a fun buzz. The rare occasions when a customer got out of line the manager intervened. She had no illusions as to why the mostly male clientele came.

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