Video: Hooters boss shocked, shocked to find women exploited there
posted at 12:15 pm on February 15, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
I have to admit that the opening episode of “Undercover Boss” was pretty impressive, and more than a little touching. “Touching” isn’t the word I’d use to describe the second episode of the new CBS series, but perhaps “clueless” is. Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher scornfully replays the “gotcha” moment when the company’s CEO meets with a manager who forced his staff to play in a degrading contest to get some time off during a slack period of the day:
I get what the CEO means about respect, but come on. Nothing says “respect” like putting busty young women in short-shorts and tight t-shirts with the name “Hooters” across the bust line! The manager stepped way over the line in this case, but as Tommy says, it’s not as though the management in the stores can avoid the message they get from the top down:
Look, it’s a free country, and this is all apparently legal, but when your entire business model depends on your employees welcoming sexual advances in writing, you kinda give up the right to be shocked that your manager is a pig.
For the uninitiated, Hooters isn’t just about skimpy outfits, hot girls, and hot wings. The waitresses are required to flirt with the patrons, at least according to their 2005 handbook, which states that their “job duties require that I interact with and entertain the customers” and that the Hooters concept is “based on female sex appeal and the work environment is one in which joking and entertaining conversations are commonplace.”
If you don’t want to read through the Hooters employee handbook, just watch this clip from South Park that pretty well explains the Hooters experience:
I’ve been to Hooters twice in my life, both times dragged there by clients, and both times completely underwhelmed by the food and the, er, entertainment. If I want disingenuous brown-nosing laid on so thick that it makes me cringe, I’d rather watch a campaign rally.
Here’s a question to ponder: did CBS have so little faith in its new series that it had to put the Hooters episode on immediately after its premier? If so, too bad; the Waste Management episode after the Super Bowl really impressed me with its heart.
Blowback
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Can’t be worse than the new NBC series they are promoting during the olympics. Where we get to watch movie stars go back to their roots, or something and ponder the wretched lives that, you know, normal people live with every day.
lorien1973 on February 15, 2010 at 12:19 PM
the wings there suck.
rob verdi on February 15, 2010 at 12:20 PM
This message was approved by Mrs. Morrissey.
Extrafishy on February 15, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Obviously this is an issue that requires further research. Maybe I can get a federal grant. . .
rbj on February 15, 2010 at 12:20 PM
I thought Hooters was named for Owls. Isn’t that their mascot?
portlandon on February 15, 2010 at 12:20 PM
I went to the DC Chinatown Hooters with 15 other DC homos last night for Valentine’s Day. So much fun!
It's Vintage, Duh on February 15, 2010 at 12:23 PM
A place that is a momument to the male ego.
Eh well its a marketing strategy but also should at least protect the young ladies that work there from harrasment.
William Amos on February 15, 2010 at 12:24 PM
I’ve gotten similar sentiments from friends who’ve gone there. Both the food and the females can easily be found elsewhere.
One guy summed it up best: “I could have got the same d**n thing or better if I’d gotten Arby’s ‘to go’ and went to the city pool. And plus I wouldn’t feel like a jerk for ogling the girls there, because they wouldn’t doing low-level prostitution.”
Dark-Star on February 15, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Hooters? All this time I thought it was Hookers. Huh.
Akzed on February 15, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Hooters is fun for about 10 minutes, then it gets sorta old unless you really really really like hot wings. If you want to oggle skimpy-clad women, go to the beach.
Mord on February 15, 2010 at 12:26 PM
*shrug*
I like their wings (though WingStop is better, imo) and the fried pickles. :)
Midas on February 15, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Purpose of grant: Stimulus research.
BuckeyeSam on February 15, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Is there a male version of Hooters?
txag92 on February 15, 2010 at 12:27 PM
I think it’s called Peckers.
Mark1971 on February 15, 2010 at 12:29 PM
I’ve been there two or three times my whole life and every time I was out voted and dragged there by friends.
Seriously, if I want to pay excessive prices to get teased…. I’ll go to a fast food establishment, look at the picture of the burger and then order my own and be utterly disappointed.
Yakko77 on February 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Its called “Ace of Spades” heh
William Amos on February 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM
They serve food at Hooters?! I’ll be damned…
Wyznowski on February 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM
I thought it was some of the best and most redeeming TV I’ve seen in years — a terrific American story. The chastened CEO didn’t fire the crude manager, but helped him out and gave him another chance. This is what my father always did as a CEO. The “girls” were seen as women with hopes and problems and as people doing their best for themselves and their families. I never thought of visiting the restaurant before, but now will.
rrpjr on February 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM
WienerSchnitzels.
portlandon on February 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM
All reality TV is rigged…
ninjapirate on February 15, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Mrs Morrissey obviously has a testicle lock box at the house.
lorien1973 on February 15, 2010 at 12:31 PM
I personally have never been to Hooters, but my friend seems to like their wings.
Whenever my wife and I are trying to figure out a place to eat I always joke around and say “There’s Hooters” and one time she said “If you REALLY want to go to Hooters we can go.” Of course I didn’t exactly want to go anyway, I was just messing with her.
MobileVideoEngineer on February 15, 2010 at 12:33 PM
I question the intelligence of a manager who can’t identify the company’s CEO when he is standing right in front of him.
Mark1971 on February 15, 2010 at 12:34 PM
They are so completely clueless at Hooters HQ that they kept the breast-reference road signs on the boardroom wall during the filming of the show…”bumps” with two breast shaped mountains.
Adamski on February 15, 2010 at 12:34 PM
I’m not a Hooters officianado, but I do not agree with the logic in this post.
NFL cheerleaders are for entertainment and excitement purposes, but should one expect them to have to do eat beans to leave practice?
What is going on with this clip is abuse of power, not the natural consequences of flirtatiousness.
Spirit of 1776 on February 15, 2010 at 12:36 PM
What a dump. I got dragged there by a customer once and never went back.
Jaibones on February 15, 2010 at 12:37 PM
My Aunt took me to a Hooters in Buffalo, New York. It’s the only one I’ve been to, but their wings were very good, and the waitress very friendly — we bought the t-shirt — with the picture on the back of an owl in a barrel going over Niagara Falls, with the title “Just a Little Bit Over the Top”.
The title seemed to be the only risque thing in the place, as there were a lot of families present. Maybe a different manager than the one in this post.
That said, Frankie and Teressa’s wings were better.
unclesmrgol on February 15, 2010 at 12:37 PM
over priced, over rated……….
And the loud pop is the CEO recovering from rectal cranial inversion syndrome…….
RealMc on February 15, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Wasn’t a Hooters waitress murdered within the past few weeks, by a stalker? She sought a restraining order against him, as he constantly followed her, wrote her emails, and left messages. She gave all this to a judge, and he/she didn’t feel it was enough evidence. What the hell counts as enough evidence?
Feeling slighted, the man gunned her down. She died in her husbands arms, as he cried in pain, watching his wife slip away.
I love this show, but Hooters seriously needs to rethink their attitudes towards women, and women seriously need to reconsider working there, or thinking about working there. I’m sure the tips are nice, and pays well, but at what cost? Your dignity? Your self respect? Your stand as a human being? Your life?
capejasmine on February 15, 2010 at 12:40 PM
I like the wings at hooters — love em actually
The clients? not so much
“OH MAN SHE HAS NICE BOOOOBZ CAN I GET ANOTHER BUD LIGHT”
Thankfully the waitstaff doesn’t lay it on thick with me. I look ‘em right in the eye the whole time so they know I’m not there for T’n'A, just to enjoy some food.
I tip 20 percent anyway.
I was out with this girl last night who actually works on the side at hooters, and she was explaining how poorly people tip if she doesn’t “work it” super hard.
People are so sh!tty. It’s sad these girls have to flirt sooooo hard with these beer bellied bum bastards to even get a DECENT tip.
blatantblue on February 15, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Hahaha, thread winner. They probably wear tight lederhosen and suspenders without shirts.
ray on February 15, 2010 at 12:43 PM
I keep hearing guys tell me they go to Hooters strictly for the food.
Reminds me of what commedian Rita Rudner once said about guys who say they read Playboy strictly for the articles.
“Yeah, and I go to shopping malls strictly for the music!”
pilamaye on February 15, 2010 at 12:43 PM
Agreed. Saying they should expect this is akin to saying she deserved to be raped because she wore that dress.
gaius on February 15, 2010 at 12:46 PM
Of course it’s crude but what do you expect from a job at a place like this? That’s just reality.
The manager in that video is a pure jacka** on a power trip, plain and simple.
beachgirlusa on February 15, 2010 at 12:47 PM
All but the last one don’t pay a red cent, and even then only because of the massive opportunity cost.
Remember – Hooters is simply another free-market enterprise, and the lousy economy is not improving anybody’s finances.
Dark-Star on February 15, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Well, you’d be surprised!
There ARE actually guys out there who have no shortage of cute women in their life, who don’t need to hit up a Hooters to oogle at cuties.
It could be worse
Women wear less at the beach. Then I recall seeing this coffee shop on the travel channel. Women serve you coffee in lingerie…soooo
Although a lot of people begrudge Hooters, there are worse establishments.
What is even more peculiar is the amount of families I’ve seen go there to eat. This was also corroborated by the part time Hooters waitress I saw last night. She said most of her customers are regulars, many of them families.
blatantblue on February 15, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Hooters is nothing compared to the denigration of women in today’s liberal side of society where leftists want them all to be cheap liberated whores who have no respect for sex and will hookup with anyone anytime.
ray on February 15, 2010 at 12:50 PM
I agree. I’ve never been in a Hooters, but I used to work at a place where the ladies wore somewhat less than they do at Hooters, IYKWIM.
No way in hell the manager or the owner would have tried something like this. And as for customers — there was a very clear line that couldn’t be crossed, and when it was, it was my happy duty to “escort” the customer out the door.
notropis on February 15, 2010 at 12:53 PM
mobile vid,
the wings are over breaded and greasy, trust me they are overrated.
rob verdi on February 15, 2010 at 12:53 PM
I took a group of Russian guys to the Hooters at Carolina Beach some years ago. This was right after communism ended and these guys had never been out of the country. They got pictures taken with the Hooters girls and when I visited them in Russia a year or so later, those pictures were framed. Welcome to capitalism, Ivan. By the way, the food was great.
rivlax on February 15, 2010 at 12:53 PM
I went to Hooter’s once, just to get a t-shirt ( a fan of Alan Kulwicki ), and almost passed out from the heat in that place ….. the T-stat must have been pegged at 100 degrees.
I wonder why they kept it so hot in there ….. I guess the answer is not that hard to figure out.
Jerome Horwitz on February 15, 2010 at 12:54 PM
I could care less about Hooters, but I do want to tell one story.
Beginning.
Pregnant waitress at the Tropicana (Atlantic City, NJ) Hooters.
The End.
Ps – should have fired that fat pervert Jimbo on the spot, improved Hooters image by leaps and bounds in all of 10 seconds.
Fishy.Gov on February 15, 2010 at 12:54 PM
Oh, and I was curious, did anyone take their significant other to Hooters for a little romance yesterday? What a great Valentine’s Day idea. :[
Fishy.Gov on February 15, 2010 at 12:56 PM
It was really satisfying to see the manager put in his place. The CEO using his kids as an example was very powerful.
crr6 on February 15, 2010 at 12:56 PM
I don’t get that at all. I wouldn’t want my kids to think that a woman’s sexuality is the only way she can find work.
beachgirlusa on February 15, 2010 at 12:57 PM
I guess as long as they had the Daytona 500 on the big screen, it would have been ok.
notropis on February 15, 2010 at 12:58 PM
I love their Cuban sandwiches. But I guess I can whip up one at home and not have to worry about hanging at Hooters. BTW, their wings use to be good but no longer. I can buy better hot wings at Walmart.
mizflame98 on February 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Oh, that’s right. Overweight people never make eye contact or tip well. If you want to spank off to your sex appeal, slick, do it on your facebook page.
I’ve gone to Hooters quite a bit because I like the wings and when I travelled I usually ended up at chains. One thing that never seemed to change no matter what state I was in was the conceited snot rag attitude that so many of the waitresses had; it was as if working at Hooters meant they would someday grace a dirty magazine page and they could treat their customes poorly; I don’t care about TnA; If I want to get laid, I can go to a bar. I don’t like poor service and I don’t tip when I get it.
I saw the previews for this episode and it was awful. I hope that guy gets his a** sued off.
austinnelly on February 15, 2010 at 1:00 PM
It’s not my kind of place…but that’s the beauty of this country-I can choose not to go! If that is the atmosphere you like, then have at it. I think the food is vastly over-rated and quite frankly the waitstaff was annoying. Reminded me of a strip club, just with more clothes and less grease balls.
search4truth on February 15, 2010 at 1:03 PM
My brother used to date a Hooters girl.
She made more working Fri-Sat at Hooters than she did at her Mon-Fri job.
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On a somewhat different note, this kind of abuse only works because people play along. It’s brazen enough to make the girls uncomfortable but not brazen enough to set off their “this is illegal” meters.
I’ve never done anything at a job I wasn’t comfortable doing and, beyond the first couple of weeks at new jobs I’ve never had anyone ask or imply something that went beyond the job description. If you quickly establish that you won’t go along with things of that nature, people know to leave you alone. You might have to deal with snide comments about being a goody two shoes or straight laced or what not, but, those are more badges of honor to me than indictments, so, it didn’t bug me much.
JadeNYU on February 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM
That’s why you order them ‘naked’ (unbreaded).
Midas on February 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM
Well
You can get all angry
But I’m telling it like it is. If you don’t like it, well, that’s your problem. Maybe it’s different in your area. That’s how it is in mine, fool.
blatantblue on February 15, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Isn’t my fault the hooters around me is frequented by either families or fat morons who oogle like a bunch of 7th graders.
Is that my fault? No.
blatantblue on February 15, 2010 at 1:07 PM
So austin
How’s that been working out
blatantblue on February 15, 2010 at 1:08 PM
Ah, so they are breaded? I like Buffalo Wild Wings because they don’t bread their hot wings unless you get the boneless wings.
I like fried chicken and I like wings, but the breading plus the sauce is a little too much for me. Either breading or sauce, but not both. That’s why I never get the boneless wings at Buffalo Wild Wings.
MobileVideoEngineer on February 15, 2010 at 1:10 PM
They probably don’t know that, probably figure they’ll lose their jobs, and with that a**hole of a manager they probably would have.
beachgirlusa on February 15, 2010 at 1:11 PM
So the program showed the Boss phoning someone in management immediately after he left the Sexist Pig’s establishment, and saying that “something needs to be done now”, and yet said Sexist Pig is still on the job and clueless when he meets up with The Boss who knows how long later? Why wasn’t “something done NOW”?
And they settled for an apology. And a promise from Mr. Sexist Pig that he’d mend his evil ways and never do it again. Do we believe that? I don’t. Mr. Sexist Pig needs to be fired toot sweet and left to join the swelling ranks of the unemployed.
I wonder if it occurred to any of the young ladies who were forced to lap up a plate of beans that they now have nationally televised pictures to show in a gazillion dollar lawsuit for sexual harassement and creating a toxic work environment. I just know they could get enough of a settlement to pay for a manicure and more tattoos.
(I noticed, too, that Mr. Sexist Pig was wearing a wedding ring. I wonder what Mrs. Sexist Pig is like.)
NahnCee on February 15, 2010 at 1:11 PM
I actually like Hooters. I like the Wings. When I go it’s usually a group of my work buddies and we hang out and have a good time. I personally don’t see the problem with it.
saltydogg14 on February 15, 2010 at 1:13 PM
As repulsive as some of the guys there are, it is the whole point of the place you know. If that doesn’t bother the women enough to not work there that’s their choice.
beachgirlusa on February 15, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Yeah, the thing here (and what the CEO realizes)is that both the “cast” aka the servers and the mgt are SUPPOSED to be on the same team. Just because their costumes are skimpy doesn’t mean they have agreed to be humiliated or dominated by good ol’ RedNeck JimBob.
cynccook on February 15, 2010 at 1:13 PM
+100
It’s taken humanity long enough to offer women career choices besides housewife, teacher, and ogle-material. Why would anyone want to point those out as good ideas?!
Dark-Star on February 15, 2010 at 1:15 PM
She’s probably about to be ex-Mrs. Pig if she has any sense.
beachgirlusa on February 15, 2010 at 1:16 PM
I like their chili dogs – and we’ve taken the kids there more than once. All the ones we’ve been to have been very family friendly – I know, I know, but it’s our experience. The outfits don’t bother me – but it’s part of the experience, sort of like those restaurants where you go to be abused by the waitstaff.
I wanted the CEO to get rid of that D-bag right then and there, though. He was an ass.
Anna on February 15, 2010 at 1:16 PM
This topic is a smear on Hooters. Now Obama will have to cover them with the stimulus package.
seven on February 15, 2010 at 1:18 PM
So a woman being a housewife or a teacher isn’t a good idea? Even the liberal idiot show Family Guy had an episode that blasted the idea that being a housewife was demeaning.
MobileVideoEngineer on February 15, 2010 at 1:20 PM
Now come on… I TIVO’d this so I could watch without the commercials, and now I ‘Have’ to watch this. I’m shocked, ‘Shocked’ that there is anything that appears to be sexual harrasment at Hooters.
From the previews I saw last week, there was no surpise what this episode would be about. I’m looking forward to it.
bbordwell on February 15, 2010 at 1:20 PM
Wow. I can’t believe someone would take their children to Hooters. I am a mother of 4 — 3 of whom are boys and there is absolutely NO WAY I would want my sons or my daughter to be exposed to that. “Daddy, can we give Chrystal a big tip? She really knows how to jiggle her t*ts and she smells like french fries!” I think I’m going to puke. It’s like that old ‘I work at a strip club because it EMPOWERS me!” Riiiiiiiiiiight.
cynccook on February 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM
When I was in the corporate world I ended up at Hooters for lunch with a bunch of men. The Hooter’s girls were flirty and friendly to all of us, which was a great relief after the pressure cooker we were in at work. I know the skimpy outfits are all about their sexuality, but the overall experience was one of flattering attention and that is why I think the guys liked to go there.
I couldn’t believe the Hooter’s CEO couldn’t just fire that pig of a boss. With unemployment this high, they have to give this piece of offal another chance? Anyone here really think he’s going to change?
bonnie_ on February 15, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Ya think? :)
beachgirlusa on February 15, 2010 at 1:23 PM
Don’t put words in my mouth.
My point was that for thousands of years, most women have not had any other career choices. There’s nothing wrong with the positions themselves...but when society refuses to allow you any choice in what you’ll become, that’s just tyranny by popular consent.
Dark-Star on February 15, 2010 at 1:23 PM
True. The way this post was worded, I expected it to be something closer to sexual harassment. This was just regular abuse of power. On top of that, it’s wasteful.
No offense intended, but that’s a bit over the top. Waitresses will always try and flirt a little bit no matter where they work because it gets them better tips. Waiting tables really can pay the bills better than most entry level jobs but only if you can convince people to give you money you didn’t necessarily earn.
There’s nothing special in that regard about Hooters except that the flirting is a bit more overt. But anyone who doesn’t understand that these women aren’t genuinely interested has problems that Hooters didn’t cause.
Esthier on February 15, 2010 at 1:24 PM
To me, Hooter’s wings taste like half-digested regurgitate. But they’re pretty popular, so what do I know? And they have beer, so there’s that. But I don’t like the place because I want my server to just get the food and leave me to my friends, not chat me up as if she gives a crap. Still, the chain is successful, so they are doing something right. But it gives me the creeps when I see families in there with little kids.
entropent on February 15, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Only? That’s not at all what it’s about.
Which isn’t to say I’d bring my children there if I had any.
Esthier on February 15, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Of course they will flatter you, you’re paying them. My wife and I just went to a marriage conference this weekend and the guy speaking mentioned about patients he had (he’s a Christian Psychologist) and how they would mention that their secretaries dressed nicer than their wives and always treated them so much nicer than their wives did and he just said “Of course they do, you’re paying them. Try paying your wife $15-$20 an hour and see if she doesn’t start treating you better.”
MobileVideoEngineer on February 15, 2010 at 1:27 PM
Right after midterms in college, a couple of friends and myself went to our local hooters in Urbana-Champaign. We were sitting there, getting a rather cool reception (strange since we are by most standards relatively good-looking guys) while the 40-year old beer-swilling customers had Hooter’s girls draped over their arms. I asked my buddy why we were being given the cold shoulder and he simply said “Because those guys have more money.” Apparently the hooter’s girls knew better than to waste their attention on cash-strapped college dudes.
Rightwingguy on February 15, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Welcoming sexual advances in writing wouldn’t be so hard if they were literate.
Dan Collins on February 15, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Good for you, but I’m afraid that IS what Hooters is all about.
The food is a side attraction at best. Their main ‘show’ is thinly-disguised see-and-slobber material for drunk losers on a hormone jag.
Dark-Star on February 15, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Putting words in your mouth? Did you not just say…
To me that encompasses all of the professions you mentioned prior to that since “ideas” is a plural of idea. If you would have just said idea, then I would be putting words in your mouth because you could have simply been talking about the ogle-material idea, but you said IDEAS.
MobileVideoEngineer on February 15, 2010 at 1:31 PM
I’ve been a waitress and I didn’t flirt; I was friendly to everyone, male and female, no matter their ages and gave the best service I could offer, that’s why I got good tips and I assure you I worked my butt off and earned every damn penny I got.
beachgirlusa on February 15, 2010 at 1:32 PM
Whoops. That was very bad wording on my part, I see the logic error now.
Should have said “as the only ideas for their futures.”
Dark-Star on February 15, 2010 at 1:33 PM
Men liked being waited on by pretty women. It’s no more about them selling their bodies than it is when Fox News hires mostly gorgeous blondes to read the news.
Esthier on February 15, 2010 at 1:33 PM
Massaging men’s egos lol
beachgirlusa on February 15, 2010 at 1:33 PM
Women go into things like Hooter’s, stripping, and porn acting not because they are sacrificing their dignity and self-respect, but because it makes them LOADS of money. (Pleas note, I’m not equating this professions.)
The idea that women go into these professions because they have no self-respect and something must be wrong with them, insults their intelligence. These women know exactly what they are doing. Sex sells.
Rightwingguy on February 15, 2010 at 1:35 PM
That’s the point to a lot of people though, if women choose to take a job like this because of the money, knowing they’re getting the money because they’re willing to show some T and A, then they have no self-respect.
beachgirlusa on February 15, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Maybe you don’t think you were flirting but most girls have a different opinion on that than men do.
And as someone who waited tables for years, I’m not convinced you earned ever penny unless we’re actually talking about pennies. Waiters have it easier than fast food people but make so much more. Bringing someone a drink shouldn’t be worth even one dollar, and though waiters get tipped on a percentage, a more expensive drink doesn’t require any extra work from the waiter.
In fact, the opposite is often true. Cheap meals like unlimited soup and salad tend to be high maintenance, while expensive dinners are often no more work for the waiter than any other meal.
Esthier on February 15, 2010 at 1:41 PM
Oh, please. The manager may have been a pig, but the CEO is an idiot. According to him, he’d have no problem with his daughters working at his restaurant chain where they’d be required to wear inappropriate, sexually provocative “clothing” and flirt with the costumers, all while being ogled by hundreds of strange men every day. That he has no problem with, but God forbid you “exploit” them with a baked bean eating contest!
That CEO is an idiot, and you’re an even bigger idiot for respecting him and seeing this as some kind of “terrific American story.”
2Brave2Bscared on February 15, 2010 at 1:42 PM
Plenty of women show plenty of T and A without getting paid for it. Doing so for money doesn’t at all prove a lack of self respect. If anything, it shows self awareness.
Esthier on February 15, 2010 at 1:44 PM
Why’s rrpjr an idiot? Hooters is just another fine example of capitalism, along with Playboy and the tobacco companies.
/s
Dark-Star on February 15, 2010 at 1:46 PM
@Rightwingguy
Wouldn’t it be awesome if the women and girls who work in strip clubs and porn were just shrewd businesswomen marketing a valuable commodity? Yeah. If you’ve got a second, why don’t you look this over? http://www.shelleylubben.com/articles/damagetosexworkers.pdfThere's lots more like it if you’re interested. Selling one’s sexuality runs counter to everything that is built-in to the female psyche.
cynccook on February 15, 2010 at 1:49 PM
I read this and didn’t understand why any of you kept commenting after it. You’re unable to top that comment, so you can just stop now.
ScottMcC on February 15, 2010 at 1:51 PM
I could find the drama and heartfelt “moments” on this “reality” show more compelling, if every situation wasn’t so blatantly… …scripted.
Seriously, I won’t be wasting any more of my time on this show.
The Waste Management CEO finds 7 compelling “show-worthy” moments in 7 daily visits to different parts of the organization – including a special needs customer that hits near-and-dear to the CEO because he has a special needs child of his own. And, the special needs customer just so happened to have a poem about how great the garbage collector was. Are you serious… This happened the day the CEO showed up “undercover”…
The Hooters CEO has two “random” street encounters with the “Hooters’ exploits women crowd”, on what appears to be completely empty streets… wow…
Neo-con Artist on February 15, 2010 at 1:52 PM
Well I never said it wasn’t a caustic environment. Just that women who work these jobs aren’t aimless waifs with no better prospects in this world due to terminally damaged psyches. People do do that stuff voluntarily.
Rightwingguy on February 15, 2010 at 1:52 PM
lol I know when I’m flirting and when I’m not.
I didn’t just wait tables, I also worked before the resturant opened cleaning and helping to prepare the food, etc.
I guess my feet were sore and my back ached at the end of every shift just for the hell of it then.
beachgirlusa on February 15, 2010 at 1:53 PM
resturantrestaurant ratherbeachgirlusa on February 15, 2010 at 1:54 PM
Just for fun, then?
Rightwingguy on February 15, 2010 at 1:55 PM
Might as well make money where you can. (shrug)
Rightwingguy on February 15, 2010 at 1:56 PM
I saw the show too. Apparently the Hooters girls have a better understanding of why Hooters exists than Ed does. Men are not high-minded beings. Young women get jobs where part of their task is looking sexy and being nice to men they normally wouldn’t give the time of day to. And young men get jobs rolling sod and delivering furniture because they’re young and strong, and their muscles recover quickly. In both cases, easy to do when you’re 25, harder when you’re 45. It pays the bills. It’s honest work. It’s life. Enjoy it.
RBMN on February 15, 2010 at 1:59 PM
The CEO (meekly and mildly and spinelessly) asks you to apologize to your staff and start treating them differently… YOU DO IT WITH BELLS ON.
Just be thankful you have a job after that display, dude.
mankai on February 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Freudian slip? ;-)
KS Rex on February 15, 2010 at 2:03 PM
CEO Milquetoast wouldn’t mind if his daughters worked at Hooter’s… yeah, I believe that… call me in 10 years and let’s see how that’s working out.
mankai on February 15, 2010 at 2:05 PM
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