Tuesday, 24 April 2012

"Delightfully tacky yet unrefined"

Are you wondering where the title of this blog post has come from? Well its the tag line of the American chain of 'Hooters'.

Hooters are primarily known for their young attractive waitresses who walk around the restaurant in tiny teeny shorts and tight fitted tops that mean that they become the main selling point of the restaurant chain. Where I work I'm sure the selling point is the food but hey the Americans have a weird way of promoting franchise.

So if you go to Hooters this is what you should expect to see:


The bright orange shorts are a sure thing to put you off your food.

One thing that is weighing on my mind about this whole Hooters boob, bum and legs thing is the selling of the female body. I'm perplexed that a woman would want a job that mixes showing off most of her body and serving greasy burgers. A job may be a job but this is possibly too far. When I see the waitresses Hooters becomes an image of a seedy run down bar filled with alcohol fuelled old men eyeing up the women because they are there on display, and in most cases the men probably go home to their wives and act like they haven't been perving over the girls at the local Hooters.

What is even more shocking is that now the chain has come to Britain! (I sure won't be searching for a job there any time soon).
I'm not the only one who is puzzled about the morality of this place: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1318258/Hooters--offensive-bar-Britain-Asks-Liz-Jones.html

I also found this video that is a parody of Hooters:







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