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Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - PinesChic - 01-14-2009
With locations on five of the worldâs six habitable continents (Africa is the lone holdout), Hooters has come a long way since its inception in October of 1983, in Clearwater, Florida. The chain celebrates its 25th anniversary.
1- Hooters Girls have to sign a sexual innuendo consent form
The first thing you didnât know about Hooters is that the companyâs non-harassment policy evidently doesnât apply to you, the customer, since as a condition of employment the girls are required to sign a form that, among other things, they âexpressly acknowledge⦠the Hooter concept is based on female sex appeal and the work environment is one in which joking and innuendo based on female sex appeal is commonplace.â
2- Hooters didn't serve liquor until 2006
Chicks in hot outfits, fried food, and liquor -- we might have figured this trifecta to be a safe business model from the outset, but for their own reasons, Hooters spent their first 23 years on the wagon. In 2006 the company evidently decided that a big change was in order, so they introduced that fresh new concept into the restaurants. Now, liquor sales represent 28% of its revenue.
Liquor licenses arenât cheap, but they tend to pay for themselves rather quickly, so we can only speculate on why it took them so long: sober guys donât make enough jokes and innuendo based on female sex appeal?
3- Hooters Girls can't wear their hair in ponytails
Another thing you didnât know about Hooters is that someone high up at that company is a follicle fascist.
Hooters Girls are meant to represent, in the words of the company, the âAll-American Cheerleader, Surfer, Girl Next Door,â but thereâs something fascist afoot at Hooters, something decidedly un-American -- a real rigidity and demand for conformity when it comes to hair. The employee manual is clear: âNo bizarre hair cuts or hair colors, no hats, headbands, hair clips or scrunchies,â and no ponytails -- the sine qua non of every cheerleader, second only to school spirit.
4- The Hooters name was inspired by Steve Martin
On May 17, 1980, three years before Hooters opened its doors, Steve Martin hosted Saturday Night Live and in his monologue he unknowingly provided the future restaurant with its name, saying, âI believe it's derogatory to refer to a woman's breasts as âboobs,â âjugs,â âwinnebagosâ or âgolden bozosâ -- you should only refer to them as âhooters.ââ
Martinâs next line was, âAnd I believe you should put a woman on a pedestal -- high enough so you can look up her dress,â possibly providing the founders with the motivation needed to launch a restaurant in such a competitive industry.
5- One ex-Hooters Girl is now a company VP
Before anyone thinks that former Hooters Girl Kat Cole, who now serves as Vice President of Training and Development, is a token hire put in place to appease their critics, think again. It took the Katie Holmes look-alike almost a decade to make VP, and by all accounts her rise up the ranks has been on merit.
Still, Cole hasnât forgotten her blue-collar roots, boasting that âthe skills I learned in the orange shorts still serve me today.â Nor has she forgotten her blond roots, remarking about her current work that sheâs âimproving the world one person at a time.â
She really did say that. Seriously.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - Ntype - 01-14-2009
I like ponytails it provides a good grab when you are in cruise mode
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - BIRD33 - 01-14-2009
I remember drinking in a hooters way before 2006.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - PinesChic - 01-14-2009
BIRD33 Wrote:I remember drinking in a hooters way before 2006.
They severed Beer but not liquor.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - Ntype - 01-14-2009
went to hooters in Cancun (mexico).
the food was enough for 10 and the chicks didn't had big boobs.
I felt like I had been cheated that night.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - PinesChic - 01-14-2009
Yeah all the hooters girls aren't the same... at least the girls here in Florida have big boobs, fairly good looking and tan.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - Paddy - 01-14-2009
pineschic NEVER worked at Hooters.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - Michman - 01-14-2009
she could have.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - BIRD33 - 01-14-2009
If only they were around in the 50's.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - Paddy - 01-14-2009
Somebody has to cook all those wings.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - PinesChic - 01-14-2009
ahahhah your right Paddy, never worked in one, but had plenty of opportunity to. As a matter of fact I never worked in any food establishment.
Many years ago I was gunna move back to Jersey and open one with my uncle, decided being in a bar all day and night woulda killed me sooner then later so I stayed in the industry I was used to. (saylavee lol)
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - PinesChic - 01-14-2009
BIRD33 Wrote:If only they were around in the 50's.
42 isn't old and I most certainly don't look 42 if I don't say so myself. I have friends younger then me that look and act older then I. I don't have issue with my age... in fact... my niece calls me Oldie-Lox since I dyed my hair blond, go Nessa go Nessa! lol
Try finding something else that might get my goat, this one is old. pardon the pun. lol
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - BIRD33 - 01-14-2009
You look 42.No offense.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - PinesChic - 01-14-2009
thats your opinion, you must need a stronger prescription on your bifocals.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - BIRD33 - 01-14-2009
I'm still young and have good eye sight.Your best days are long past.Face it and move on.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - PinesChic - 01-14-2009
you have a lot to learn and a lot of growing. I don't like you very much, but I do wish that you take as good of care of yourself as I have of me through the years. And I hope for your sake that when your 42, that your woman looks and feels as good as I.
wait... I take that back... I hope your stuck with the biggest, fastest, smelliest chick with a dick, no teeth trailer trash whore. suits you better.
Take it from OldieLox... Karma has a funny way of working mrbird.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - BIRD33 - 01-14-2009
The picture of your legs in your av proves my point.Theres no knee cap there.It like your thighs extends below your knees.Cankles are most likely happening as well.
I'm sure you feel great but you don't look like you are in your 30's.Nothing wrong with that but don't expect us to go along with your delusions.
I'm not worried about bad karma for telling the truth.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - quint - 01-14-2009
BIRD33 Wrote:You look 42.No offense.
how would we know are there pix?
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - BIRD33 - 01-14-2009
quint Wrote:how would we know are there pix?
she's bombarded us with them.Check her profile.
Hooters.....5 Things You Didn't Know - leeman - 01-14-2009
quint Wrote:how would we know are there pix?
In user profiles...