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The newest job prospect.......or, am I fucking crazy??So my good friend Jeff came to visit me from out of town this week, and we have this odd tradition of going to Hooters every time we're together. So we went, had a good time, challenged each other to see who could eat the most hot wings (he lost - I can put away wings like you wouldn't believe)....and, oh yeah, long story short, I got a job application and an interview. I once thought that would be sinking a little bit low. However....most of you know how much I hate my serving job now, and most of you know that it's mostly NOT because of the customers. It's because I'm sick of the bitchfests, brownnosing, and fighting between employees, and management that does nothing about the real issues but micromanages everything we do and doesn't like us having fun because it's not PROFESSIONAL. So in talking with our friendly neighborhood Hooters girl, I discovered that they really do get along there, and they're paid to have fun and interact with customers....who aren't the snobbish "look at me I can afford lobster" variety. Not to mention they make twice as much in tips as I'm making now. So yeah, I'm still looking for that fabled "real world, college degree" job....but if I want a quick fix to get out of the horrid work environment I'm in now, this one could be the ticket. Hell, I figured, why not? And our server put in a good word for me with the manager, who came out to talk to me for a while, and that went well. He said he was looking for a "goofball", and Jeff said, "That's her, all right!" Oh, and in case anyone is wondering....this is not MY opinion, but the opinion of my male friends - I do fit the "requirements" to work at Hooters. ;) No, you're not getting pics! So hell, life is funny, job hunting is funny. And ya'll could get to know a real life Hooters girl pretty soon. Bad Idea I've been following your posts for a while. You've got a college degree. If you're trying to rocket to the bottom, I'd say this is exactly what you should do. However, I think this would be a serious mark on your resume. Forget Hooters. Forget where you're working. Move back home and get a real job. I know you're unhappy with where you are, but this is not the way to get out of it. Move back home?? My parents live in a rather small redneck/ghetto town. (Yes, trust me, it's both.) There are no opportunities for me to have a "real job" there, and only opportunities for me to be really MISERABLE. My friends have all moved away or they're married and don't go out anymore, there is nothing to do there but go to bars and get hit on by rednecks. My friends are here, my boyfriend is here, my social life is here, and the city is ten times larger so I'd be more likely to find a "real job" (and what the hell is THAT anyway?) while I'm here. People pay no attention to my resume now; at the very least, maybe I'd finally have an attention-getter. I'm sure Red Lobster doesn't look that impressive now anyway; it can't get much worse. At this point, it's about to be either Hooters or Wal-Mart. I'm not out to impress anyone at this point. I'm just trying to get out of a job that I can't stand before I snap and get my ass fired with no plan B. All I want, at the moment, is a job where I can be halfway happy so it doesn't completely ruin my mental state. but then, so do you. A good work environment is hard to find so if you believe Hooters offers a strong possibility of that, and you don't consider it personally off-limits for moral or personal reasons, then go for it. However, it's probably prudent to think about how to spin your story in case you find yourself applying someplace more, ummm, "conservative" in the future. Do you do any volunteer work or take classes? If so, then you could always use those and omit this job from your resume if necessary in the future. BTW, you're indirectly the reason I found this site. Your post about getting a "real" (i.e., cubicle) job came up in Google when I searched for "bored tell boss" or some such. I guess I'll have to read back in your blog to discover how things ended up. EDIT: Oops, don't I feel like an ass for not noticing the date on these. I guess i ass/umed that "Pop Post - Today's" meant the posts were from today. Ah well.... guess my reply is kinda stupid then! Welcome. She ended up choosing a 'real job' in an office and loves it. I can prove that. When she was a waitress, she posted frequently. Now that she changed jobs, we don't hear from her much. Is there a connection? I think so. [Moderator] I'm positive that would make the shit day at my job more than just a little bit better! lol I don't see a problem here other than refusing to share pictures. You're losing the fishy job from hell (and your source of income) shortly anyway, AND Hooters will be enjoyable with twice the pay? WTF...even without a college degree this should be a no-brainer. Now you can be happy AND still look for a "real job", if you like. So many people work within their chosen fields and are not happy (this site yields many examples) so why not do something that you like? Try different things and enjoy life when you can. There is enough time to be miserable later. Well.....not that I would exactly call prancing around in orange shorts with my ass cheeks nearly hanging out "something I like", even if my friends do refer to me as an attention whore....that's a bit much. :) However, I DO like being able to laugh and joke around with people, being able to dance and sing and whatever the hell I want at work....etc. By the way, our server was the one who told the manager to come out and interview me quickly while we were there, even though that's not how they do it. She gave him the app and told him to go talk to me because she thought I was really nice. Then she came out later and asked how it went and told me she'd put in another good word for me because she thought I'd get along with everyone really well and enjoy it there. I can't picture ANYONE I work with now ever doing that. They'd probably throw the application in the office somewhere and not say another word about it. For someone to do that, she must really enjoy the job, anyway. My boyfriend, by the way, asked if, should I get the job, he can wear my uniform as a halloween costume. (And yes, he would fit into it, just wouldn't *ahem* fill it out....and since he's nearly a foot taller than me, the shirt would be a little short....) When I was your age I tried a bunch of different jobs. I can honestly say I liked MOST of them. You are young. You have nothing to lose. It just might turn into a great move. [Moderator] *No* child wants to hear that their mother was a strip joint waitress. If they'd be embarassed to tell their friends, that would tell you something. Grr! I have a cousin who was a mortal embarassement to her children because of her racy and always unwanted tales of pre-marital adventurism. The scared look in those kids eyes when she started on any kind of subject that could lead to her stories of boyfriend X or crazy time Y was sad to see. Sorry Service, I guess you didn't mean it like that. But I bet it won't be like the adverts. It's *NOT* a strip joint. I do have my standards and clothing removal does not fit in there. They do wear revealing outfits, but I'd be wearing a *more* revealing outfit if I had a job as a lifeguard. Tank tops and shorts are the uniform there, and they STAY ON. Like I said, I ate dinner there the other night. We were right next to a family with children. They don't do anything racy in there; it's basically attractive female servers who are allowed and encouraged to sit down and talk with customers instead of just bringing them their food. They hula hoop, sing silly birthday songs and do line dances but that's about as racy as it gets. I'd call it a PG-rated place, pushing the PG-13 rating but with no nudity. The worst thing about it, as a friend and my boyfriend both pointed out, is that I'd get leered at and the occasional rude comment. But as I pointed out, if I wear a short skirt into a bar, I get leered at and the occasional rude comment and I don't get paid for it. :) Gah.....can't believe anyone thought I'd be a stripper. :) I worked at Hooters for a grand total of two nights. I quit because the other women working there were so bitchy. I wrote a pretty funny story about it, and if you want me to email you a copy, just email me and let me know. Its worth a laugh. Don't do it! :) Would love to hear the story. Can't email you 'cuz I don't know who you are. Check my profile for my email address....or if that doesn't work, there should be a link to my online journal and my email is in the profile THERE. A few years ago, I was offered a job at Hooters. It inflated my ego. I think it is inflating yours. No offense, but as women, we want to be told we fit the mold of ideal "Hooters" girl. I don't blame you. My dad talked some sense into me. Are you really going to be proud of telling people where you work? A lot of people think Hooters is one step short of a strip club. Come on, woman. Don't objectify yourself. Spoken as a friend, not a jealous woman (remember, they offered me a job, too.) You're right...to some degree. Yeah, a woman does like to be told she's attractive enough to squeeze into one of those little outfits and make money for it. But hell....I don't need a job just to inflate my ego. I wanted the job because I want OUT of my current job, you don't even know how badly. And with twice as much money and what I've heard from a couple of people is more fun than where I'm stuck now, why wouldn't I be jumping at the chance? If I'm JUST in the need of an ego boost, all I have to do is wear something low-cut, high-cut, and tight into a bar. Or better yet, my boyfriend calls me beautiful every day. Why would I feel the need to flounce around in front of strangers for my attention? You know, you're miserable now, what have you got to lose in taking a chance? There's nothing wrong with making some cash because you're well endowded by nature. If you're comfortable with it, then run with it. Don't let other people influence your decisions, whether they are right or wrong. You may actually enjoy the job. If not, you tried it and it's an experience you can put under your belt. Or bright orange booty cutters, however you want to look at it. I worked my way through college by waiting tables. I took my first "real job" as a kindergarden teacher with a 21% pay cut. After five years, I'm down to about a 11% pay cut, but I still work longer hours. I have to teach remedial reading during the summer to make ends meet, so I don't get the famous "summers off" benefit. If I wasn't in love with the kids, I'd chuck my "real job" and go back to waitressing. Go for it!! By the time I read your blog, you may have already resigned at your current job and are already sportin' ornge shorts and makin' some dough! I do the hiring around here as far as the office staff goes and I wouldn't bat an eye if I saw "Hooters" on a resume of prospective employee. Coffeegal (with cream, sugar, & moonshine) I live in the city where Hooters was founded (Clearwater, FL). I've been going to Hooters since it opened and find nothing at all offensive about the uniforms or the servers. Most of them happen to be beautiful and thin. Is there something wrong with that? If you are going to work as a waitress, why not work where you can make the most money and still keep your clothes on? I've never seen anyone naked in there! These *strip club* comments I'm reading are making me laugh. They are obviously from people who have never stepped foot in a Hooters restaurant. It is a family place where I would have no problem taking my five year old. He sees more skin at the beach! Thanks for the good laugh - I'm working today and not too happy about it. But I've known a truck load of people who worked for Hooters (including one man!), and they all loved it. The opinion seems to be it's not a place they'd stay at for more than a year or two, but while they are there they enjoy it and like the experience. I wouldn't mind working there myself...except I would seriously look like an ogre in the outfit....not that they make them in extra flabby, but hey! LOL! There's nothing wrong with working for hooters, per se. It's not a strip joint. But there is kind of a stigma on it. Even if I was 20, cute and tiny instead of 40, rough-looking and big-boned as all get out, I wouldn't do it. I don't like being seen as a sex object. When I was 20 and cute, I turned down a job because I happened to glance at what the guy was writing about me. Turns out that "cute little blond" was my #1 qualification. Not my 70 WPM typing speed. Didn't think I could put up with being seen as a piece of tail. But if you can laugh it off and think you can get out of working at Hooters and into a better job pretty soon, hey, what the hell? Good luck! If you dont mind the 'LEERING ' as someone put it,then go for it.I have a friend who worked there and she made killer cash.She flirted,joked and chatted to all her customers, and she walked out at the end of the night with a pocket full of cash.If you have the looks and personality for this type of work use it to your benefit. I agree,its not like anybodys screwing anyone on the tables or on the counters.There is nothing dirty about having fun at your job. and employees that get along sounds great, at Bobevans everyone just bitches. Most are so two faced that you could just cut them up into little pieces n feed them to the fish or something in that order. I have busted my ass for that place for the past couple years and what do i get inreturn but written up, and suspended. I did get my job back but if i didnt need my job i would have told them to take their job and shove it right up there ass and take there shit and shove it right down there throat and choke on it. Give the job a couple of weeks. If you are happy stay, if not leave. Get a better job, move if you have to. Life is too short. But, have you looked at the wierdos who go to Hooters? I mean these are losers who think they are cool and forget it is just another out-of-the-can chain restaurant. What are you waiting for, go for it. If you see a "real job" you can apply for it and working at "Hooters" will make your resume stand out. People pretend to be be prudish, but no one really gives a fuck (if you seemed like a qualified candidate, people won't look down at you for working at "Hooters", most folk would probably wish they had the guts to do something that quirky/interesting). Only downside I can see is that may not be ultra long term (I'm from Scotland, we don't have "Hooters" here but I'm guessing that the waitresses have erm, a "shelf life" (god how horrible is that). Personally I think it would be refreshing to see hooters at knee level (granny stylee), but what do I know. Good luck Sounds to me that your just a fun, perky girl that wants to enjoy her job, make some cash and go home. Hooters is an American ins"tit"ution. LOL...I also know that if you sell some merchandise, I think you get extra cash. Also, you may want to get involved with some of the promotions that Hooters does. I know in some places the girls go along on golf outings for some corporations. That's a great way to network. If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. I'm sorry for what I may say. Let's just agree that I've had a troubled past. Anything I say is not a reflection on you...nor on any one group of people; rather, it is a generalization of those people that I've known in life. Girls that work as strippers, dancers, and the like are, in my opinion, usually hoes. Or they become hoes. I've known sluts that have become strippers and I've known wonderful, smiling, amazing girls filled with everything you could ever want in a wife, girlfriend, or just female friend, who have become strippers...and hoes. It's not a metamorphosis that one would wish to see. It takes time; days, weeks, months, and even years. It makes you worry, cry, sleep a lot, and find yourself calling the person at odd times. By the time that they've completed the metamorphosis, you don't see anything in them that was once so great as to drive you crazy searching for something bad about them. They are gone; in some cases, forever. You don't know them one day. Nothing remains of who you knew for years and you break it off. They don't understand why. I've seen them come and go and have noticed things. They lose themselves in that transformation as much as you lose them. From knowing a few, I've discovered that it hurts them to be what they are. Some feel the hurt and know it; some feel it and wonder what it is; and some feel nothing. Those that feel the hurt, attempt to escape it. Parties first, usually. Alchohol is nearly always a persistant plague. Drugs enter their lives, but not always. I've seen one thing change about them that they have told me surprised even them. Bisexuality. They seek out esprit de corps (companionship) with females for self-justification from an outside source...Things progress to where we know they must. After some time, most begin to hate what they do. Most of them quite stripping, but maintain their sexual partners. Life goes on in an odd way. The progress is just that: Progression. I've been documenting the lives of three such individuals, whom all followed this path, for a few years now. I would say not to become a Hooters employee, but I've stated what I hope may offer some insight into that life. Though, I must warn you, I have way too many morals and ethics for someone NOT born in the early 1900's. Lol. I'm crazy like that. I do exactly the speed limit, no drugs, been drunk maybe five times int he past four years, file taxes, and all sorts of stuff that shows I have too many morals and ethics. Hell, I feel bad for stealing candy when I was a little boy. LOL! Life is what you shape it into....though we could have been given better clay. I hope not to have offended you. -Otaku52 out! I hate my wife HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hooters is NOTHING like a strip joint and the girls definitely wear more clothes than a lifeguard. Those who think it's some seedy, skin dive are the ones who've never step foot in one. It's a decent, family-friendly restaurant. And no, I've never worked there. |
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