Ariz. teacher on leave for taking choir to Hooters

[mhsjax]

Personally, we love Hooter's. We take our kids all the time. We were in SC one time and all of the Hooter's girls were flirting with my 7 year old. He was in heaven. lol

Anyway, we go down to WDW about 8 times a year if not more and schools take field trips there all the time, and trust me, there are way more offensive outfits at WDW than Hooter's.

 

[MomNeedsVacay]

Oh my God. People really do need to calm the hell down.

Hooters is nothing but a fun, family-oriented burger, fries and wings kind of place. The girls wear tank tops and shorts. (Here is some trivia: Those shorts are called "dolphins".) The girls are checked over everyday before they can start their shift - there is a giant room with lockers and wall to wall mirrors. Their makeup has to be just so, hair perfect, shoes whiter than white, no snags in the panty hose (There is a vending maching where they can buy nylons and socks back there). They are trained to be super cheesy happy all the time. Like Disney employees with shorter shorts! Anyway, Hooters itself is a great organization. They offer college scholarships and employees are also eligible for tuition reimbursement.

How do I know this? My precious daughter (23 y.o. now) worked there for 3 years. She made really good money while she was in school. Now she is a Medical Assistant. So see? Hooters didn't turn her into a stripper.

eta: They also cannot have visible tattoos or extreme piercings. (extreme = other than ears, and even those no more than 3 earrings per)

I disagree that Hooters is family-oriented.Just because you have a "kids menu" makes you a genius in marketing, but not kid-friendly...
First of all..its called HOOTERS... then when my 6 year old asks me why its called that... "Um-- its another word for a woman's breasts" .

I think it is a parent's prerogative, but to me a family friendly burger joint is more like "Fuddruckers". Its about the food, not about the gimmick of scantily clad women.

That being said, I don't think the teacher should be suspended or reprimanded, they are in high school.

 

[lillygator]

I disagree that Hooters is family-oriented.Just because you have a "kids menu" makes you a genius in marketing, but not kid-friendly...
First of all..its called HOOTERS... then when my 6 year old asks me why its called that... "Um-- its another word for a woman's breasts" .

I think it is a parent's prerogative, but to me a family friendly burger joint is more like "Fuddruckers". Its about the food, not about the gimmick of scantily clad women.

That being said, I don't think the teacher should be suspended or reprimanded, they are in high school.

Hooters - because the have an OWL as a mascot??

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

I disagree that Hooters is family-oriented.Just because you have a "kids menu" makes you a genius in marketing, but not kid-friendly...
First of all..its called HOOTERS... then when my 6 year old asks me why its called that... "Um-- its another word for a woman's breasts" .
I think it is a parent's prerogative, but to me a family friendly burger joint is more like "Fuddruckers". Its about the food, not about the gimmick of scantily clad women.

That being said, I don't think the teacher should be suspended or reprimanded, they are in high school.

It is??? then why do they have picture of owls?

I thought it was some sort of acknowledgement to saving endangered species?

or maybe a Harry Potter tie in?


and "Fuddruckers" really?...you never got the play on words in that?

bet the kids do!!

(which by the way I love their "make your own")

some serious burgers!!!!!

 

[MomNeedsVacay]

Hooters - because the have an OWL as a mascot??

riiiiiiiiiiight...because they have an owl as a mascot..... thats totally why its called Hooters

 

[Briarmom]

I'm sure some parent would have been upset about Fuddruckers as well. That name always makes me titter.

 

[tasha99]

Lol. I was just going to post that the word "fuddruckers" brings out the naughty in me.

 

[MomNeedsVacay]

I'm sure some parent would have been upset about Fuddruckers as well. That name always makes me titter.

I once took a whole class of 8th graders to Ruby Tuesdays...does anyone have a problem with that?

 

[Squirlz]

I once took a whole class of 8th graders to Ruby Tuesdays...does anyone have a problem with that?

That was a Rolling Stones song. The Devil's music.

 

[MomNeedsVacay]

That was a Rolling Stones song. The Devil's music.

and those waiters have too much "flare" on their lapels

 

[dejr_8]

and you can't take school kids to TGI Fridays because the "G" stands for God.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

and those waiters have too much "flare" on their lapels

Sooooooo whats happin?

hehehehee

always think of that movie when I see "flair" on waiters.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I don't disagree about hoping things work out for the teacher, but I don't think the Hooter's outfit would fit the bill for any public school dress code in the entire country. Not even for PE (unless you're talking about the pool code - but even at that, it's not CO-ED in our district).

It doesn't matter.

They offer a children's menu.

If the restaurant was purposing to not permit minors....ummmm....hard to do when you have a menu for kids and sell children's shirts with the company logo. (I think when I was in there once, I even saw a onesie.)

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

and you can't take school kids to TGI Fridays because the "G" stands for God.

I always thought it stood for "goodness".

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

riiiiiiiiiiight...because they have an owl as a mascot..... thats totally why its called Hooters

If you read their "about us" on their website--they did that on purpose to cause ummm...controversy and they won't tell us *wink* *wink* the real reason behind the name.

But seriously, they did put in the owl for that purpose...so that people will discuss the finer points on if the name means the owl or the slang for ummm...well....a woman's chest.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

No tank tops, period. Anything that is not 2 fingers in width is not allowed to be worn. As for the bottoms, when you place your hands at the side, the bottom (be it skirt or whatever), needs to be at least fingertip length.

This is our policy and quite a few other areas have the same one. I'd imagine it's probably pretty standard bill of fare, but I most definitely will not say it's the same across the board. Here is a typical Hooters' outfit:

http://scrapetv.com/News/News Pages/Business/images-3/hooters-waitresses-3.jpg

Living in Florida, that would rule out lots of restaurants where employees can and do in one or multiple clothing pieces break the rules of a school dress code.

 

[MomNeedsVacay]

If you read their "about us" on their website--they did that on purpose to cause ummm...controversy and they won't tell us *wink* *wink* the real reason behind the name.

But seriously, they did put in the owl for that purpose...so that people will discuss the finer points on if the name means the owl or the slang for ummm...well....a woman's chest.

Well I have never once in my life called an owl, a "hooter"....

 

[LukenDC]

Hooters is nothing! I remember going to Texas Looseys with my speech team coach and his wife.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Well I have never once in my life called an owl, a "hooter"....

An owl "hoots" and therefor they are calling the owl a "hooter"---

But we all know what they are really talking about.

I'm just shocked that you told your 6yo what they were really talking about and not the fact that they are also doing a play on words in reference to the owl.

 

[lillygator]

this is just dumb, I hope the teacher is permitted back and her retirement all goes ok....and they announce what parent complained in the pta newsletter! can't say merry christmas can't take teenagers to Hooters....what is the world coming too?