Comments on: What the world has long needed was a Hooters for women…

By: waltj

waltj — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:00:24 +0000

Since the discussion seems to have migrated to Hooters from its female-oriented Korean imitator, I’ll admit it, I’m a longtime fan of the Hooters franchise. I’ve not known it to be a pickup joint; it’s more of a place to meet a few of your buds and watch the game of your choice. TRO had it right: Hooters is first and foremost a sports bar; the “raciest” thing you’re likely to see there is a NASCAR event on one of the TVs.

The food varies by the skill and conscientiousness of the cook, just like any other restaurant chain. The girls also vary, widely, in amounts of makeup, intelligence, personality, and cynicism, as well as physical attributes, that they bring to the job. Some are clearly just doing it for the tips; others seem to enjoy it, and are definitely in on the joke regarding the well-publicized “tackiness” of the place. I’ve also known a couple of Hooters girls (in the two Asian branches, Singapore and Taipei), who liked it well enough to stay with the chain and go into management.

Far be it from me, a lifelong bachelor, to say whether the Korean establishment will attract female clientele, as claimed. I’m inclined to agree with CV that it’ll probably morph into a gay bar fairly quickly. Why should the ladies look for faux construction workers when they could get the real thing (if they so chose) at any construction site? But if I knew anything about women, I probably wouldn’t be on the north side of 50 and still single;-).

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:57:18 +0000

oh..
and should i also point out that a huge number of women with such tastes tend to want those men to pay for them, or provide that for free for them… they do not like paying them to deliver to them… not once the novelty of it wears off (and fast)

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:55:49 +0000

all attempts like this tend to fail
because women ARE not like men

i man will sit in a go go bar and eat a sandwhich and have a bear while someone pokes their pudendas and other parts at them from inches away.. and i mean that all literally…

i know of no typical woman who would think the same would be entertaining, let alone entertaining enough to hand over a dollar or ten, and eat, and wait for the next one to step over, give a dollar and so on!

same with male prostitution..
most are gay males, not hetero males

women don’t need to buy what they can be paid to offer… which is why sexual liberation for them is such a joke… its not real liberation its overcoming their own biology of self worth… ANY woman who cares not for herself and propriety can have sex with 20 men in a night… or more

the only thing they need to be liberated from to do that is from themselves

By: Daniel in Brookline

Daniel in Brookline — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:28:13 +0000

I wasn’t impressed by Hooters. The food was mediocre and too expensive, the place was not well maintained. If not for the televisions — and we have those at home, right? — the only attraction was waitresses in short-shorts and tight T-shirts who tended to lean forward a lot. I didn’t consider that to be worth my money or my time.

By: br549

br549 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:02:53 +0000

Over the years I’ve been to three different Hooters locations, one time each. The steamed shrimp isn’t bad. I mean, all you have to do is pull it before it turns to rubber. I am not a sports fanatic, save F1 racing. But I too, am a pig. At least I am in good company.

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:44:03 +0000

I’ve been in Hooters several times when my baseball team has gone there after a game (it is, per TRO, a sports bar, not a sanitized strip club.) We are usually BSing about the game, and frankly, I’ve scarcely noticed the waitresses.

God, I’m getting old.

By: CV

CV — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:56:10 +0000

I’m guessing this place will morph into a gay bar in short order, if it hasn’t already. I would be willing to bet that’s who’s staffing the place (those energetic, masculine waiters!)

I can’t imagine that the “construction site” decor would appeal to anyone BUT gay men (Village People, anyone?).

I could be wrong.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:19:52 +0000

Scott, that would be naughty pine.

By: expat

expat — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:41:22 +0000

If I wanted to flirt with a construction worker, I would go to a real construction site. I’ve dealt with lots of electricians, plumbers, mechanics etc in my time. They are real people with real competence, not fantasy figures.

By: Jim Miller

Jim Miller — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:30:07 +0000

In the late 1960s, I read an article (in a Chicago newspaper) describing how to start a singles bar.

The owners would hire attractive young men — often semi-pro athletes — as bartenders. They would bring in the young women, and the the young men would follow.