But see, that’s just good wholesome fun, men ogling women, as god intended… now drag story hour… that’s an abomination! /s
You just know someone (a dipshit) has made that very argument at some point…
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Yeah, a white and uptight rethuglicant pseudo-Christian asshole, no doubt.
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Maybe if they served better food…
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So I am probably confused, because I have not paid them much attention and now see things about them trying to become more family-friendly, but honestly I thought that was their whole thing in the first place. I mean, never mind the titty bars…for all the “topless waitresses wearing shirts” branding, the only thing that sets their uniforms apart from what I’ve seen in random pubs is the shorter shorts. So either people liked the invitation to ogle with children there, or the wings were that much better, or…I really don’t know.
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I don’t think it started that way, but at some point (early or mid 1990s) they definitely advertised it that way.
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I mean, it’s right there in the name, FFS, hooters! Might as well have called it
'cause it’s the same!
I remember their tv ads, with smiling, top-heavy waitresses bending over to put the food and booze on the table, with their
practically falling outta their crop tops.
One way to get a good tip, one supposes.
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The name has nothing to do with owls?
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I remember a UK news story about a small fire at a bar with male strippers. A group of middle aged women had booked a big party there, and were V much enjoying themselves.
When the firefighters arrived, many of the ladies in the party wolf whistled & yelled at them, “Gerremmoff!” [Anglicé, “Get them off,” i.e., “Gentlemen, please remove your clothing.”]
Turned out one of the dancers, who happened to be gay, had accidentally started a smol fire in his dressing table wastebasket, and burst into tears for causing all the trouble. The firemen told him it was no problem, and a couple even hugged him. Bet that cheered him up again - it sure would me!
The women also profusely apologized to them, explaining they thought their arrival was all part of an act. The firefighters naturally understood, and said they’d never had so much fun on a call.
Good sports all around!
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You’ve seen their logo, yeah?
It’s clever, you know, in a 12-year-old boy meets 13-year-old boy kind of way. 
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Oh, that’s very clear from how they drew the eyes. Different bird, exact same joke. Can’t do Paridae because the North American ones are all called chickadees.
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{WC Fields}That is true, my little chickadee!{/WC Fields}
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I’m not sure if it’s worse or better (I think I’ll default to worse) that it most certainly was mostly marketing vs reality. Hooters waitresses were, all things considered, rather modestly dressed. They were required to wear hose under those short skirts. What made them horribly sexist was that they only hired women servers and there were, shall we say, minimum anatomical requirements.*
*(full disclosure: I dated a woman in college who sometimes worked at Hooters. She could make a year’s worth of tuition in about 2 months of part time work. Her family was pretty conservative, so Hooters was somehow acceptable while sex work like stripping most certainly wasn’t. Go figure.)
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Hooters had an airline? You sure you’re not confusing it with the Trump Shuttle?
Zing!
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It sounds like Canadian spokespersons have done a good job explaining to the senators how the tariffs will affect their particular state(s).
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Or just about any right wing asshole these days, even those that aren’t particularly religious.
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