A Hooters waitress has lifted the lid on working at one of the world's most famous restaurant chains in a candid Reddit thread.
The
anonymous woman, going by the alias hootiecutie, says she lives in
Canada and applied for a job at the chain six months ago to 'get
experience' - although she has ambitions of becoming a teacher or book
editor one day.
She
invited fellow Redditors to 'AMA' - ask me anything - in the thread,
and didn't hold back as she was quizzed on everything from her working
hours to flirting with customers at the restaurants whose staff are
primarily attractive women in low-cut tops.
An anonymous Hooters waitress has
lifted the lid on working at one of the world's most famous restaurant
chains in a candid Reddit thread (pictured: her official waitress
uniform, as shared on Reddit)
And,
in a bid to prove that she really was a genuine Hooters waitress, the
English and History graduate even shared photographs of what she claims
is her work uniform and most recent pay slip.
'I've
been working at Hooters for half a year,' she explained. 'I've seen a
couple other AMA's from hooters girls, but felt they weren't being 100%
honest.
'I'm
shy, quiet, and nerdy. Completely the opposite of what you would think a
hooters girl to be like, but somehow I got hired anyways. Obvious
throwaway is obvious. Ask me anything!'
Larossmann
was keen to find out whether she finds it hard to 'respect' customers
who may be more interested in the waitresses' physical attributes than
the food itself.
'The
regular customers I have a hard time respecting,' she admitted. 'But
just general customers, I don't think I see them any differently than I
would customers at a different restaurant.'
One Reddit user asked what their make-up policy was, remarking it appeared 'caked on'.
'Officially,
we need to be wearing at least blusher/ broznzer, lipgloss and mascara
but any time a girl has worn the bare minimum, she's gotten in trouble,'
she replied.
'When I applied, I opted for a more natural look and was told that I needed to wear more makeup.'
Swackhammer quizzed her on the hiring process, asking: 'Do you know how the company gets around being biased off of looks?'
She said that having 'looks requirements' was dependent on staff being hired as 'entertainers' rather than waitresses.
She
also said that she was asking to sign a form 'saying that I understood
that I would be sexually harassed and that I was okay with it' - a claim
that has not yet been verified.
Hootiecutie said: 'Officially, we need
to be wearing at least blusher/ broznzer, lipgloss and mascara but any
time a girl has worn the bare minimum, she's gotten in trouble' (file
photo)
When
asked whether she had seen the Hooters edition of the Undercover Boss
programme, and how accurately it portrayed the restaurant, she went into
great detail on their dress code policy.
'They still do the uniform line up and inspections, and girls get sent up for not looking up to standards,' she said.
'We're
not allowed to wear nail polish, french nails only. We're not allowed
to wear jewellery. We're not allowed to show tattoos. Any highlights in
our hair can only be a two shade different. No ombre, no roots.'
Others
were keen to know whether the waitresses' charming demeanor was genuine
or not, to which she replied: '98% chance it's not real,' later going
on to say how after receiving a tip her smile will 'drop' and she'll
'roll her eyes' as she turns away from a table.
In one particularly cringeworthy
anecdote, the Hooters waitress told how a female customer 'wouldn't let
the guy she was with speak to me even to order' (file photo)