Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,434 |
Quote
I expected to walk into Hooters at 11 a.m. and have a bunch of bored waitresses fawning all over my daughter. We'd get attention and good laughs, maybe even a comped order of mozzarella sticks, and my daughter would see how casually and normally Daddy interacts with women in tight tank tops.
Quote
Instead of being shown to our table we were hemmed in by a stony-faced phalanx of orange-and-white-clad servers who silently established a perimeter around us preventing entrance into the main dining room or access to a table by the bar, a well-endowed Praetorian Guard, protecting the sanctity of their establishment from the sticky-fingered cuteness of my 2-year-old. They looked at me like I was stupid for bringing my daughter to Hooters.
Quote
My daughter was understandably mesmerized by the bright orange shorts and the ladies with hair extensions. She made entreaties to be noticed by some of the waitresses and she was rebuffed with extreme prejudice. Then she headed over to start gabbing at some of the guys at the bar, who did not seem to offer the smiles she is so used to receiving.
Quote
Like me, you may want to be a cool and casual relaxed parent with cool, casual and relaxed kids, but how relaxed are your kids going to be when their earliest memories are strangers recoiling from them in shame and fear and annoyance? Part of what I want for my kids will come from trying to avoid weird and uncomfortable situations before they're ready. That means being a little more thoughtful about their feelings and other people's feelings. That means being thoughtful and considerate -- two things that were not a big part of my emotional vocabulary before I had children. It doesn't come naturally, but it's coming.
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 12,447 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 7,149 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 4,532 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,308 |
Anonymous User
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 4,176 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,975 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 759 |
Anonymous User
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 454 |
Quote
blondie
Quote
law1204
What do they have to do to keep the breeders out? Rename the place "Tits"?
They could start by not having a chyldrun's menu.
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 486 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 7,835 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 1,304 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 862 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 5,716 |
Quote
Dickhead Duh
I thought it might even be a good lesson for my daughter to see that we don't judge or treat people differently because of the way they're dressed, and that people are not the sum total of their apparel; for instance, I am not a hobo, even though I dress like one.
Anonymous User
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 21, 2011 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 22, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,434 |
Quote
cerebralherpes
I can't help but wonder how much longer 'til he takes his brat to a strip club to show that's it's okay to dress in nothing. And then he'll sit there with a fucking boner, ogling at women who look nothing like the saggy moo of his runt, while said runt annoys other patrons who are trying to get away from just that.
Quote
the noodler
But, the writer is a PROUD graduate of Philadelphia Community College. PROUD. And he writes for Redbook. I'm surprised he was able to impregnate a female.
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 22, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,434 |
Quote
mumofsixbirds
I've browsed through some of the comments, and the idiot is definitely getting ripped a new one for his douchebag baybeestalking behavior! I'm glad there are still some people in this world who have some sense in their heads.
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 22, 2011 | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 4,532 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 22, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,975 |
Quote
yurble
Oh, but I am positive his wife can't possibly look like that. He's careful to mention that she wasn't wearing anything more covering than a Hooter's tanktop when he met her (which makes it sound like she was working as a lap dancer or something when they met, although given the way he tries to be cool, he might just mean they were on the beach).
(Side note: The problem's not so much what the women wear, as far as I'm concerned, it's what the men wear. If the women are part naked and the men are fully clothed, the women are clearly there for the men's sexual titillation. If they're both part naked, both all naked, or both fully clothed, I don't care.)
.
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 22, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 1,304 |
Quote
blondie
Quote
yurble
Oh, but I am positive his wife can't possibly look like that. He's careful to mention that she wasn't wearing anything more covering than a Hooter's tanktop when he met her (which makes it sound like she was working as a lap dancer or something when they met, although given the way he tries to be cool, he might just mean they were on the beach).
(Side note: The problem's not so much what the women wear, as far as I'm concerned, it's what the men wear. If the women are part naked and the men are fully clothed, the women are clearly there for the men's sexual titillation. If they're both part naked, both all naked, or both fully clothed, I don't care.)
.
True. I was having a discussion with someone about this. I was saying the outfits of female news reporters seem to be getting more and more risque. The other person reasoned that you see much less than that at the beach so what's the problem. What does the beach have to do with a newsroom?! The male reporters are dressed professionally in suits while many of the women look like cocktail hostesses. Let the men wear muscle shirts and tight hipster pants while reporting the news and then we're good. eyes2
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 22, 2011 | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 1,811 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 22, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 7,835 |
Re: Babystalking at Hooters June 22, 2011 | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 12,447 |