Can someone please explain something to me?
How did Hooters become a family restaurant?
I know this isn't a new discovery. It's been this way for several years now, but I never quite understood how it happened.
I remember being back in high school and a bunch of us from the football team would drive out to Downers Grove with the intent of scarfing down wings and doing a little "bird watching" (yeah, that's what we'll call it) at the only Hooters restaurant outside of Chicago we could easily drive to.
We felt like miscreants and pervs, knowing we were there primarily to see women in tight-fitting, scoop-necked shirts and very tight and showy orange shorts. But isn't that why everyone was there? Businessmen, college guys, married men... but all men.
Nothing about the place has really changed. Same food, same atmosphere, same outfits.
But certainly not the same clientele.
Katie and I went there with my dad the other day.
Yes, Katie and I. A guy and his wife in a place with scantily clad women.
Walking in ahead of us was a guy and his wife and a baby in a babyseat.
There was a table full of high school aged girls there.
Guys had their women with them.
The walls were adorned with women's wear and kids gear including onesies, bibs (which, back in the day, probably should've been marketed to male customers), booties (get your mind out of the gutter), and more.
There was a time, just a decade ago, when the fiancee of a friend of mine completely nixed the idea of him having a bachelor party at Hooters. Nuh-uh! No way! I think she would've been more agreeable to a stripper than she was to Hooters.
Are we, as a society, actually becoming more accepting of the semi-naked female body? If so, what's next? Family night at the local peep show? Family discounts on lap dances?
This e-mail came in to me today. I was so touched!
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This is when it's painful to be a proofreader.
I guess it would be a miracle if I ever actually received spam with proper grammar and spelling, wouldn't it?
