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ThisBlueDeer · 21/02/2025 13:16

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/08/its-horrible-hooters-plots-british-breastaurant-expansion-via-newcastle

Hoping the link works and just wondering what people’s views are on this? I’ve never been in one but from what I understand it’s a restaurant where the waitresses are all attractive young women?

Can’t say I’d be wild about the idea of DH going to one but honestly I’m a bit meh about it. Hardly a strip club.

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BobbyBiscuits · 21/02/2025 14:13

It seems so tacky. I just don't see the point. If someone wants to look at scantily clad women in order to sexualise them then they should go to a strip club/bar or a brothel?
If the job is serving food how can they so openly discriminate against someone capable and experienced because they're the wrong age, sex or body shape?
The combination of mediocre deep fried food, young women with boob jobs on microscopic clothing, and questionable male clientele could only be a recipe for ick central.
I guess stag dos? But even then it's just weird.

bombastix · 21/02/2025 14:13

Where's your husband? He's down at Hooters being family friendly...

Yeah, sounds terrific.

Upstartled · 21/02/2025 14:13

Why is the opening in Newcastle more objectionable than in the other two branches in the UK? The article talks of wider significance but then doesn't really go on to then explain why that is, does it?

BeatrizBoniface · 21/02/2025 14:17

ThisBlueDeer · 21/02/2025 14:06

I knew what what the link contained, I read the article and said very clearly in my OP my understanding was it’s a restaurant which exclusively hires attractive young women, as confirmed by @Adamante.

But apparently that was disingenuous of me. 🤔

Also didn’t know twatty was offensive but on mumsnet apparently it is. Don’t think we need to be policed like children personally but apparently there are sensitive little ears on here that need protecting.

I don’t see how this is any different to Taylor Swift or Sabrina Carpenter wearing skimpy clothing on stage. And also agree with @bombastix about it being a self selecting crowd. Not something I can get excited about.

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As other posters have opined, perhaps the punters should ould stick to Only Fans. However, go if you want to. Your choice.
I personally like the idea of an Owl themed restaurant. They're lovely creatures.

bombastix · 21/02/2025 14:21

It tells you a fair bit about how sexist the UK is that Hooters has an all female staff and may actually rely on an exemption in the Equality Act to do this.

Whereas if you are an actual woman asking for a single sex service you will have to run a gamut of issues about transgender exclusion.

I suppose what both of these have in common is that the masturbatory needs of men must really be prioritised above all else

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BeatrizBoniface · 21/02/2025 14:26

bombastix · 21/02/2025 14:21

It tells you a fair bit about how sexist the UK is that Hooters has an all female staff and may actually rely on an exemption in the Equality Act to do this.

Whereas if you are an actual woman asking for a single sex service you will have to run a gamut of issues about transgender exclusion.

I suppose what both of these have in common is that the masturbatory needs of men must really be prioritised above all else

Indeed! That should certainly be the case 😉

jay55 · 21/02/2025 14:29

The Bristol one only lasted five minutes.
Feels so outdated.
With youngsters drinking less and going out less I can't see this being the thing to get them back out.

BeatrizBoniface · 21/02/2025 14:30

jay55 · 21/02/2025 14:29

The Bristol one only lasted five minutes.
Feels so outdated.
With youngsters drinking less and going out less I can't see this being the thing to get them back out.

I think you're right, times have changed, and as pp have said, there are other places for these kind of men to go to.

bombastix · 21/02/2025 14:32

The target is not likely young men but old guys. Young men don't need to go to Hooters do they?

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ThisBlueDeer · 21/02/2025 14:38

I’m assuming the target is the younger crowd, I don’t know Newcastle but someone has said that stag and hen party central, not that many older customers around I would have thought?

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CatamaranViper · 21/02/2025 14:40

As someone who had worked in bars and restaurants in Newcastle city centre (I'm sure it's the same everywhere though) I'd never step foot in a hooters.
I was sexually harassed enough wearing a short black skirt, black tights and a tight fitting black shirt. Some customers seemed to think that by wearing a short skirt they were welcome to shove their hands up there or grab my arse.

Plus, the pressure of trying to look 'fit' in order to earn tips. Loads of young women I worked with took speed to stay slim and bubbly for their shifts, or had eating disorders. Even managers or supervisors would comment on what you ate if you started putting some weight on, or suggest you wear a bit more makeup. We had self tanning kits in the staff room.

Maybe I'm being unfair based on my own experience and preconceived ideas about Hooters, but I really dont like the idea of it opening here. I worry that the men will see this as more of an invitation to be gropey, creepy bastards and the management will be nearly as bad...

JimHalpertsWife · 21/02/2025 14:45

ThisBlueDeer · 21/02/2025 14:38

I’m assuming the target is the younger crowd, I don’t know Newcastle but someone has said that stag and hen party central, not that many older customers around I would have thought?

There is defiently locations in Newcastle which are more for younger groups and locations which are more for your older groups. I'm not sure where the Hooters site is located, I'll check.

JimHalpertsWife · 21/02/2025 14:46

Oh, The Bigg Market. Yep. Scummy spot. Scummy patrons. Scummy services.

BeatrizBoniface · 21/02/2025 14:48

@CatamaranViper , absolutely. Plus many of us will be familiar with your bar experience. I used to work in a bar in the centre of Glasgow, which was much the same, and the management had a certain approach. Harassment was part of the shift. You'd have to be alert all the time.
Interestingly, I then worked in a pub in a less salubrious area of the city frequented by older men who were far nicer. Maybe they weren't so emboldened? The only thing they'd say was "cheerio, hen" at the end of the evening.

Honeyroar · 21/02/2025 15:07

I’ve always hated Hooters. I used to be cabin crew. Hooters was very popular amongst middle aged pilots and male crew. They used go off there after a flight giggling like Beavis and Butthead! 🤢. The place masquerades as a sports bar and being family friendly, but it was mainly 40 somethings. And the tight t shirts, little shorts and tan tights were rank. I’ve walked past many times but wouldn’t set foot in. It would probably go down well in a stag do area. And people are right, there’s much worse out there. But it always reminds me of the Playboy style.

bombastix · 21/02/2025 15:32

Nah the target market is middle aged men. They have the money to spend and young men don't need to spend money or have a captive audience. Really, it's old guys they want.

JimHalpertsWife · 21/02/2025 15:34

Younger decent men don't drink in the Bigg Market either. It's either very very young absolute grotbags, or sort of older 50+ men who want to relive their youth and aren't comfortable yet succumbing to the old man quarter that is Sgt Peppers.

bombastix · 21/02/2025 15:36

Hooters "I've still got it honestly and I am in no way a middle aged creep" Restaurant

Crateoflemsip · 21/02/2025 15:36

bombastix · 21/02/2025 14:21

It tells you a fair bit about how sexist the UK is that Hooters has an all female staff and may actually rely on an exemption in the Equality Act to do this.

Whereas if you are an actual woman asking for a single sex service you will have to run a gamut of issues about transgender exclusion.

I suppose what both of these have in common is that the masturbatory needs of men must really be prioritised above all else

This is a very good point.

BeatrizBoniface · 21/02/2025 15:40

bombastix · 21/02/2025 15:36

Hooters "I've still got it honestly and I am in no way a middle aged creep" Restaurant

😂true!

myplace · 21/02/2025 15:43

Some of the girls will feel a bit warm in those tights, mind. I hope they have air con!

The issue for me isn’t the outfit and how revealing or otherwise it is. Let’s face it, it isn’t. Women their age wear less, and sexier, on a night out.

The issue is they are dressed like that to please the middle aged men buying the beer.

JimHalpertsWife · 21/02/2025 15:45

myplace · 21/02/2025 15:43

Some of the girls will feel a bit warm in those tights, mind. I hope they have air con!

The issue for me isn’t the outfit and how revealing or otherwise it is. Let’s face it, it isn’t. Women their age wear less, and sexier, on a night out.

The issue is they are dressed like that to please the middle aged men buying the beer.

If the middle aged men didn't enjoy this type of facility, they wouldn't exist. They didn't just go "huh, we have these women who want to dress provocatively and be groped by strangers, quick! Open a restaurant on that theme"

Someone decided that men are perverted enough to get their jollies off to this kind of service, and the fact that there might be kids there too, and created the business.

bombastix · 21/02/2025 15:48

Imagine your dad taking you to Hooters.

One day son, you can come here and buy me a beer

One day daughter, you can work here and entertain my friends

Youneverknowwhatyourgonnaget · 21/02/2025 15:51

We’ve got one in Nottingham. It’s always a good atmosphere nice American style food different sports on screens good beer selection and the waitresses always seem nice and I don’t think it’s a problem the way they dress at all. I can understand uproar about only fans or whatever but this is absolutely nothing at all.i can never understand why there aren’t more around the uk