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Hooters Newcastle

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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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bombastix · 21/02/2025 15:52

You don't understand why not?

Yeah you do.

myplace · 21/02/2025 15:55

Another issue is people not understanding the problem.

It's really not hard to see.

coffeeabdteav · 21/02/2025 15:56

I think love island is equally as exploitative.

dapsnotplimsolls · 21/02/2025 16:01

Kids eat for free on Sundays 😐

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ThisBlueDeer · 21/02/2025 16:03

coffeeabdteav · 21/02/2025 15:56

I think love island is equally as exploitative.

Valid point, never watched it, but isn’t it all young, slim people with turkey teeth wearing swimwear on TV for people to look at?

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BeatrizBoniface · 21/02/2025 16:06

dapsnotplimsolls · 21/02/2025 16:01

Kids eat for free on Sundays 😐

Well. If that's not a bonus, I don't know what is.

coffeeabdteav · 21/02/2025 16:09

Yes @ThisBlueDeer thats exactly it.

WhiteWriting · 21/02/2025 16:28

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

Are you a bit hard of thinking? It's USP is big tits. In what world is this not feeding into the huge problem with violence against women and girls the UK suffers?

UpToonGirl · 21/02/2025 16:33

How do they get around UK recruitment laws? What if lots of people apply who don't fit the slim with big boobs look?

HardenYourHeart · 21/02/2025 16:34

I used to have coworkers that went to hooter "for the wings". The food was supposed to be great.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

WhatTheFuckIsThisNow · 21/02/2025 17:08

I live in Newcastle and judging by the comments on our local newspaper's Facebook, this is a) going to be very popular and b) will attract exactly the sort of lecherous fuckwits you'd expect.

It's going to be in the Bigg Market which is basically party central (think lonely stilettoes and vomit puddles on a Sunday morning). It's definitely not a family-orientated area. It'll be a nightmare for the women who work there, particularly at weekends.

It's acutely embarrassing and utterly depressing that Newcastle has been chosen as a location.

BeatrizBoniface · 21/02/2025 17:16

"lecherous fuckwits" 😂great phrase

Youneverknowwhatyourgonnaget · 21/02/2025 18:33

WhiteWriting · 21/02/2025 16:28

Are you a bit hard of thinking? It's USP is big tits. In what world is this not feeding into the huge problem with violence against women and girls the UK suffers?

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Have you ever been? Men are absolutely not at all drooling over these girls and without being disrespectful they are not model type girls and can’t honestly say I have never noticed their boobs at all so the USP is not going great then is it! They are mostly like kids about 18-20 it is not sexy in the slightest I assure you.they do good food good beer…I think your thinking it’s like some strip club! It is not!!

Snorlaxo · 21/02/2025 18:42

https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/21/restaurant-chain-hooters-waitresses-bankruptcy-22603963/

This might cheer you up OP

WhiteWriting · 21/02/2025 18:46

Youneverknowwhatyourgonnaget · 21/02/2025 18:33

Have you ever been? Men are absolutely not at all drooling over these girls and without being disrespectful they are not model type girls and can’t honestly say I have never noticed their boobs at all so the USP is not going great then is it! They are mostly like kids about 18-20 it is not sexy in the slightest I assure you.they do good food good beer…I think your thinking it’s like some strip club! It is not!!

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I give up. Can you REALLY not see the link between scantily clad women in t-shirts spelling out Hooters across their hooters and the sexual objectification of all women and girls in general being normalised? It is precisely BECAUSE it's marketed disingenuously as a 'family restaurant' that makes it so chilling. Men absolutely are drooling over these girls. That's the male founders aim.

WhatTheFuckIsThisNow · 21/02/2025 18:56

WhiteWriting · 21/02/2025 18:46

I give up. Can you REALLY not see the link between scantily clad women in t-shirts spelling out Hooters across their hooters and the sexual objectification of all women and girls in general being normalised? It is precisely BECAUSE it's marketed disingenuously as a 'family restaurant' that makes it so chilling. Men absolutely are drooling over these girls. That's the male founders aim.

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Family restaurant my eye. Why is it opening in the Bigg Market if it's a family restaurant? Hardly somewhere you take the kids for their birthday.

Snorlaxo · 21/02/2025 18:58

I have seen an internet meme more than once where a Hooters waitress is mocked for her lack of arse. Straight Men ARE 100% going to ogle the women.
SNL did a skit on this - they had Sydney Sweeney as a Hooters girl getting loads of tips because she has big boobs and bum like male Hooters customers want.

There’s 101 restaurants in the UK that serve great chicken wings and have a TV with a sports match playing.

myplace · 21/02/2025 19:02

WhatTheFuckIsThisNow · 21/02/2025 18:56

Family restaurant my eye. Why is it opening in the Bigg Market if it's a family restaurant? Hardly somewhere you take the kids for their birthday.

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And yet they do. An acquaintance posted a vid on FB of a 12 yr old being presented with his cake and having happy birthday sung to him by the girls. Rite of passage, like.

SallyWD · 21/02/2025 19:02

Youneverknowwhatyourgonnaget · 21/02/2025 18:33

Have you ever been? Men are absolutely not at all drooling over these girls and without being disrespectful they are not model type girls and can’t honestly say I have never noticed their boobs at all so the USP is not going great then is it! They are mostly like kids about 18-20 it is not sexy in the slightest I assure you.they do good food good beer…I think your thinking it’s like some strip club! It is not!!

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Seriously, you think men don't get turned on by 18-20 year olds?? The fact these women are very young is going to be even more of a turn-on for many men.

myplace · 21/02/2025 19:02

@WhatTheFuckIsThisNow and free kids’ meals on Sundays.

Batmanisaplaceinturkey · 21/02/2025 19:03

How do they get away with employing young, big busted women only? How are they getting around discrimination laws?

bombastix · 21/02/2025 19:04

No come on it's like really really good for kids. The boys get to see some nice girls and see what they will grow into.

The little girls will see a valuable role model.

Hero dads go to Hooters, right?

BeatrizBoniface · 21/02/2025 19:06

bombastix · 21/02/2025 19:04

No come on it's like really really good for kids. The boys get to see some nice girls and see what they will grow into.

The little girls will see a valuable role model.

Hero dads go to Hooters, right?

Yes. Win/win
Oh, and good chicken wings. Also beer.
However - remember that young women 18-20 in tight short clothes are not sexy...no siree! It's all about the beer....

Tarantella6 · 21/02/2025 19:06

I like Hooters in the US. It is brightly lit, loads of different sports on the screens, the staff are friendly and the food is nice. I took my colleague and he couldn't believe the difference compared to the one in Nottingham - in the UK the men are all creeps apparently.

Kahless · 21/02/2025 19:08

myplace · 21/02/2025 19:02

And yet they do. An acquaintance posted a vid on FB of a 12 yr old being presented with his cake and having happy birthday sung to him by the girls. Rite of passage, like.

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To coin a Mumsnet phrase "that's fucking grim"