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Hooters waitress speaks at school, parent bugs out
By EJ DicksonNovember 21st, 2011, 10:30 amComments (10)
In yet another example of parents insisting to their kids that boobies don't exist, officials at the Calvin A. Hunsinger school, a K-12 public school in Clearwater, Florida, received complaints after a Hooters waitress visited students to discuss her job. "I'm not knocking waitresses," parent Ashley Dominicci said. "They're very hard-working. My point is, these kids should have higher goals." Dominicci also pointed out that the school, which serves students with emotional and behavioral disabilities, is sending "the wrong message" by telling students that they're "the bad kids, and this is all [they'll] be in life."
It's unclear what, exactly, Dominicci meant by the last part of that statement: is she worried that her child will aspire to be a hyper-sexualized object of desire to middle-aged car salesmen eating jalapeno poppers, or is she concerned that her kid will grow up thinking it's okay to wear nude pantyhose under shorts? If it's B), that makes total sense to me, as nude pantyhose are an abomination; any other reason, however, seems a bit ludicrous. "Working as a waiter or waitress in order to achieve higher goals should be commended," school principal Stephanie Bessette wrote in an e-mail to Dominicci.
The waitress in question, Brittany Morgan, agreed with Bessette. "I'm confident there was nothing wrong with my presentation," Morgan said. "Most of us are going to school. We're aspiring to do other things in life. This isn't our career."
Even if it was her career, and Morgan had zero ambition besides serving reheated buffalo wings well into her golden years, I have a hard time seeing the validity of Dominicci's claim. You can think what you want about Hooters, or have your own opinions about the women who work there, but when it comes right down to it, Morgan's job is to wait tables; it's a safe bet that a bunch of the kids at Calvin A. Hunsinger, regardless of their backgrounds, will be doing the same at some point in their adult lives. Either way, Dominicci should count her blessings — at least the school didn't bring in anyone from Raisins.
Commentarium (10 Comments)
Are the schools not intended to benefit the students? What was the point of having Ms Morgan present? As to Dickinson's point that many of the students will work as waitstaff in their lives, so what? Many will probably mow grass or babysit too. Does that mean school time should be allotted to people currently employed doing those things? How about filling any time available for those types of presentations with, say, finance courses to teach kids about balancing a checkbook or considering how much debt they should go into in pursuit of an education?
Exactly right.
"is she worried that her child will aspire to be a hyper-sexualized object of desire to middle-aged car salesmen eating jalapeno poppers, or is she concerned that her kid will grow up thinking it's OK to wear nude pantyhose under shorts? If it's B), that makes total sense to me, as nude pantyhose are an abomination; any other reason, however, seems a bit ludicrous."
Really? I'm as liberal as the next young mom; once my daughter is 18, she makes her own choices. I still hope she doesn't aspire to be a hyper-sexualized object of desire. There's nothing wrong with that.
eh... okay, when the former porn star was reading to kids, it didn't really bother me. She had plain clothes on, read some stories to the kids, didn't talk about her former position (pun intended). But this story oddly does bother me. I'm all for a waitress coming in and talking to kids about her job, but Hooters? .. Hooters? Really, come on. Hooters.
Florida is gone bro... Retreat to Greenland and prepare.
Wish I had a Hooters waitress come and talk to me at school. Hell, even at a Hooters restaraunt would be nice, too.
Did the mom who "bugged out" go to the school to speak about her job? Of course not. She just expects other people to do that kind of stuff, then complains when she doesn't like their job.
"Did the mom who "bugged out" go to the school to speak about her job? Of course not. She just expects other people to do that kind of stuff, then complains when she doesn't like their job."
This.
Working at Hooter's is a way an attractive woman can make some money for school, it that is her goal. The children might get this idea by osmosis. It's another option that people don't have who are not as attractive, by nature or by lack of attention or other reasons. I used to go there, but the food isn't nearly as attractive to me as the women, who are paid to be friendly. It's part of the job description.
I'd prefer to be friendly with someone who actually wants to talk to me, and buy my food where I can pay less for an upscale cuisine.
Why didn't they choose a person who actually likes their job instead of a person who is working at a place to pay for school to get out of said job? And what is wrong with disliking the hyper-sexualization of women? I don't get the "parents insisting boobs don't exist" line. Are you expecting topless women to be parading around schools when we can't even see a dick in an R rated movie? Fuck that noise.