5/22/2004: Little Miss Hooters - Page 2

Beestie · 05-25-2004, 09:41 AM

Originally posted by wolf

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That is one skanky looking waitress, even for Hooters ...

I'm not a lawyer, and I don't play one on TV, but unless the prize conditions were put in writing as "Toyota" instead of ToyYoda, her misunderstanding/misinterpretation should not have constituted damages.

Regarding the waitress' skankage quotient, I was thinking the same thing and wondered how she won the contest (selling the most beer) in the first place.

Regarding the legal problem, I have two guesses. One is that the manager was probably aware that the waitresses thought the prize was a car and did not correct the mis-impression and therefore took some responsibility for it. Guess two is the ever-present threat of a sympathetic jury and bad publicity. Never underestimate the power of a greedy lawyer and 12 really stupid people.

Nothing But Net · 05-26-2004, 03:04 AM

A couple of things I just noticed about this pic:

After the word CONTEST, there are the letters 'NS'. I would surmise this stands for 'Non-Smoking', inasmuch as this is an event geared toward the kids, as it were.

Also, the contest is being held at 12:30 on a Sunday afternoon, presumably to give the pole-dancers-in-training time to rush home from church and change into their skimpy shorts and tie-up tees.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-26-2004, 05:35 AM

Speaking of hot, blond pole dancers.

ladysycamore · 05-26-2004, 03:58 PM

Oh.....My!!!!

HOW PRECIOUS!!!

Mommy, I want one of those!!!

Happy Monkey · 05-26-2004, 04:21 PM

It's a dog-monkey! Or, to coin a term, a donkey!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-26-2004, 05:45 PM

Of course it's a donkey. You don't think a blonde pole dancer would be republican, do you?

Beestie · 05-26-2004, 07:06 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Speaking of hot, blond pole dancers.

Rookie. Forgot to wear something to tuck the Scooby Snacks in.

OnyxCougar · 05-30-2004, 12:46 PM

Why you guys think she looks skanky? She doesn't look skanky to me. She looks pissed.

SteveDallas · 05-30-2004, 02:23 PM

Yeah, I personally have never understood the proper application of "skanky" either.

More Hooters-related info: From today's Sunday NY Times Magazine article on teenage dating (or lack thereof):

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Surprisingly, there is no age requirement to dine at Hooters. When I call the restaurant to make sure I'm not aiding and abetting teen delinquency, the woman who picks up seems annoyed I would even ask. ''No, we're a family restaurant,'' she says.

lookout123 · 06-01-2004, 02:26 PM

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Originally posted by Happy Monkey
It's a good thing that size matters not, because that light saber is as big as Yoda!

i guess the same thing can be said about her, er, um, qualifications to be a hooters girl.

sorry, to all. i couldn't help it.

Troubleshooter · 06-01-2004, 02:33 PM

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Originally posted by SteveDallas
From today's Sunday NY Times Magazine article on teenage dating (or lack thereof):

I read that one as well.

Depressing really.

SteveDallas · 06-01-2004, 03:20 PM

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Originally posted by Troubleshooter

I read that one as well.

Depressing really.

Yeah, it was, but I wasn't entirely comfortable with the fact that any problems with "the old ways" were conveniently swept under the rug.

richlevy · 06-01-2004, 04:10 PM

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Originally posted by Beestie
Originally posted by wolf Regarding the waitress' skankage quotient, I was thinking the same thing and wondered how she won the contest (selling the most beer) in the first place.

Regarding the legal problem, I have two guesses. One is that the manager was probably aware that the waitresses thought the prize was a car and did not correct the mis-impression and therefore took some responsibility for it. Guess two is the ever-present threat of a sympathetic jury and bad publicity. Never underestimate the power of a greedy lawyer and 12 really stupid people.

If it could be reasonably proved that the manager made every effort to have her believe that the prize was a Toyota, and leading her out to the parking lot goes a long way to show that that was the case, then IMO she had a case. The fact that it was a regional sales contest, with presumably tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, would have made the prize of a car reasonable. Certainly, a $10 toy would be considered substandard compensation.

Working class people have a lot of sympathy for this kind of stuff. While jokes and other behavior may be seen as harmless, screwing around with how people are compensated, especially in the form of a cruel prank, would not be tolerated.

While it was not sexual harrassment, it was certainly some form of cruel bullying and that is all that it would take for a jury.

05-26-2004, 05:35 AM	#18
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05-26-2004, 03:58 PM	#19
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05-26-2004, 04:21 PM	#20
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05-26-2004, 05:45 PM	#21
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Of course it's a donkey. You don't think a blonde pole dancer would be republican, do you? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-30-2004, 12:46 PM	#23
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Why you guys think she looks skanky? She doesn't look skanky to me. She looks pissed. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

05-26-2004, 03:04 AM	#17
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	A couple of things I just noticed about this pic: After the word CONTEST, there are the letters 'NS'. I would surmise this stands for 'Non-Smoking', inasmuch as this is an event geared toward the kids, as it were. Also, the contest is being held at 12:30 on a Sunday afternoon, presumably to give the pole-dancers-in-training time to rush home from church and change into their skimpy shorts and tie-up tees.

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