Monday, March 12, 2007
Why Bother?
I walked past a guy's desk during lunch today and he had a take-out container from Hooters. OK, first a couple of caveats. I've only been to one Hooters restaurant (a few years ago) that I can remember and I really haven't a clue as to the prices currently charged for food in a Hooters. Having said that, why on earth would you have take-out from Hooters? Isn't that kind of like getting the audio-book version of Playboy?
I'm not saying either option is worthless, but I am asking, why bother? If it was really about the food, they'd probably call it, "Good Burgers" or "Great Eats," not Hooters. The phrase "Man, look at those hooters" isn't going to be referring to a woman's cooking skills. Since some readers out there may not be aware of some English slang, hooter is one way of referring to a woman's (from my thesaurus: breast, bosom, dug, teat, mammilia, tit, nipple, bust, udder, boob)
And rather than be dressed in gowns or jeans, the waitresses (not waiters) at Hooters are dressed in snug t-shirts and snugger shorts. Since all that should give you some idea (and if it doesn't check out the web site) of what Hooters is all about, why oh why, would you order take-out?
