It's Turkey Time Again

[vovat]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone reading this! This has never been one of my favorite holidays, perhaps because guys with weird hats exploiting the natives isn't as appealing as, say, the spirits of the dead walking the Earth, or a man in a red suit riding around in a sleigh drawn by caribou. I guess I prefer the holidays that are heavy on mythology to those that are focused on group meals. I do find it a little odd that I overheard so many people at the place where I do temp work asking others if they were ready for Thanksgiving. Come on, it's a holiday where you don't have to buy presents, hide eggs, choose a costume, or even buy heart-shaped boxes of chocolates. What's there to do to get ready, other than possibly cooking, which you can't really do ahead of time unless you want to defrost Thanksgiving dinner? Oh, well. I hope everyone enjoys their turkey, or whatever you eat instead of turkey.

Last night, bethje and I went out to Atlantic City, but we didn't do any gambling. We did, however, do something John Flansburgh has apparently never done, and ate at Hooters. It was an interesting experience, but probably not a place we'll go again. It was really loud in there, and I prefer a quieter environment for ogling women in skimpy outfits. {g} Incidentally, I have to wonder if the policy of only hiring girls with big boobs could count as discriminatory. I mean, there was that case back when I was in school of a woman filing a lawsuit to get into a military academy, and I have an easier time imagining someone wanting to be a Hooters waitress over someone wanting to go to a school where they get yelled at a lot. Anyway, the cheeseburger I had wasn't bad, but wasn't one of the better ones I've had, either.

Comments

[revme.livejournal.com]

I've never been to one, either. I've heard the wings are very good, though. Or, at least that they USED to be. IIRC, there was an article in the Stranger about how a couple guys (IIRC, they referenced being gay, which made it somewhat more amusing, since Hooters is sort of the Quintessential Straight Guy Place) and would go and love the wings and such and then they went downhill a bit. OK! I found the article, and I think I misremembered it. I think the dude might be straight and said the wings are still good, but the other stuff isn't? I just kinda scanned it. It's a good article, though.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I guess it's too bad that we didn't go several years ago. And that I've never been a big fan of wings.

The waitress didn't call us by name (and I'm glad we didn't have to call HER by name, because it was on the receipt and I wasn't quite sure how to pronounce it; it was something like "Taena"), but she DID call Beth "sweetie."

[colbyucb.livejournal.com]

There was a Hooters near my old work, and just about everyone that worked days/afternoons would order their wings every so often. I never did though. Like revme, I heard they're supposed to be really good. I've wondered about the discriminatory thing too, it also reminds me of the Seinfeld pilot where Elaine tried to get hired at Monk's but she couldn't because she wasn't boobtastic enough.

I find it amusing that Flans has never been to one.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I've wondered about the discriminatory thing too

Well, hey, Atlantic City also has a casino where they'll fire you if you've gained a certain amount of weight, which I would say is worse.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

I've been to a Hooters. Once. When I was alone. Because there was no other place open after 11 PM in my neighborhood. (Yes, there's a Hooters next to the local Borders.) Anyway, I had some of the boneless "wings" (I really don't remember what they're called, but they're boneless and finger-like) and a ginormous glass of pop. Their glasses are far too huge. Anyway, I tried to ask the waitress if she knew anywhere (bars specifically) that were good around here. Not only was she from out of state, but she was 20. Twenty and serving beer to boozed up straight guys! Also, my waitress decided to go on break WHILE SERVING ME, so I had a second waitress when it came to more drinks and dessert. So I felt bad only tipping the second girl, when all she did was bring dessert, so I told her to give another few singles to the other waitress. I felt bad for them and gave good tips, but I probably shouldn't have, as I'm sure they get good tips all the time.

So that's my Hooters story.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Their glasses are far too huge.

And that wasn't ALL that was huge! :P

Seriously, though, I like getting large glasses of soda. I got a refill last night (the soda fountain was right near we were sitting, so we got good views of the girls' butts when they filled the cups), but I think she might have gotten the drink wrong the second time. It didn't really TASTE like Sierra Mist, anyway.

As for the waitress going on break while serving you, I think I might have had that kind of thing happen before. It seems really disorganized to me.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

You could try to tie Thanksgiving to some ancient harvest feast traditions to make it more mythical.

The thing I don't get about the "are you ready for thanksgiving?" question, which doesn't apply so much in real life as much as it seems to on commercials, is what's with the person hosting the feast cooking the entire thing and doing all the cleanup themselves? With all the family members involved in a large gathering, can't everyone pitch in one dish and certain other people take over cleanup? What kind of families are these? And with smaller gatherings, why make so much more food than necessary, anyway?

I suppose it's not discrimination since that's what Hooters is known for. If it was any other restaurant, it would be discrimination, but it's more just like a REQUIREMENT for working there. Kind of like if you apply for a general scholarship and you don't get it because of your ethnic background, it's discrimination, but if you apply for a scholarship specifically given to someone of a certain background that isn't yours, then you're just not following directions.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

You could try to tie Thanksgiving to some ancient harvest feast traditions to make it more mythical.

True, but they don't seem to be quite as much in evidence during the modern holiday as with some other days.

With all the family members involved in a large gathering, can't everyone pitch in one dish and certain other people take over cleanup?

That would make sense, but it's never seemed to be the case at any of the places where I've had Thanksgiving dinner. In fact, those places usually already had so much food that bringing in your own dishes would have been overkill. And Beth's family pretty much always makes too much food, even when it's not a holiday.