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Breanna Robinson
Oct 15, 2021
One Hooters waitress showed before and after images
TikTok
Risqué fast food restaurant Hooters has caused a stir after revealing an updated uniform for staff - featuring super-skimpy shorts.
The new dress code was introduced this month and prompted some waitresses to post about it on TikTok.
“So, this is what I’m supposed to be wearing... and I hate it,” 22-year-old Hooters bartender Kirsten Songer said while posting a before-and-after clip on the platform.
“The new black shorts, they do not have a bottom, they have a crotch string. So they sit like this... oh look, a wedgie!
“There is no longer anything covered by these shorts. And this is what the problem with the new shorts is, this is why all of the Hooters girls are upset. Because this is not what I agreed to wear a year ago when I was hired.”
Although the previous uniform did feature short shorts, the new ones are even shorter.
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Songer—who went viral back in July for posting videos showing how she fakes cleavage for work despite having AA-cup breasts— wore her old and new shorts to show the apparent differences in the design.
@theflathootersgirl Reply to @kat.abrramo so here’s what they look like on! I had to use a tape measure for my sizing and then I still couldn’t get them off after this video :) #uniform #hooters #shorts #hooterstiktok #college #waitress #restaurant #hootersgirledition #OneSliceChallenge
Waitress Giselle Nguyen, 20, from Texas, filmed herself holding up her old and new shorts, while asking: ‘What’s that supposed to fit?!’ She then posted a before and after video to show the difference with the new uniform.
@ggnguyen Reply to @holymonce8 is this what y’all wanted ? LMAO
Another used some dubbed sound to joke that she should quit her job.
@gracie.herrick oop #fyp #hooters
Someone else posted a video wearing them - but added a caption saying they weren’t as bad as everyone else was suggesting.
@lexiusxoxo They really not that bad. #TreatiestCupContest #ForYouPizza #fypシ #hooterstiktok #hoot #hooters #blackgirlhooters
Two Hooters waitresses, one who goes by @eastenciera and the other @katherinenicole830 on TikTok, posted a video of themselves saying that the shorts went from “PG” to “porn.”
Hooters' was founded by six men in 1983 and became infamous for hiring women to serve predominantly male customers while modeling cleavage-baring tank tops and T-shirts.
Indy100 has reached out to Hooters for comment.