Mara Wilson
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So yeah, I just want to say a note.
Of course there was a Hooters airline.
And yeah, the staff on board wore similar outfits to what they wear in the restaurants.
fly on a plane that is sort of has like a wacky name in any way no i want it to be dead fucking serious when i'm flying yeah i don't want any kind of pageantry no at all dan wrote in i thought this was fascinating it's far too long but i'm going to just zip through i've been a food scientist working in product r&d for most of my career but i worked at a small consulting group right out of college that helped restaurants with their menu innovation
Essentially, my job was to help use consumer trend data to help chain restaurants keep their menus fresh.
As part of this job, I was assigned to a project with Hooters.
My experience working with Hooters team was somehow shocking and completely expected.
My boss and I arrived at the Atlanta headquarters fresh from the airport.
where naturally I asked if I could use the restroom after checking in at the front desk, which is where the fun began.
I was pointed down a corridor where there were two doors, one labelled Standing Proud over the silhouette of a man with his hands on his hips, and one labelled Sitting Pretty with the silhouette of a woman in an almost Marilyn Monroe-esque stance.
They went to the test kitchen, met a few people along the way.
On one side of the office, there were offices for a few executives with secretary desks outside of them.