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| I Went to Hooters on The Day Without Women and It Changed My Life Forever |
| 2017-03-10 |
| [FREEBEACON] I wasn't exactly sure what to expect when I decided earlier this week that the "Day Without a Woman" would be a good time to give Hooter's new smoked wings a try. On one hand, Hooters is a massive restaurant chain that operates around the world and it would never allow its restaurants to be affected by some fringe protest. On the other hand, entire school districts in the D.C. area were closing up shop because so many women were taking the day off, and some restaurants said women could get paid leave if they wanted to participate in the day. Hooters, which famously sports an exclusively female wait staff budding with mounds of talent, is undoubtedly more susceptible to a women's strike than any other restaurant. Despite the unknown, I ventured to Hooters on Wednesday afternoon. It was open and had quite a few cars in the parking lot. I got a table by the bar and told my waitress that I was happy to see that Hooters was serving customers, given that it was the "Day Without a Woman." "What are you talking about?" she asked. She was not alone in her confusion, given that I also didn't know exactly what the day entailed. When I first heard about it I thought that organizers were going for the type of situation seen in HBO's The Leftovers, where a certain slice of the population is just gone and the rest of us have to survive without it. I had no idea that the intent of the "Day Without a Woman" was actually to have the women skipping work participate in large demonstrations and visibly disrupt commuters. I explained what I was talking about and, given a bit of a push, she remembered seeing something about the protest. "Oh, that thing with the girls?" she said. "That's not going down here. I wish I was still in school though, so I could get the day off." That was the last we spoke about protests. It was time to enjoy Hooters, and the circumstances were very ripe for enjoyment. Not only was the ACC tournament playing on one of the bar's large screens, but after I let them know that the New York Mets were playing the Boston Red Sox and that Tim Tebow was slotted in the eight hole, they quickly got the game up there on an equally large screen right next to it. Then, as if my waitress knew exactly why I came, she let me know that the new Smoked Wings were all the rage lately. I ordered a large plate with the Texas BBQ dry rub. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 yes the women are lovely and, yes, a lot of nice brews and wide screen TVs but the noise in these places makes it difficult to hear the TV (or anyone you are with) |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-03-10 13:03 |
| #2 According to the Huffington Post, only a few hundred protesters showed up for an after-work march in New York City, and many of them appear to have been there in solidarity, rather than because they were women with paying jobs for which they were vital. Or at least that's my conclusion after reading the first few of their samole women quotes. Nor have I read about massive marches in Washington, DC or elsewhere, suggesting that few women were involved. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-03-10 11:34 |
| #1 The world didn't lurch to a standstill did it? We've found the non-essential "workers"! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-03-10 02:45 |