I've read several blogs written by other Hooters Girls (the best and most creative one written by a Hooters Girl who goes by the name K.H.) and according to all these blogs, there should be several days of training. Now, I seriously doubt these girls decided to lie...lol...so I'm guessing every Hooters restaurant simply operates differently. Why do I say this, you ask? Well because today was the only day of training we got. Yep, that's it. Technically we will still be shadowing veteran Hooters Girls, but officially: training began and ended today.So this is how my day went: I arrived a few minutes early and joined up with the other new hires who were already there. After a few minutes, Mr. Australia came out and introduced us to a very voluptuous Hooters Girl (who apparently is featured in the 2010 Hooters Calendar, for which I will refer to her as Calendar Girl). Mr. Australia tells us this girl will be taking us back into the dressing room and providing us with our uniforms...at this point I'm ecstatic!! Being a very thin girl, I knew they would give me the smallest sizes and I was right...it was XXXS for me! Now, although I'm thin I'm also pretty chesty, so the XXXS tanktop sure does a good job of showing off my assets! I can't say that I hate it! Actually, I really like my teeny tiny tank top and neon orange short shorts! Heck, even the suntan nylons and suntan hose are cute! Combine that with the Hooters pouch and the shoes I bought at Payless and you've got: a very hot Hooters Girl! At least, that's the way I felt! I know many girls feel uncomfortable when they first get into the uniform and I thought I would too but I was proven wrong!
Anyway, once we were fully dressed in our eye-catching uniforms, Calendar Girl took us to the front, showed us how to punch in, what to say when the phone rings, how to greet customers, how to take to-go orders, how to sling, etc. It wasn't rocket science, but useful information nonetheless. After a couple hours, we were finally allowed to "get to work" which basically meant stand at the front, yell out "Hi! Welcome to Hooters!" every time guests walk in, sit guests, and blow up balloons! As I mentioned in a previous entry, I will be a hostess, otherwise known as "Hooters Girl at the Door" rather than a waitress, or "Hooters Girl on the Floor." The nice part is that I will be making a percentage of the tips that the waitresses make...I can't imagine they're too thrilled about the TipShare program, but I'm definitely not hating it!
My first "real" shift is in 2 days...should be interesting! Oops...I mean...should be delightfully tacky! ;)
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(NOTE: The shorts are no longer made of this shiny material)
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