I’m a Hooters girl – my bra was checked before I started each shift to make sure I was following the uniform rules
A casual sports bar and restaurant with women walking around in crop tops and booty shorts may not seem like it would have strict staff rules, but it does.
One former Hooters employee discussed the restaurant’s uniform checks she had to undergo before each shift she worked.
YouTube user and mother Jade Amber isn’t afraid of talking about what it was like to work at the famed restaurant chain Hooters.
Jade posted a recent video discussing “the truth behind working at Hooters,” focusing on the rules they had to follow when it came to their appearance.
Between bra checks and tattoo coverage, the uniform expectations are nothing like you’d expect.
Jade explains that every time she showed up for work, she needed to be fully ready in uniform with her hair and makeup done.
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Additionally, before every shift, there would be a meeting with the servers to check and make sure they were wearing what they needed to be.
“They look, you turn around in a little circle and show them your uniform,” Jade says.
“They always made sure we had on a black bra.”
At one particular location, Jade was expected to wear a black bra under her black shirt and a nude bra under her white shirt, with no exceptions.
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“While I was working at Hooters, I could not have any of my tattoos showing,” she admits.
She was forced to cover her ink with concealer or other makeup.
However, after a while, Jade stopped covering them up because she noticed other girls that weren’t doing it.
“Hooters girls are kind of allowed to have more of a modern look now,” Jade proclaims.
Hair styles weren’t restricted unless you looked “raggedy.”
According to Jade, you couldn’t come in with a messy bun and no makeup without getting asked to fix your appearance.
“As far as makeup goes you basically only had to have mascara, a cheek color, and lip color,” she explains.
“There was some girls that would come in wearing the bare minimum like mascara and some chapstick, and sometimes that would work.”
But Jade says managers would be strict and ask them to do more.
In terms of the actual uniform, you had to wear pantyhose over your foot and white socks over.
You’re expected to buy the Hooters pantyhose yourself.
Viewers took to the comments section to share their own experiences working at the restaurant chain.
“I worked at Hooters years ago but we had something called “hootie bucks” you could earn by selling merchandise and that helped to pay for my uniform pieces,” one former employee wrote.
Another commented: “The one thing I hated the most was having to stand in front of my male manager and have him tell me if I was I guess good enough to hit the floor.”