A Hooters waitress has shared the misconceptions people have about her because of her job.
Brenda Perez, from Miami, Florida, has worked for the American restaurant chain for two years after applying out of sheer curiosity.
The 23-year-old loves the role and the friendships that it's provided – she just hates that people judge her for it.
Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, she said: “I think the most common misconception is that Hooters girls are airheads.
“For some reason, people tend to think working at Hooters and being intelligent are mutually exclusive and yet my coworkers are some of the brightest people I’ve met.
“Most of these girls are in school furthering their education and using Hooters to graduate debt-free.
“Hooters is a great place to work when you’re young and finding your place in the world.”
Brenda said she receives trolling online every time she posts about her job.
“I usually don’t dignify trolling with a response because the basis of their jokes always revolves around questioning my sense of self-respect or my intelligence, two things which I’m not remotely insecure about,” she explained.
“It’s hard to be offended when you know all their comments are solely based on my Hooters uniform.”
Because of law school, Brenda is only able to work part-time, which is common at the establishment.
The rest of her time is spent pouring over case briefs and going to the beach and gym.
Before Brenda started working at Hooters, she’d heard rumours about the interview process.
She was determined to find out whether they were true or not, particularly whether they make women walk up to a wall. The rumour is if your nose touches it before your breasts do, you won’t get hired.
But to her relief, this wasn't actually the case.
The waitress shared: “Thankfully, it was a pretty standard interview process. I ended up really enjoying it and decided to stay.”
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Like anybody else, Brenda occasionally vents about her job, but she doesn’t want to work anywhere else.
She says she’s grown attached to the restaurant and the people that she works with.
Even if they don’t always see eye to eye at work, whenever something serious goes down she knows she can count on them.
Brenda also wants to help get rid of the idea that the work environment is cliquey, as she says this couldn’t be further from the truth.
“We’ve been there for each other through pregnancies, weddings, and unfortunately funerals,” the waitress explained.
“Just this year we lost a fellow Hooter girl and without missing a beat we created a bake sale and raised over $2,000 (around £1,500) for her family in one day.
“We held a beautiful memorial at the restaurant where we invited her family and dozens of prior and current Hooters girls and we shared stories of our time with her.
“I can wholeheartedly say I see these girls as more than coworkers. At the end of the day, I’m glad I got curious and applied to Hooters.”
Follow Brenda on TikTok here.
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