We all have our bad days. One thing after another goes wrong with reckless abandon and try as you may things never seem to get back on track. This is life. This is natural. There is no stopping it. It is frustrating and annoying and painfully uncomfortable. But you get through your day on some subtle hope that it will get better. The afternoon may drag on and the night may suck too, but you hold on to the idea that tomorrow will be better. You suck it up and you move on.
Today was one of those days. One of those days that you try to salvage, but it's gone to shit basically before it's even started. It all began with a Hooters top. Being out of my size and desperately needing a new top, I was forced to shove my 5'11 frame into a shirt much too small. So small it was actually painful. Not a comfortable situation. The day flew downhill from there. Needy, crappy tippers, angry girlfriends, cooks that can't read a receipt, assholes, screaming children, Canadians (more on this another time) and pretty much every other annoying, frustrating, angering thing that could happen had to happen today. All while my circulation was being cut off by an unflattering Hooters top.
I won't regale you with specifics. We've all had shitty days. We've all been there. The circumstances may different, but we know a bad day when we see one. But there is a difference between a regular bad day and a Hooters bad day. While a regular bad day can be explained away rather painlessly, a Hooters bad day seems to be a negative reflection on you. This makes that bad day even worse. You see, I spend a majority of my time at Hooters dispelling the all to common myth that Hooters Girls are shallow, vapid, idiotic girls that were luck enough to be pretty. If I have a bad day and mistakes are made (by me or by others) most people immediately assume that Hooters stereotype is true. If things go wrong I am automatically just a stupid Hooters Girl. I hate this.
Now, you might think that sounds rather dramatic, but this idea was substantiated throughout my day (and bad days before it) by a number of stupid comments and snarky remarks - the sort of remarks that basically call you stupid without coming out and saying it. Remarks that say, "yes, there is a reason you are a Hooters Girl." Remarks that make me feel like a piece of useless shit.
This is why I hate bad days at Hooters. There is nothing that makes me want to prove myself more than the insinuation that I am stupid. It makes me feel like I have to play catch up and spend even more time proving my worth as a college graduate and a woman. And really, I do. We all do. Hooters Girls in general spend their days serving wings, pouring beer and proving that the whole "typical Hooters Girl" doesn't exist. Some days it seems like the world doesn't want you to prove every one wrong. Those are the days you forget the cheese sticks, or drop coleslaw on a customer, or just fuck up in general. Those are days like today.
Heey.....what's wrong with Canadians?
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