Hooters Goes Bankrupt!

Hooters is bankrupt—shocker, right? People are asking why, but it’s obvious. Women’s everyday outfits—yoga pants, skin-tight gym gear—make Hooters’ once-racy uniforms look tame. From grocery stores to gyms, the real world’s outdone their gimmick. Good wings aside, those late ‘80s beer-commercial vibes can’t compete today. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
So hooterss that's right, Hooters, the restaurant chain going bankrupt,
and people want to know why.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
Really, you want to know why, Well, you couldn't see
this coming a mile away. Listen, Okay, if I go
to the public's grocery store. If I go, I've done
met where I go. Okay, I go to the gym

(00:52):
early in the morning. Do you see what women are
wearing around on a regular base? This nowadays? Again, you know, it.

Speaker 4 (01:03):
Started about ten years ago, give for take with the
yoga pants, and they just keep taking it to the
next level.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
The workout outfits are basically like skin paint for crying
out loud. They're cut here, they're cut there for crying
out loud. The Hooters girls, their outfits are modest compared
to the things that you see in every day life.

Speaker 4 (01:32):
Hooters can't compete with the real world.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
That was that was part of the gimmick.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
Back in the day.

Speaker 4 (01:39):
They did have good wings.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
But I mean, seriously, this is this is the reality
of the world we're living, and I take it for
what it is.

Speaker 4 (01:51):
But uh, you know, Hooters with.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
It was early ninth late nineteen nineties, early no, late
nineteen eighties, early nineteen nine nineties beer commercial outfits are
are are just way too conservative for for our day
and age. Correct me if I'm wrong. Watchdog on Wall
Street dot Com