"Why Should Someone Have To Look A Certain Way...?"
Because that's the job at a "breastaurant" where servers are hotties in tiny kilts. Jennifer Rogers is complaining that she was denied a job at one for size reasons -- because she's too chunky to fit into the skirt.
From ABC News, David Schepp writes:
Jennifer Rogers (above, left) is among those who alleges that she was denied a job because she didn't have the right body type. Rogers applied at the Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery in Palm Desert, Calif., but was rejected from job as a "Kilt Girl" when the restaurant's mandated "uniform" didn't fit, Rogers told KESQ in Palm Springs."Because the skirt was a size too small, they said that I could not work there," Rogers told the TV station. "I couldn't wear the uniform."
The restaurant, which is soon to reopen after a being closed for a year and a half, is one of 65 pubs with locations in 22 states and Canada. The Bakersfield Californian described the chain's theme as "a sports bar and restaurant that's sort of Hooters with a Scottish twist."
Waitresses for the Tempe, Ariz.-based chain are known as "Kilt Girls," and applicants for the position must "adhere to the established guidelines" and "maintain a costume fit, as detailed in the appearance guidelines." (The site also features a monthly Kilt Girl, photographed wearing a bikini as well as "current hobbies and goals" and "favorite pub menu item.")
The listing for jobs at the Palm Desert store noted, "We are entertainers first and servers second." But Rogers was simply looking for job, and questions why applicants have to look a certain way. "It's not fair," she said.
Everyone is not, as she says on the video "perfect the way they are." Not for a job like this.
There are other restaurants where you can be a big girl and waitress. She should get a job at one of them.







She is good at serving whine.
Gary G at October 13, 2012 7:41 AM
"It's not fair,"
Damn right, it's not fair. Welcome to the real world. It's also not fair that I'm not allowed to play in the WNBA, because I'm no good at basketball. The world isn't fair. Get used to it.
Why would you want a job with a company when you disagree with their hiring practices?
Also, why on earth would she do an interview? She doesn't look huge, but I would never do an interview basically broadcasting that I was too fat.
Jazzhands at October 13, 2012 8:02 AM
I'm too short to play basketball. I'm not good enough looking to model for GQ. Whine, whimper, sniff.
I doubt that the Congressional Black Caucus is going to elect a white chairman anytime soon. Hooters doesn't want A-cups. Your local women's yoga group doesn't admit men. This restaurant doesn't think she fits their image.
Life's a bitch, you are not qualified for every job, deal with it.
a_random_guy at October 13, 2012 8:39 AM
I'm an overweight 55-year old man. I demand a job with the Chippendale dancers. Oh, and I don't want to have to take off my shirt, I don't want to have to get up in front of a group of women, and I demand that that damn music be turned down, way down. Where's my job!!!!
David Crawford at October 13, 2012 8:49 AM
Actors should start applying for this. I want to see Danny Devito on Baywatch.
Patrick at October 13, 2012 9:18 AM
I would have LOVED to have been her interviewer. "Excuse while I run around you in circles to avoid being drawn in by your gravitational pull."
"Sorry to hear you didn't fit the costume, but you know, it's not made by Goodyear."
"Let's not do this interview near the beach. Greenpeace might come by and try to roll you back into the sea."
Patrick at October 13, 2012 9:23 AM
The skirt doesn't fit, she needs to quit.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at October 13, 2012 10:05 AM
Maybe she could open a place called "Fatties" that features plus-sized waitresses in skimpy outfits.
If it does well, there's her revenge. If it fails, there's her life lesson.
Conan the Grammarian at October 13, 2012 10:35 AM
She's pretty hot, actually, and if she wants a sexy job she can probably find one. She'd have to target the niche market though. But the market is there. The Kilts place just isn't it.
NicoleK at October 13, 2012 11:13 AM
Nicole's correct: She's gotta purdy mouth. The fact that she's sort of sluggish in her physical movements and unenlightened in her perspective doesn't diminish her allure. (Paradox, right? Well, actually, no.)
Oh, Dear Child.If five people bet me ten dollars each that she was raised in a home with a loving father, I'll find out and pay off the winner.
Offer expires 6:21pm PST (dusk in Los Angeles) to discourage independent research and illicit confederation. Amy can hold the checks.
The big mystery is why somebody put her on TV. I'm pretty sure the camera operator met her through a friend and wants to bang her, so he recommended the story to the producer. Heya Honey, I'm gonna make you famous... Yeah, we'll shoot it Thursday afternoon, just after lunch.
And so you said you weren't working this weekend, right? Well, how about we....
She'll blow him like a trumpet and then cry for two hours.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 13, 2012 12:53 PM
Camille Paglia is coming to Los Angeles, and I can't wait:
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 13, 2012 1:06 PM
There's no life in that girls face. I know she's unhappy, but there's no anger, no spark of any kind, just a sullen blankness that never earns any sympathy.
She'll probably never get it. No matter what type of job she eventually ends up with, it still won't be "fair".
Pricklypear at October 13, 2012 1:23 PM
She says: "everyone's perfect they way that they are . . ."
Yes, Jennifer, you are perfect; just not perfect for THAT job.
It would be great if everyone got what everyone wanted in life - even the "Perfect" job - but, that's life, we don't.
Charles at October 13, 2012 1:41 PM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/10/why-should-some.html#comment-3380959">comment from Crid [CridComment at gmail]I think of those as "blow job lips," and I know a woman in passing who has a huge mouth and who unfortunately also has a last name that's a slang name for a sex part, and it's all I can think about when I run into her. In fact, it's really the most apparent thing about her -- her lips scream, "Be nice to me, boys, and I will blow you."
Thanks for letting me lay that out.
Amy Alkon
at October 13, 2012 1:59 PM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2012/10/why-should-some.html#comment-3380989">comment from CharlesEveryone is not "perfect the way they are."
Thinking that way is the way to ensure you don't improve yourself.
Amy Alkon
at October 13, 2012 2:32 PM
Maybe she could open a place called "Fatties" that features plus-sized waitresses in skimpy outfits.
Sponsored by Weight Watchers.
Steve Daniels at October 13, 2012 4:14 PM
> no anger, no spark of any kind, just a
> sullen blankness
That's a little harsh. Child of divorce, that's my wager. It isn't that she's dead, it's that she hasn't started living yet. Her chatter isn't from feminism or thoughtful psychology... She's a kid, trying out some daydreams in real life to see if they fly. It's silly television. (Note the womanly thighs in the shot at four seconds... And how she then brings down the stringy thing, as if to choke her own uterus.)
I've worked with a lot of young women like that. They walk around in a robot daze for years... And then somebody throws the switch.
My favorite aphorism includes this: "Cultivate a taste for distasteful truths." Life serves those to us whether or not we've ordered them; She has lots of time to figure things out.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 13, 2012 4:15 PM
And pretty shoulders.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 13, 2012 4:16 PM
She's not hot, but she could be if she lost some weight.
"no anger, no spark of any kind, just a sullen blankness"
That sullen blankness is bitterness at not getting whatever she wants. I'm guessing not a child of divorce, more likely a spoiled princess who got everything she wanted, and that's why she now feels entitled. Either that, or she has a lawyer friend and they came up with this bullshit to scam money out the restaurant.
Lobster at October 13, 2012 4:30 PM
Spoiled princesses smile more than that, because they assume their needs are going to be met. Listen to her half-a-grunt start in the first words of this piece: She speaks as if she should have cleared her throat first, and stands with defensive symmetry. She's starting to have doubts, and those doubts will lead her to a better place…
…Once she's finished with the macking news photographer, I mean.
(By the way, that encounter I mentioned above is probably going to happen in his car. A year from now, when he trades it in for a new Tercel, he's going to remember the fall of her tears more than the release of his own goo, and the memory will not cheer him; he'll haggle listlessly, accepting a low bid from the Toyota dealership.)
Friends, this girl isn't all that heavy... She's just not what they're looking for down at the Tilted Kilt, that globally-respected workshop for appreciation of the female form.
(I been to Palm Desert; the erotic sensitivity of the locals does not blaze in my memory, though some fellow visitors were pretty impressive.)
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 13, 2012 5:31 PM
She said the skirt was "a size too small".
Um, NO. She's at the very least a size 14 to 16 for pants and skirts. Waaaaay too roomy through the hips and her thighs actually flare out. What's worse, is she's too young to be that heavy without longer term repercussions.
Juliana at October 13, 2012 7:28 PM
I watched the video again, Crid. I'm sticking with sullen blankness. With maybe a little true bewilderment about the unfairness of life.
I actually am quite familiar with the look, I had it myself before the switch you mentioned was thrown. Only I was more like twelve.
Pricklypear at October 13, 2012 8:04 PM
this is the unfortunate side effect of telling children they can be anything they want to be, without telling them the whole story.
You can be anything you want.
It will take hard work.
You may fail.
I can't imagine a person looking in the mirror and thinking 'yeah I can wear a stripper kilt and a short top', without thinking "all of this will be hanging out"
why would she even consider it? Unless she wanted to force the point, as if no-one has tried that before.
MAYBE, if she had researched the company a little bit, she could have avoided what was not fair...
SwissArmyD at October 13, 2012 8:49 PM
Didnt Hooters skirt this (pun intended) by claim their waitresses werent waitresses, but rather 'models'
lujlp at October 13, 2012 9:35 PM
> Only I was more like twelve.
We might be talking about different switches... Sincerely uncertain.
I mean, my new best friend Ms. Jennifer Rodgers probably credits herself as an earnest, well-meaning, decent person. I don't think she realizes that other people have felt things she hasn't felt. Yet. Or things that she will never feel. And vice-versa. We gotta hope that after the switch is thrown, she will remember that she was in the dark without knowing so.
Also, it's strange to me that so many here look at a woman of those proportions and think of her as obviously unattractive, and that her health is endangered.
Aren't you guys excited to know that the Korean Grand Prix starts in just 12 minutes? Webber's on pole, and Vettel's gonna be a dick about it in turn 1.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 13, 2012 10:47 PM
Everybody vote. Tell the truth… She probably doesn't read this blog.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 13, 2012 11:31 PM
Does anyone want to go into business with me? I want to start a restaurant like Hooters, except all of the servers are women over 60. It will be called "Flounders."
Sosij at October 14, 2012 12:45 AM
Increasingly it seems that you have to be hot to work in other kinds of jobs like reception and HR.
And for some programming jobs you have to be under 30.
Though obviously these are unstated requirements that no one will ever admit to.
Engineer at October 14, 2012 5:29 AM
"I don't think she realizes that other people have felt things she hasn't felt. Yet. Or things that she will never feel. "
That's a pretty good description of borderline personality disorder, though. And such people never get better as they age -- they usually get worse. I don't think she has a switch to throw.
Cousin Dave at October 14, 2012 9:02 AM
I wonder if Rogers would support a 300 lb waitress being hired at this restaurant? Probably not. I doubt that she's all about fat rights and tolerance for all shapes and sizes; she just wants to adjust the dividing line for "fat" so that she falls well below it. After all, you have to be pretty confident to apply somewhere the mandatory uniform is a crop top, and my guess is that she used to be thinner/hotter (or at least thinks of herself as such), and was disturbed to find that the rest of the world might not see her as such.
As a waitress myself, I can attest that there really is a size limit on waiting tables. You have to be able to move quickly, navigate through tight spaces, and be on your feet all day without getting winded or out of breath. That being said, I don't think Rogers is too big to wait tables by these standards--just not at a place where a particular appearance is a primary selling point. Especially when you're working for tips.
Shannon at October 14, 2012 10:32 AM
> I don't think she has a switch to throw.
Sheesh.
Ever throw a woman's switch?
BOOM.
Y'know?
(And as it happens, the one I'm thinking of was named Jennifer. This was back in the day, before cars and electricity.)
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 14, 2012 12:37 PM
"release of his own goo"
Your prose made me chuckle Crid.
Purplepen at October 14, 2012 12:44 PM
"We might be talking about different switches... Sincerely uncertain."
My switch was one that woke me up to the fact that yeah, life sucks, people suck, but so what?
Case in point: twice in my younger years, I was told this--"If you lost ten pounds, you'd be a knockout."
Time had passed between these two remarks. What matters is that at the time the first one said it, I would already have been a knockout to the second one. And there were others that liked the way I looked just fine at those particular times.
The flash was that it didn't matter. Somebody's going to think you're hot, somebody's going to think you're a turn-off, somebody's going to think you're almost, but not quite, there. (Watch out for those guys. The Great Manipulators.)
And the reason I put that age for me at twelve is because that's the first time I recall of girls or boys making snarky remarks that had me examining my face and body, not understanding what their problem was, and deciding, meh, fuck'em. And going on with my life. Not trying to make the world a fair place. Life sucks, but you can still enjoy it.
There's more to it,of course, but I'm feeling inclined to go play something destructive. Or maybe watch Carrie. Yeah....
Pricklypear at October 14, 2012 2:59 PM
She's pissed off because somebody told her she's not as hot as she thinks she is. That's what this is about... Her ego.
Anyway, she's not really THAT big, and I'm sure the latin boys are all over that booty. But the girls I've known who work at the Tilted Kilt here have all been really petite.
She'd do just fine as a bartender at a normal place. All black outfit, push-up bra... probably make more money, too.
ahw at October 14, 2012 3:46 PM
http://www.fugly.com/media/IMAGES/Random/thanks_marilyn.jpg
No comment on the website, it's just the first one I found with this particular image.
"Everybody's perfect" my pasty, white tuchus!
Jason at October 14, 2012 4:41 PM
> Case in point: twice in my younger years,
> I was told this--"If you lost ten pounds,
> you'd be a knockout."
What were they expecting to hear in response? The Loveline radio show, which was sex & drug talk for teenagers, used to have a comedy bit called "Fantasy Answer." When a kid phoned in and asked how many times he could do Ecstasy before risking permanent mood disorders, they'd play a passage of tinkly-synthesizer music like angels singing down on a ray of sunshine from behind a cloud... And then give the most pompous, pandering, transparently ridiculous answer they could think of on the spot.
And is there any female equivalent?
> not understanding what their problem was, and
> deciding, meh, fuck'em.
I think Palm Desert Jennifer could still get to that point. Many people grow.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 14, 2012 5:35 PM
IOW, no ten pounds of weight on another person's body ever stopped a guy who was thinking straight.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 14, 2012 5:36 PM
-IOW, no ten pounds of weight on another person's body ever stopped a guy who was thinking straight.-
Fur shur. I didn't suffer. I do wish I'd said "I'm a knockout right now, idiot!", but I was never quite that amazonian.
Pricklypear at October 14, 2012 6:29 PM
"Also, it's strange to me that so many here look at a woman of those proportions and think of her as obviously unattractive"
Urhm, she just doesn't float my boat in any way whatsoever. That could be either because (A) I've been programmed by society to deliberately overcome and suppress my inner hawts for her because she's overweight, or (B) she's just not attractive. What really honestly seems more likely to you?
Just because you like 'em chubby does not mean that the majority of men do. It's just a fact, she would be more attractive if she were skinnier ... there's a reason that 'brestaurants' are not hiring chubbies like her, because nobody is lining up to see them.
Lobster at October 14, 2012 8:11 PM
(No offense to decent women who might just be overweight ... I don't usually speak so offensively, but this woman's morals are compromised so I think she's fair game.)
Lobster at October 14, 2012 8:12 PM
> What really honestly seems more likely to you?
Really honestly? (A), the 'programming' thing.
> Just because you like 'em chubby does
> not mean that...
It's liken' 'em this-a-way and that-a-way that I think is kinda weird. People have been doing it my whole life... Do you like 'em flat/busty country/city musical/sporty jokey/quiet vulgar/elegant exotic/downhome...?
I've never understood people who have 'types'. Me? I like 'em howlingly gorgeous and personally affectionate. And it's a continuum. But hey, that's just me, you know? That's what I'm into. It's big world... Takes all kinds, no accounting for taste, do whatcha need to do.
(In what way are her "morals compromised"? She's twenty fucking years old, and we get the sense that her fucking years haven't even started. What harm has she done?)
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 14, 2012 9:11 PM
And as regards the restaurant, the attraction of a beer-buying fratboys to a mediocre eatery is not the same task as a appreciating the beauty of the people around you.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 14, 2012 9:14 PM
"continuum. But hey, that's just me, you know"
Me too. I like all types of guys but to simplify things I just define myself as slutty.
Ppen at October 15, 2012 2:29 AM
Why, you little minx....
Crid [Cridcomment at Gmail] at October 15, 2012 6:22 AM
Does anyone want to go into business with me? I want to start a restaurant like Hooters, except all of the servers are women over 60. It will be called "Flounders." - Sosij
Someone is already doing this, its called 'Wafflehouse'
lujlp at October 15, 2012 7:15 AM
So is the food any good in these places? Or do the sexy waitresses have the power to cloud men's minds so you don't notice what you're eating?
Man, I'd hate to live in a one-size-fits-all world.
Pricklypear at October 15, 2012 7:25 AM
An old girlfriend who lived in Houston once told me that titty bars aren't thought of as nasty places down there... The food is better and people meet business associates there and so forth.
Crid [Cridcomment at Gmail] at October 15, 2012 8:31 AM
I've been to the Tilted Kilt in downtown Phoenix a few times after ball games. Service is slow and the food is mediocre. The beer selection and the girls are the only reasons to go there. And when they have their A-team workin (weekend nights), the girls are smokin' hot. This chubster would be completely embarrassed to even stand next to these girls. I'm friendly with one of these kilt girls - she's stunningly gorgeous and can quote obscure Shakespeare passages off the top her head. She's also only about a year older than my daughter. Sigh.
MikeInRealLife at October 15, 2012 8:47 AM
I suffer from acne, and I have stringy arms. I want to date really hot chicks. Waaaaaaahhhhhhh!
As for this lady, maybe somebody will start a restaurant chain called Fatties. She could apply there, but she'd probably complain if they found her not fat enough.
mpetrie98 at October 15, 2012 9:14 AM
Em-pet, you just don't get it.
"Everyone's perfect just the way they are."
Because reasons.
Only on the second reading do I recognize "but I was never quite that amazonian" for what was meant: I was not brought to this planet to rescue the glib & cowardly.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at October 15, 2012 5:47 PM
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