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randomtropeloser Since: Jan, 2001
#26: Oct 26th 2010 at 10:58:07 AM

^ I know! I've only been there once, myself, but it was pretty lame. It was the worst road trip ever, and my mom made us all go into a Hooter's for dinner (yeah, my mom). I was only 11 at the time, and was very unprepared for what I saw. Then my dad made some rather perverted remarks about the women in the restaurant, then we ate the food and it was terrible. Back then I didn't want to go because I was super religious and not a perv, but now I don't go because I'm not a perv and am fairly certain I'd end up embarrassing myself.

Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#27: Oct 26th 2010 at 11:18:52 AM

I so badly wanted the OP to read nothing but "They're criminally understaffed."

SandJosieph Since: Dec, 2009
#28: Oct 26th 2010 at 12:10:57 PM

IJBM: That Many large Breasted Girls Are Foreigners. (Just look up Hitomi Tanaka: Japanese, Petite, HUGE Bazoomers!)

secretist Maria Holic from Ame no Kisaki Since: Feb, 2010
#29: Oct 26th 2010 at 12:28:33 PM

It has forty girls, thirty Japanese, ten foreigners.

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FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
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#30: Oct 26th 2010 at 2:36:24 PM

Although I must admit, I do like the Hooters' slogan. "Delightfully tacky, yet unrefined." It has a certain Sophisticated as Hell quality to it.

I wonder how that translates into Japanese?

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#31: Oct 26th 2010 at 10:51:34 PM

It probably doesn't.

Translate into the kind of humor that most Japanese would appreciate, I mean.

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frog753 Non-Action Guy from CT and/or MA Since: Jul, 2009
#32: Oct 27th 2010 at 7:02:42 AM

I've only been to a Hooters exactly once. It was this past 4th of July, and my longtime friends, who I had been hanging out with all day, refused to say where we were going to dinner, claiming they knew of a good place, that they knew the location but didn't know the name of it. They kept saying it had good wings, as well as other stuff. When I realized we had to go all the way to the Berlin Turnpike, I started to realize something was up. We actually overshot by several miles, but then we arrived, whereupon I pointed out that I was more annoyed that they thought I was so much of a prude that I wouldn't want to go there...than the actual fact that we were there.

The burger actually was pretty good. And don't take this the wrong way, but prices at this level of restaurant are basically irrelevant to me. As for the waitresses, all I could think was "None of the girls I'm friends with would ever work here." There was an old man who had actually ordered wine with his meal, and a waitress was just sitting and talking with him the whole time. It was kind of sad, really.

After that, we went home and I learned to play poker. Such a stereotypically "guy night", which if you know me is somewhat unusual. But it was awesome.

As for Hooters in Japan...eh. I don't know what to think, besides what's already been said. All chains seem to spread internationally at some point...

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Nobodymuch Since: Jan, 2001
#33: Oct 27th 2010 at 12:32:08 PM

The failure to adapt the menu to local tastes makes the long term prospects for this venture dubious.

Chagen46 Dude Looks Like a Lady from I don't really know Since: Jan, 2010
#34: Oct 27th 2010 at 2:46:33 PM

They probably want to cash in Japan's fetish for anything American.

I've always wondered why the Japanese are in love with our (The US) boring culture....and quite a few of us find their culture to be far more interesting.

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DYRE Since: Apr, 2010
#35: Oct 27th 2010 at 2:58:27 PM

I've always wondered why the Japanese are in love with our (The US) boring culture....and quite a few of us find their culture to be far more interesting.
(There's a good chance I'm misreading your post) Are you saying that the general consensus is that Japan has the more interesting culture and you don't know why Japanese people seemingly like American culture more than their own? Because if so that's because to them, Japanese culture is the boring one due to the fact that they live in it, and American culture is foreign and therefore more interesting by default, due to less familiarity.

Or, are you just wondering why people think other cultures are always more interesting than their own? Well, that's because, well, like I said, when you live in a culture your whole life, foreign cultures seem new and refreshing and more exciting and more interesting.

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#36: Oct 27th 2010 at 5:57:11 PM

That and aside from Japan's general weirdness (something I'm sure its citizens are used to), life there is pretty monotonous and work-filled.

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Ossan Hello Ladies from Dahngrest Since: Jul, 2010
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#37: Oct 28th 2010 at 3:35:46 PM

I've only been to Hooter's once. My mom kept saying things like "OH YOU COULD TOTALLY WORK HERE" to me and it was incredibly awkward.

Chances are, I'm not actually wearing any pants right now.
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#38: Oct 28th 2010 at 3:36:15 PM

[up] ...Wow

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
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#39: Oct 28th 2010 at 4:44:54 PM

^^ Lol what?

you wouldn't happen to meet the, eh, Requirements, do ya?

edited 28th Oct '10 4:45:36 PM by Demongodofchaos2

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Ossan Hello Ladies from Dahngrest Since: Jul, 2010
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#40: Oct 28th 2010 at 5:04:34 PM

Psh, yeah, maybe for the Japanese one.

Chances are, I'm not actually wearing any pants right now.
JethroQWalrustitty Since: Jan, 2001
#41: Oct 28th 2010 at 11:36:16 PM

"Japanese Hooters" is like a punchline on its own.

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