Actually, my recollections of going there a few times about 15-20 years ago (I haven't been in at least 10-12 years, or more) was that part of the entertainment was fun interaction with the waitresses. The times I went there were with friends, going out to watch a game on the television and eat wings and drink beer on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon/evening. The outfits become really not that noticeable - they aren't particularly revealing - they're tight shorts and a t-shirt. It's the women in the outfits that are really the attraction - first their appearance, because that's what anyone sees first in another person. You see them from a distance before you talk to them. But, the main thing becomes the interaction. They spend time at the table. They are hired for their ability to banter and talk to people, and the waitresses spend more time interacting with the customers than the wait staff at regular restaurants do. That's how I would explain it. It's as if they become sort of part of the party for the time.Scot Dutchy wrote:What's the entertainment? Push up bras and false tits?
Twin Peaks and Hooters: Sexist and Misogynistic?
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Go to an Irish pub. Far better craic.
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Well, you bring your own, on match days there's no craic because the place is crammed so full you can't move, much less get a drink or talk with your neighbours... at least that's what I noticed in pubs (Irish or Scottish) that made the ugly mistake of broacasting sports matches... my preference is those where they have sessions, or if they are large enough full céilidh... but then again, I love folk music.
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Irish pubs fall into two groups; with tellies and without. The without are a dying breed.
For some it is the only place to watch a rugby match.
For some it is the only place to watch a rugby match.
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a shame, tellies are craic killers, dammit, pubs are for drinking with friends, not for watching dumb stuff on a screen, heck, the only screen in my home belongs to the computer, not to a telly, and I don't need tellies where I go.
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Go to any beach bar in the summer around here and you'll see more skin then you do at Hooters. We used to have topless car washes, you sat in the car and they rubbed their soapy titties all over the windows.
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Not arguing about that old son. I entirely agree and that also goes for music. Are people unable to speak these days and have a friendly drink?Svartalf wrote:a shame, tellies are craic killers, dammit, pubs are for drinking with friends, not for watching dumb stuff on a screen, heck, the only screen in my home belongs to the computer, not to a telly, and I don't need tellies where I go.
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There's room for all tastes. Some people want a sports bar. Some people want a place to hear music. Some people want a quiet place to chat. All such places exist in just about every town in the US. To each their own.
Within a 3km from here, I can go to multiple Irish style pubs, two English style pubs, multiple American pub/restaurants with bars in them. Mexican pub/restaurants. Sports bars. Cigar bars. High priced, low priced, mid-range. Fancy. Holes-in-the-wall. You name it. We have it all. Some have big giant tv screens and every sporting event going. Some have loud music. Some have neither.
Within a 3km from here, I can go to multiple Irish style pubs, two English style pubs, multiple American pub/restaurants with bars in them. Mexican pub/restaurants. Sports bars. Cigar bars. High priced, low priced, mid-range. Fancy. Holes-in-the-wall. You name it. We have it all. Some have big giant tv screens and every sporting event going. Some have loud music. Some have neither.
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dunno, the places I usually go to leave the muzak at a suffieciently low level that conversation remains possibleScot Dutchy wrote:Not arguing about that old son. I entirely agree and that also goes for music. Are people unable to speak these days and have a friendly drink?Svartalf wrote:a shame, tellies are craic killers, dammit, pubs are for drinking with friends, not for watching dumb stuff on a screen, heck, the only screen in my home belongs to the computer, not to a telly, and I don't need tellies where I go.
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I am afraid here the music systems are well used. I seldom go the pub these days. I will wait for summer when the terrace are open again.
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meh, here, the terraces are open all year round, except few or none sit there when the weather is too cold or wet.
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We have the odd one with terrace heating which I cant stand as you end up with a hot head and cold feet.Svartalf wrote:meh, here, the terraces are open all year round, except few or none sit there when the weather is too cold or wet.
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yeah, I know, the bar at the foot of my building is like that, it even deploys transparent plastic sheets when there's rain so as to make the terrace into a weatherproof room.
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Sadly nearly all pubs in the UK now except for ones which have become more restaurants than pubs have very loud banging music. Most of the clientele sit there staring at their phones and messaging each other - I suspect because they can't hear each other talk!
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I'd like to be a fly on the wall when they turn down an applicant for the waitress job because they are too ugly.
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