Breast Examination at my Video Game Job. Wait, what?

Hello. I hope this doesn’t get misconstrued as a personal attack, but I’m angry with the recent article, “Breast Examination at my Hooters Job.” Here’s why:

I am an attractive female working at Gamestop. I realize I can’t claim to receive the same amount of unwanted attention from males as a Hooters waitress, but I am still in a business where women are objectified. I am frequently asked if I “actually play video games,” or if I’m strictly ornamental. I understood that I’d face a certain amount of sexism when I took this job, and I’ve come to terms with it–so, as far as I’m concerned, a woman who knowingly places herself in such a sexual environment has absolutely no right to complain about it.

Whether or not I’m wearing orange shorts and a tank top, I’m no stranger to sexual harassment. My boss actually suggested I flirt with customers to make my sales goals. I am widely known as “the hot Asian chick;” no one even knows my name. Men call my store asking for my schedule and make advances on me when I’m on the sales floor.

But don’t get me wrong: I’m not the one complaining about this. I’m aware that I can quit at any time. I know that some moral, feministic part of me should be horribly offended, but this is an imperfect world, and I’m willing to chalk up these harmless flirtatious as an unavoidable part of working with a male-dominated clientele. It was always part of the job. I knew that when I signed up.

Fact: Hooters is renown for scantily-clad women. Also a fact: Gamestop is known for electronics. Constant sexual objectification wasn’t listed on my job application, but I knew what I was getting into. To not realize the hugely obvious expectations of being a Hooters waitress is stupidity in its purest form.

If someone were to make these types of careers a feminist issue, the Hooters argument would be an insult to our cause.

No sympathy on my front.

No Respect!!

Hello,
I am a pharmacist. I went to 7 years of college. (3 years of undergrad and 4 years of pharmacy school) I went in to this because I wanted to “help people.” B L A H !
People don’t want my help! They want me to put those pills in the bottle as fast as I can so they can get the hell out of there as fast as they can. THEN, if something is wrong with their prescription they’ll likely SUE me even though it was them standing at the counter STARING me down asking other customers what they think is taking so long(LIKE I CAN”T HEAR THEM) RUSHING me and causing me to make a mistake in the first place!! Half the time when I go to DO MY JOB and counsel them on the medication, they’re on the PHONE and giving me this look like “who do you think you are? You’re not my doctor, only they (who only had one semester of pharmacology) know about my medicines.” And the effing drive through drives me CRAZY! Sometimes the only thing the person in the car says to me is their name and that’s enough, no eye contact, keep talking on the phone, just like MC DONALDS!!!!
Example:

Me: “Mrs. Smith, I detected a possible drug interaction….”
Mrs. Smith(on phone): “Hold on Kevin, THis lady is talking to me” “What did you say?”
Me: I detected a possible drug interaction with your two prescriptions.
Mrs. Smith: “My doctor prescribed it to me so it must be OK, just give it to me” (back on phone) “Kevin, are you still there? I just need to check out”
Me: But this is a serious interaction and I need to talk to you about it!
Mrs. Smith: “I told you it was fine, just give it to me”

Two scenarios now:
Scenario 1: I give it to her, she dies and the family sues me for all i’m worth b/c I was supposed to catch the interaction and tell her how to avoid it. (even though it was her who wouldnt listen)

or
Scenario 2: I don’t give it to her, she makes a huge scene in the pharmacy, the store manager has to come around and give her a $20 gift card just to keep her from complaining to corporate and my day is ruined.

Win win for me as you can see!!

So basically, people don’t want to be helped! Fat ass diabetics on medicaid will continue to buy their candy bars with their *FREE* diabetes meds and bitches will still be on the phone everytime I see them.
YAY! I’m really helping people now!
7 years down the drain for sure. (not to mention the student loan debt!!)

Reply: Breast Examination at my Hooters Job

Response to her previous post about “Breast Examination at my Hooters Job.” This individual is angry because the men who go to hooters try to “cope a feel” and “whistle” at her as she works. Please help this individual deal with the stresses from her job at Hooters.

Hello GoAngry,
I would like to reply to what users have been saying about my post earlier.I am disgusted by all the nasty and vulgar comments that were given to me on this website. I came here to simply vent the issues that I have been having with my life. Yes, I was born with a beautiful body. Yes, I am smart because I am going to finish college and get a degree in communications. And No, I am not some ‘bimbo’ who just works at hooters. I am well aware of my sorroundings and I am well aware that I could be working at other places. But, what other place pays me as well as hooters? I need the money so I will work wherever I need to work in order to get to where I need to get in life. For all of you who commented and called me names and made fun of me, you know what? Go live your ugly life with that ugly face of yours. I know your kind, you sit behind your computer and make fun of others behind a computer. You have no sympathy for others and do not know the difference between your face from your fat ass. This is why people like me do not associate with you ugly ducklings.. you are all ugly on the outside as well as in the inside. I have tried to give you people chances before but after reading all the comments that was posted about how I was dumb and how I lacked common sense, and how I should know that working at hooters would entail me being coped by men and whistled at, REMEMBER I AM GOING TO BE A COLLEGE GRADUATE, AND I WILL HAVE A DEGREE. I have concluded that you are all degenerates. I am usually not a very mean person, but all of you have pushed me to my limit to be mean. All of you who posted nasty comments you should be ashamed of yourself. I came here to vent, not to be harassed and abused by internet losers who think they are tough shit behind the computer. Until then, don’t be mad because I was born beautiful. I am sure none of you internet losers will ever have to deal with my troubles of being beautiful. Thank you again goangry.

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I am a hooters girl. I am angry because many people don’t know how hard it is to be a hooters girl. A lot of people stare at us like we are a peice of meat. We are not, not anything near a peice of meat. They whistle they howl and they make advances at us like we are an easy target. We are not an easy target, because we were born with a nice body does not mean that we put out easier than other girls. What do we have to do as a hooters girl? We have to keep that smile on our face and keep working that 6 hour day like it doesn’t bother us. The more we flirt with the men the more money we will get..so we flirt. It takes a lot of patience and effort to keep a smile on your face at all times. I get so angry sometimes when men try to cope a feel on my arm as I am taking the plate away. These men who go to hooters (for the most part) are there because they are lonely and have no one else to go home to. But why are they being such a-holes and acting like horny bastards? It pisses me off. I know in front of their family that they don’t act this way. When these men are in groups they tend to become more and more immature. But you know what..hooters pays well and I have the patience to go through the days with these men howling and whistling at me. Writing all this really helped thanks goangry.

Breast Examination at my Hooters Job

I am a hooters girl. I am angry because many people don’t know how hard it is to be a hooters girl. A lot of people stare at us like we are a peice of meat. We are not, not anything near a peice of meat. They whistle they howl and they make advances at us like we are an easy target. We are not an easy target, because we were born with a nice body does not mean that we put out easier than other girls. What do we have to do as a hooters girl? We have to keep that smile on our face and keep working that 6 hour day like it doesn’t bother us. The more we flirt with the men the more money we will get..so we flirt. It takes a lot of patience and effort to keep a smile on your face at all times. I get so angry sometimes when men try to cope a feel on my arm as I am taking the plate away. These men who go to hooters (for the most part) are there because they are lonely and have no one else to go home to. But why are they being such a-holes and acting like horny bastards? It pisses me off. I know in front of their family that they don’t act this way. When these men are in groups they tend to become more and more immature. But you know what..hooters pays well and I have the patience to go through the days with these men howling and whistling at me. Writing all this really helped thanks goangry.

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Look, there’s a difference between WANTING to be a doctor and BEING ABLE.

Don’t frigging go around bragging that you’re PRE-MED.. WHO THE HELL CARES?

Do you even know what the MCAT is out of? The real pre-meds…they don’t brag that they’re pre-meds.

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