Shoe shine ladies: 'We're not Hooters'

[NaturalHigh]

An upstart Wall Street shoe shine shop doesn't want to be known as the Hooters of footwear, but its business model does beg a comparison.

Proprietor Kevin White opened the store because he was tired of getting his shoes shined by stony-faced men in "run-down, hole-in-the-wall" shops.

The Wall Street district, he figured, was sorely in need of a shoe shine place with some pizzazz. And what better way to spice things up than to hire a staff of outgoing young women in short-shorts and tank tops?

http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/24/smallbusiness/shoe-shine-hooters/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

[hobbit709]

1. Sure you aren't!

[HiPointDem]

2. rich people have all the money, that's why 'businesses' like this emerge. who else gets their

shoes shined, let alone by scantily dressed women?

the money's at the top, expect all kind of frivolous 'businesses' designed to get some of it.

[NaturalHigh]

4. I don't think any of my shoes CAN be shined.

[badtoworse]

3. They should open a shop in Mid-town.

I would get my shoes shined there.

[thelordofhell]

5. So then dress business casual

I'm sure when they stop wearing low cut tank tops and mini shorts, the guys will flock to get their shoes shined for 40 bucks a pop........

[Sheldon Cooper]

6. Pathetic.

[RC]

7. So? What's the problem.

It looks to be on the up and up to me. If they have the customers to stay in business, good for them.

[NaturalHigh]

8. I didn't say it was a problem.

I just thought it was an interesting story about an interesting business model. It's legal and seems to make money for all involved, so I'm all for it.

[RC]

9. Sorry, I should have made it clear, I was addressing the whiners.

[NaturalHigh]

10. No problem.

[HiPointDem]

11. 'the whiners'. uh-huh. you didn't have to go that way. that you did speaks volumes.

[ohiosmith]

18. This post was alerted on. The jury voted 4/2 to let it stand!

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Sorry, I should have made it clear, I was addressing the whiners.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3084449

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People who object to the objectification of women are whiners?

This is an anti-feminist post.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Mon Jun 24, 2013, 02:00 PM, and the Jury voted 2-4 to LEAVE IT.

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Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: Wish folks would move on from this sniping.
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Alerter, save your alerts for something actually offensive.

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[RC]

22. I am not anti-feminist. Not by a long shot.

I am anti-bullying though. The women in the shoe shine shop seem to me to be intelligent enough to decide for themselves whether they were being objectified or not. They surely don't need anyone from DU deciding for them whether they are or not.
I believe women are sentient beings and do not need to have any self-appointed groups of any gender to decide things for them.

[Sissyk]

23. My name is Sissyk and I think

I'm in love with Aerows!!

[KittyWampus]

12. If they hired only black men who had to wear tuxedo jackets & bow ties….

after all, it'd just be a business model.

http://bottlesboozeandbackstories.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-waiters-fetch-toby-fetch.html

[The Straight Story]

21. Well, if someone chose that as a job

why would I have the right to tell them to quit that job and only work jobs I think they should?

My friend back in the day had several bands, all of them were theme bands like old vegas acts, 50's style crooner stuff, etc. If a group of black men wanted to make a band and dress up in tux jackets and bow ties would you write them and tell them that they shouldn't do such things because it offends you?

[rrneck]

13. Peddle that shit someplace else, Kevin.

Tits and ass sells.

If you can't come up with a better lie than that just shut the fuck up and cash the checks.

[LittleBlue]

14. Here's a picture of the business

Not Hooters? Sure

[NaturalHigh]

16. Actually, these pictures look a little more modest than the last Hooters I was in.

And the last Hooters I was in was definitely more modest that Twin Peaks.

[siligut]

15. No, the Hooters waitresses have a more demanding job

They have to take food orders and deliver those items, it takes more brains than polishing shoes.

[nomorenomore08]

17. That's not exactly setting the bar very high, is it?

:

[The Straight Story]

19. We need to remove the freedom of women to work where they want and impose my morals

Which is not something I am saying but I bet a few are thinking that right about now....

[NaturalHigh]

20. I think that historically the freedom of women to work at all...

ruffled the morals of some people. Hell, it probably still does.