5′ 8″, 132 Pound Hooters Waitress Ordered To Lose Weight
(HMG) – This is a bit hard to fathom, but probably not a big surprise to manny. A pretty 20-year-old who works at one of the Hooter Detroit restaurants, says she was put on “weight probation” by her bosses. Cassie Smith, who is almost five foot, eight inches tall and weighs 132 pounds, claims her supervisors and two female Hooters reps from the company’s Atlanta headquarters told her she would need to slim down if she wanted to keep the waitressing job she’s had for the past two years, during her yearly evaluation. After the women informed her she had excellent marks for customer satisfaction and cooperation with coworkers, she was told she received the lowest marks for her “uniform fitting.”
“I was confused because I don’t wear the biggest uniform size (she has worn the company issued shirt and shorts in extra small)” Smith said in a phone interview with the Detroit News.
In fact, she says when she started this job two years ago, she weighed about ten pounds heavier than she does now,
“These women proceeded to explain to me that I had 30 days and they would give me a free gym membership, and if I didn’t improve within those 30 days I would be separated from the company. If I improved a little bit I would get 30 more days, and if I improved completely they would leave me alone,” Smith said.
I was horrified. I was completely heartbroken. I was humiliated.”
Maureen Smith, Cassandra’s mother, said she has been contacted by several attorneys since her daughter’s predicament became public, since Michigan is one state that carries the weight discrimination law.
Hooters eventually responded to the controversy saying, “Hooters of America does not impose any weight requirement, and no employee in Michigan has been counseled about their weight.”
But Mike McNeil, vice president of marketing for Hooters of America,goes on to say, “Our practice of upholding an image standard based on appearance, attitude and fitness for Hooters girls is both legal and fair. It is not unlike the standard used by the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders or the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.”
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5′ 8″, 132 Pound Hooters Waitress Ordered To Lose Weight