Hooters employee reveals they buy their own uniform tights from store in viral Tiktok video
A Hooters employee in a viral TikTok video exposed how the store makes their employees buy their own tights from the store's tights machine. The TikTok video posted on January 15, 2022 has garnered over 4.5 million views.
The Hooters employee @kenzjee started the video by saying, "People always ask me about our tights machine and I have to buy tights so I guess I’ll make a video about it." The TikToker @kenzjee who has 115,700 followers explained how employees at her store can buy tights from the machine in the bathroom, which she says is there for workers’ convenience.
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The lady says tights are at $5 each and adds that her employer cannot provide them to employees. After watching the video, some commenters pointed out the unfairness of employees having to spend money on their own uniforms. A user @soetmeister wrote, "It’s a company uniform, company should pay for it.. Making money from your employees is bad business". Another user @mattsuenotalapdog asked, "If they don't supply my uniform why am I working there, is my question." "They should be provided for free," added another user @freetotebag.
The TikToker @kenzjee said, "I always think it’s crazy that they make you buy tights, but then again my job makes me buy my scrubs." The Hooters employee further clarified why the store cannot provide workers with tights in the comment section. She said, "They have to sell tights thru a third party company because tights are considered “under garments” so they can’t provide them for us." The TikToker also said, luckily her uniform expenses are tax deductible.
The Hooters waitress uniform currently consists of a Hooters shirt or tank top, short spandex shorts, and regulation tights. Hooters waitresses are required to wear "suntan-colored tights", as per VT. Hooters tights have previously come under fire on TikTok for not matching employee skin tones. Generally, employee dress code regulations are notoriously tricky and can vary from state to state.