Alabama man sues Hooters restaurant

[skippy]

Posted on Fri, Apr. 14, 2006

Alabama man sues over sex-for-pay claim at Hooters restaurant

JAY REEVES

Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A man who worked at a Hooters restaurant in Alabama filed suit claiming he was fired for complaining after a corporate trainer told waitresses it was OK for them to have sex with customers "if the money is right."

Jarman C. Gray, 31, filed suit under federal civil rights laws contending he was wrongfully terminated from Hooters of Auburn, where he worked as an assistant manager. Gray claimed his dismissal by the owner of the franchise restaurant, Darrell Spikes, amounted to illegal sexual harassment and retaliation.

A spokesman for the Atlanta-based Hooters of America Inc. did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment Friday, and an employee at the Auburn restaurant said Spikes was not at the business.

The restaurant chain is best known for waitresses outfitted in tight tops and shorts. On its Internet site, the company said it prohibits sexual harassment and has a strict policy "forbidding unwelcome physical or verbal behavior."

According to the suit, a female trainer identified only by her first name encouraged waitresses during meetings on Feb. 4, 2005, to have sexual relations with male customers if they "need extra money" and "the money is right."

Waitresses complained to Gray, who claimed he was told to discuss the problem with the franchise owner after contacting the corporate office.

Gray's suit said he told Spikes about the trainer's comments and the potential for sexual harassment problems and Spikes responded: "I'm top dog, you don't call corporate. You no longer have a job here."

Gray is seeking back pay with other, unspecified punitive damages from Montgomery-based Alabama Wings, which operates the restaurant.

An attorney for Gray, Allen Arnold, declined comment on the lawsuit, filed last Friday in the east Alabama city of Opelika.

Hooters of America has more than 375 restaurants in 46 states plus Canada, Europe, South America, Asia and the Caribbean.

[iggs111]

gotta visit Bama sometime soon

[skippy]

Originally Posted by iggs111

gotta visit Bama sometime soon

Hooters are already in 46 states.....even in Illinois LOL

[iggs111]

Originally Posted by skippy

Hooters are already in 46 states.....even in Illinois LOL

Pigs had me post that

[skippy]

Originally Posted by iggs111

Pigs had me post that

Oink Oink

[The Judge]

I am confused. I have always found the tramps at Hooters to be very accomdating when it comes to "customer service" and thought that this was a corporate policy.

[guzzi]

i cannot read dis...but geeschiope day= alwayz smell so dam good...