The construction was
finished but they still were waiting on the liquor license and we didn’t know
how long that would take. Though the
restaurant wasn’t open it didn’t stop Theresa for making sure that her girls
were eligible for the Tilted Kilt Calendar.
She had hired a photographer to come to the pub to take photos for us
which we would then be able to submit to corporate to be in the running for the
yearly calendar.
Theresa was a former
makeup artist and very into makeup, hair styling, and photo shoots. She had even said that eventually later this
year she wanted to do separate calendar for just our own branch of the Tilted
Kilt and she would handle all the makeup for that. I think she even had arranged some separate
photo shoots because all of a sudden I saw a lot of the girls posting bikini
photo sessions on their Facebook profiles.
I got there really early
and Theresa was doing someone’s makeup which took almost an hour. She made a point to say that she wasn’t going
to do every person’s makeup because she had promised only a few people that she
would help them and she didn’t have time to do everyone. Even though she hadn’t promised everyone
there were still a lot of people she did make up for who hadn’t pre-arranged it
so girls started waiting in line for her.
She kinda of selected who would go next like a bouncer would have at Studio 54 where
he let some people in and let others wait.
You could tell who she thought would have a better chance at getting in
the calendar and who she wasn’t going to prioritize. I wonder if the manager gets a prize or a
bonus if one of their staff members is selected for the calendar.
The day was pretty long,
I was there almost 5 hours because there were so many people. It might have been a bit better to have done
specific time slots but I don’t think they knew how many people would show
up. I talked with some other TK girls
while I was waiting. I was always
impressed on how nice everyone was. I
guess people are on their best behavior but a place with that many females
usually has some sort of cattiness. I
talked a lot with Avery, who was really, really nice, I liked her a lot. I had already seen her post a lot on the
Facebook page about not being able to do some events because she was stuck at work. She was
around 26 and had graduated college a few years back. She just wanted a change from the humdrum
life of her office job. I think she was
at that itchy age where she was young enough to still do something like the
Tilted Kilt but old enough where she was having a Quarter-life crisis moment; trying
to figure out what career path to take in her life. Another girl I talked to was Casey who had also
already graduated. She had worked in an
office as well but was pursuing acting so she thought the Tilted Kilt would be
more flexible with auditions. Casey was
a little worried because she had given her job two weeks notice thinking we’d open
by now because they kept saying they’d open soon. Now
she was in a bind because we still didn’t have an exact date and she had no job
with bills to pay.
A blond girl who I
briefly noticed at the orientation had gotten extensions and acrylic
nails. She looked good before but the
enhancements really did make a difference, she looked very glamorous. They are really serious about looking camera
ready, it’s not just regular makeup but they want you really to play a role and
do as much as you can like extensions, extensive tanning, curl your hair for
two hours, maybe even Botox for some. While she looked more stunning though, I never
understood the thing with acrylic nails and serving food. The Tilted Kilt or Hooters is the only place
you could ever get away with this. Someone’s
hands might look nice with a French manicure in photos the day after their
manicure but I guarantee if they work an 8 hour shift running food and clearing
up tables the nails will look pretty gross after.
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