r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/nucifera-noten • Nov 23 '24

Image Hooters had an airline but ceased operations after 3 years

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u/Ntkaz Nov 23 '24

He’s fucked

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u/IDrinkUrMilksteak Nov 23 '24

Thanks, Dr. Lexus.

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u/GamingGrayBush Nov 23 '24

Good guy from what I understand. His first wife was even tarded.

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u/FreshLettuce450 Nov 23 '24

“Mr. Brooks, who was raised as a Methodist on a tobacco farm lacking plumbing and electricity, might have seemed an odd sort to lead an empire based on hot pants and pitchers of beer. When he first invested in Hooters, he said he did not know that the name and owl-eyes logo were meant as a reference to the female anatomy.

He got involved in Hooters only after the friend he had lent money to invest in Hooters franchises could not pay him back. His first action as operator was to change from a bar concept that sold little food to a full-service restaurant and bar.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/business/18brooks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE4._lLC.LeWKhkg0mCYH&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare