[Publib] At least they didn't open "The Carnegie Free Public Grill" . . .

[Joe Schallan]

More notes from the role-stereotyping front:

Pretend nurses in skimpy outfits raise ire
By Nicole Beyer,
Tribune Newspapers (Mesa-Tempe-Chandler-Scottsdale, AZ)
October 27, 2006

Waitresses who dress like nurses in skimpy outfits at Tempe's Heart
Attack Grill have raised the blood pressure of nursing advocates who
say the costumes degrade the health care profession.

According to the Center for Nursing Advocacy, how the waitresses
dress contributes to the sexual abuse of nurses who work at hospitals,
clinics and doctor's offices.

"That makes people believe that on some level that maybe nurses do
provide sexual services," said Sandy Summers, executive director of
the Center for Nursing Advocacy. "Every day nurses write to me how
they're groped and they're grabbed in the workplace" . . . .

The pretend nurses wear short skirts and low-cut shirts that sometimes
show their mid-driff area, along with costume headpieces. Almost every
wall inside the Heart Attack Grill is covered in mirrors.

The servers not only deliver the food, they sit at the table with 
customers
while they eat. Somtimes, they role play . . . .

"I feel sad in my heart for those that can't laugh and have a good time 
with
us," [the grill's owner] said . . . .

Copyright 2006 Tribune Newspapers
Full text at http://www.eastvalleytribune.com