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

[Lise Chlebanowski]

Oh my! And we were at The Library in the same city - Tempe - last night where the waitresses dress in plaid skirts and midriff baring halter tops! It didn't even cross my mind to be insulted! ;-)

Lisë Chlebanowski
Library Manager
Avondale Public Library
328 W. Western Ave.
Avondale, AZ   86323
lchlebanowski at avondale.org
623-478-3105
623-478-3809 Fax
 
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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Joe Schallan
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 12:03 PM
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Subject: [Publib] At least they didn't open "The Carnegie Free Public Grill". . .

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

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