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Only in America (I hope)
Dec. 10th, 2006 01:53 amParty of the first part: Heart Attack Grill, in Arizona
Party of the second part: Sandy Summers, executive director of the Center for Nursing Advocacy, based in Baltimore.
At issue:
1) A restaurant that serves items known, for example, as the single, double, triple, and quadruple by-passes - the last of which is 4 half-pound patties, with lots of extras. If you finish a triple or quadruple, they will roll you to your car in a wheelchair.
2) The waitresses dress up like nurses. Not hospital nurses, but fantasy nurses - skimpy skirts, low necklines, etc. "Courtney Chapman, a 20-year-old waitress at the grill, said she found nothing wrong with the uniform or the stares she gets.
“They definitely look at us, but they’re guys,” she said. “If our butts are coming out the bottom of our skirts, and our boobs are coming out the top of our shirts, we’re kind of asking for it.”"
3) Nurses who object to this sort of objectification of their profession, and themselves.
"“Nurses are the most sexually fantasized-about profession,” said Sandy Summers, executive director of the Center for Nursing Advocacy, based in Baltimore. “We’re asking people, if they’re going to have these fantasies, please don’t make it so public. Move these sexual fantasies to other professions.”"
4) A state agency, contacted by the folks in Baltimore, that was willing to act!
"In September, the attorney general’s office wrote Basso a letter informing him that he is illegally using the word “nurse” at his restaurant and on his Web site. Citing Arizona Statute A.R.S. 32-1636, the attorney general said only someone who has a valid nursing license can use the title “nurse.”"
5) A return volley by the restaurant:
"Basso refused to remove “nurse” from his Web site but inserted an asterisk next to every nurse reference and included the following disclaimer:
“The use of the word ‘nurse’ above is only intended as a parody. None of the women pictured on our Web site actually have any medical training, nor do they attempt to provide any real medical services. It should be made clear that the Heart Attack Grill and its employees do NOT offer any therapeutic treatments (aside from laughter) whatsoever.”"
He notes that the controversy has been very good for business.
Why am I not surprised? He couldn't have paid for this!
Party of the second part: Sandy Summers, executive director of the Center for Nursing Advocacy, based in Baltimore.
At issue:
1) A restaurant that serves items known, for example, as the single, double, triple, and quadruple by-passes - the last of which is 4 half-pound patties, with lots of extras. If you finish a triple or quadruple, they will roll you to your car in a wheelchair.
2) The waitresses dress up like nurses. Not hospital nurses, but fantasy nurses - skimpy skirts, low necklines, etc. "Courtney Chapman, a 20-year-old waitress at the grill, said she found nothing wrong with the uniform or the stares she gets.
“They definitely look at us, but they’re guys,” she said. “If our butts are coming out the bottom of our skirts, and our boobs are coming out the top of our shirts, we’re kind of asking for it.”"
3) Nurses who object to this sort of objectification of their profession, and themselves.
"“Nurses are the most sexually fantasized-about profession,” said Sandy Summers, executive director of the Center for Nursing Advocacy, based in Baltimore. “We’re asking people, if they’re going to have these fantasies, please don’t make it so public. Move these sexual fantasies to other professions.”"
4) A state agency, contacted by the folks in Baltimore, that was willing to act!
"In September, the attorney general’s office wrote Basso a letter informing him that he is illegally using the word “nurse” at his restaurant and on his Web site. Citing Arizona Statute A.R.S. 32-1636, the attorney general said only someone who has a valid nursing license can use the title “nurse.”"
5) A return volley by the restaurant:
"Basso refused to remove “nurse” from his Web site but inserted an asterisk next to every nurse reference and included the following disclaimer:
“The use of the word ‘nurse’ above is only intended as a parody. None of the women pictured on our Web site actually have any medical training, nor do they attempt to provide any real medical services. It should be made clear that the Heart Attack Grill and its employees do NOT offer any therapeutic treatments (aside from laughter) whatsoever.”"
He notes that the controversy has been very good for business.
Why am I not surprised? He couldn't have paid for this!
