No one should assume that a Hooters employee (or anyone else) is there because they are stupid or incapable. My daughter was a manager for Hooters for awhile, and now she has moved on to other things. You do what you have to do to get by in this life. I have had jobs that I'm not particularly proud of, but they paid the bills. I am in a crappy tech support job right now. It's kind of like working at Hooters; you have to serve the customer and take all kind of abuse, for very little pay. But if you have good character, you just do it, and then move on when opportunity presents itself.
I once posted on another thread that I can't imagine how a mother could forget their child. I got roasted alive by several mothers who told me that is understandable.