For another perspective, cocktail waitressing might be even harder than the type of waitressing I practiced. Cocktail waitresses are the women who serve at casinos, bringing trays of drinks to tables, adorned in short dresses and high heals. This job is in a way much more glamorous than the type at the "Restaurant." These women are often beautiful, with stereotypically sexy and feminine bodies. I cannot, however, envy their shoes. My feet, adorned in the puffiest, most supportive (and extremely hideous) shoes I could find, still would hurt after a long day at work. However, is their work all glamour? Studies have shown that these women go through much discrimination, struggles and pain, just as we did at the "Restaurant." These casino waitresses must wear at least two inch heals when they are serving. Beyond these uncomfortable shoes, they also must wear extremely revealing and promiscuous short dresses. Women often feel degraded and objectified because they must wear such promiscuous dresses [3]. Further, the interview process depends heavily on the femininity and, inevitably, sexiness of a woman's body. If a woman is fit, attractive, sexy, "well-endowed" shall we say, she will have a better chance of being hired as a cocktail waitress [3]. However, these women have become icons for casinos, and without them, many people believe that much would be taken away from the casino experience.

One of the women I worked with was a single woman with two children. One evening, she was serving two customers, presumably a husband and wife. When the woman was in the bathroom, the man asked the waitress, "So, are you married?" She replied that No, she wasn't, but that she had two kids. He then replied, "Oh, well, I'll give you a little pushin' in the cushion." When she told me this, I was outraged, but she didn't really seem to think much of it. She made the usual excuse that he was drunk, but I felt so offended that a customer would assume that one of us would sleep with him. Because she was a waitress, she was immediately assumed to be an easy target. These women respect themselves, are hard working individuals with struggles of their own. I was so offended that anyone would assume otherwise.