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Today we're FINALLY looking back at Undercover Boss, and it really was worse than I remember. Granted I am watching the Hooters episode so.. yeah that'll do it. But regardless it's still a lot worse than I remember and a lot of fun to watch so enjoy!
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[@AJ-dx6bn]

You're welcome Chris

[@jordancambridge4106]

Didn't the CEO get convicted of sexually assaulting dozens of his employees not all being female.

[@peteryanes3413]

How old are you? I ask because I'm new just found your channel few days ago

[@aagc1988]

you must be jocking since that show has like 10 seasons and has also different countries versions, like undercover boss canada, UK and they have at least like 3 seasons each. not sure if they ever get to make a latin american version or whent beyond pilot level but there is tons. i would like you to do one that is not horrible but its really good and nice. the CEO realizes his company is going bad because he spanded it beyond what his dad wanted to (it was a small local brand son wanted to make it the next walmart) and apparently stop growing the thing and did give meaninful prices to the people involved in the episode. they even steal on the store he visits and he makes sure to get a brand new security system and security guard in place, as well to make sure put in place a new official rule that if your store is beeing stealed, you go to the back to a secure room and let the robbers and local police enforcement to deal with it, not the employees not even the security guard. is undercover boss (USA) season 7 episode 03 you can find it on daily motion and i have a remastered version if you like.

[@michaelchildress7617]

Jimbo Jimbuson is A LEGEND~~~ !!! 12:38 18:54

[@jmyuh8130]

i feel like the disguises were always kinda useless, not a single minimum wage worker knows who the ceo of the company is

[@ChadOfAllChads]

And humans also actually really suck at recognizing people from pictures. Even famous actors talk about certain small towns being nice because no one recognizes them.

[@ChadOfAllChads]

And humans also actually really suck at recognizing people from pictures. Even famous actors talk about certain small towns being nice because no one recognizes them.

[@ChadOfAllChads]

And humans also actually really suck at recognizing people from pictures. Even famous actors talk about certain small towns being nice because no one recognizes them.

[@kelleighohara83]

I 100% know the face of my CEO because it's super punchable.

[@darrellcovello7917]

​@ChadOfAllChads thanks for posting that three times, Chad

[@keilahlouise5597]

Imagine working there and people say they don’t like the new boss because he doesn’t give bonuses, and then watching this episode and seeing him give a $50K charity donation but not giving anything back to the staff themselves

[@BIGGUNZUPSTAIRZ]

@@keilahlouise5597 ya know, for tax purposes lol

[@jemeljordan-butler4510]

Hooters has 15,000 employees. $50k would be $3.33 per employee.

[@mida8261]

Basically still as tone-deaf after the show as they were before. Edit: Autocorrect changed it to "def."

[@encycl07pedia-]

@@jemeljordan-butler4510 He could have done something more for the good employees with whom he actually interacted. Other episodes have employees getting $5,000+ for a car or school or something. This boss didn't give his own employees a single penny after seeing what they endured, just a vacation for one of them. If you want to go the "whole company" route, the dude is a millionaire. He could at least give bonuses to certain employees, like $100 to 500 of the best employees. Nah, he'd rather give it to people he doesn't even know.

[@MamaMOB]

You mean like their paychecks? The thing they actually earn? You do realize it's not an employer's job to just rain money on their employees right? Even if they were on a TV show. He didn't have to give money to anything. He could have just made his company slightly better. But he did make his company slightly better and give money to charity. Quit being greedy!

[@mjreikiriot3302]

The show undercover Boss was designed to give good PR boosts to notoriously bad bosses.

[@TheTragicClown6001]

The show really is disgusting corpo dystopian slop

[@myqueerplantfamily]

Capitalist Propaganda

[@Anthonybrother]

capitalist pigs

[@yaboi_LGK]

​@TheTragicClown6001 it's how a large majority of TV shows felt back then. All a ploy to make the "people" feel good about the super wealthy (written, directed, and produced by the super wealthy).

[@Whiskin87]

I worked at Bikinis, a Texas based Hooters-esque restaurant, in college. They were also featured on Undercover Boss. The CEO fired one girl for not wanting to wear a bikini on national TV, and promised another girl a boob job. Super classy joint.

[@isaiahmayle4706]

Super classy. I mean hey, you worked there.

[@colinthemarines3567]

@@isaiahmayle4706 So blame the employees making barely enough to get by who have no control over any policies, and not the million-dollar company and rich CEOs who make all the decisions… Very logical.

[@david-468]

@@colinthemarines3567sure didn’t realize barely nothing meant more then most factory workers, hooters waitresses get an average of 25$ and hour

[@isaiahmayle4706]

@@colinthemarines3567 Research the places you want to work. If it's a fucking bikini bar, chances are likely the CEO probably isn't clean.

[@colinthemarines3567]

@@david-468 And you’re comparing OP working at a different restaurant in an unknown year to that because… why? Reputable salary estimators like Indeed list a yearly Hooter’s salary as $28,678, or 10% below the national average. So even if I was talking about Hooters in current year (which I wasn’t), that’s still not a job that’s in any way comparable to the salary of a CEO.

[@Kaltagstar96]

The shot of the CEO on a Hooters Harley Davidson has him looking like a midlife crisis made a wish upon a star to become a real boy.

[@OkinInc]

Total RUB. 😂

[@Rogu666.]

I read that Hooter Davidson

[@The-Master-Shake]

Bro looks like the customers that go to hooters lmao

[@82566]

🤣🤣🤣

[@sittingonacrescentmoon]

I screamed and then died dear Jesus this is the best comment 💀

[@Andibpdwarrior]

Jimbo "formerly apologized to his staff and then resigned to pursue other interests" isn't a feel-good vibe..."Jimbo gets the shit sued out of him and might spend a few years in jail" would be so much more warm fuzzy feeling for me

[@dylanjwagner]

Formally. Not formerly. Jimbo was formerly their boss after he had to quit and formally apologize for being a massive shitstain.

[@Anthonybrother]

wait, wasn't there multiple jimboes?

[@SideshowJohnny]

"Hi I'm Jimba, nice to meet you" Is such a great joke.

[@Rattrap007]

Indeed.

[@BigDawg717]

I started cryin yo 😂

[@SirAsdf]

There's actually an even worse episode of this show that I'd love to see you cover. It's about a Hooter's knockoff chain called Bikini's, and what makes it so bad is that the CEO doesn't even pretend to be a good person at any point or act like he's learned any lesson at all. He literally fires one of his employees during the reveal section because she didn't want to wear the company's uniform. Said uniform being a bikini that leaves nothing to the imagination.

[@DaijDjan]

Didn't the dude justify it by saying "she doesn't _l_o_v_e_ her job"? Like dude, pretty sure no woman 'loves' working in your hellhole..

[@shannonceleste5557]

Ok, so those places objectively suck. But I've gotta assume that woman was a paid actress bc like... Idk many folks who take a job but then refuse to wear the 'uniform'. Not to mention the whole 'being on tv' portion of such a confrontation lol

[@crowintheknow]

oh i remember that one! so ridiculous how they treated her.

[@Kaltagstar96]

Holy shit, that just unlocked a memory for me, it's the one Undercover Boss episode I can genuinely remember. I'm hoping that Chris does a review of that episode.

[@Spikex99]

@@shannonceleste5557 If I remember correctly it wasn't even that she refused to wear it. She was fired because she wasn't enthusiastic about doing so.

[@Xavis0]

One of the biggest things I hate about Undercover Boss is how they select 3-5 employees that they end up giving "rewards" to, making the CEOs look to benevolent and altruistic. But there is probably hundreds of others in those companies that are in similar positions.

[@goldensloth7]

yeah that's another thing that gets me. they just pick a few people who "work on tv" and the dishwashers never seem to.

[@percyp126]

Did you just learn those words.

[@Xavis0]

@@percyp126 No, but I understand if they're too big for you to understand.

[@Z5uixCiz]

​@@goldensloth7your a dishwasher your not getting payed much like yall need realize that's the lowest job you can get

[@stevenunyabidness]

​@@Z5uixCizstill needs to get done. if you can afford to run a business, you can afford to provide a living wage.

[@kylemendoza8860]

The reason why they choose charity donations like to the veterans organization. Are send that lady on vacation. Instead of pay raise or hiring more staff. Is because those two are tax write-offs.

[@AlphaFemmeXtine]

💯💯💯

[@JakoWako]

Businesses deduct wages too. Donations are a one-time expense while a raise isn’t unless they decide to downsize. Also it makes them look better.

[@goldensloth7]

disgusting

[@kylemendoza8860]

@@JakoWako Why the hell are they so greedy with wages then? If they get the deduct them. Sounds like you would be smarter to pay more so you have more happy employees to stay on longer.

[@JakoWako]

@@kylemendoza8860 Odds are a large business like this is structured as a C Corp and pays a tax rate of 21%. Every dollar spent is a tax deduction of 21 cents so they’re still losing 79 cents. I didn’t mention that wages also pay additional payroll taxes which ends up being about 11% of the wages for a high turnover company like this. My real opinion is that a lot of business owners don’t value their employees. They treat wages like any other expense and will do everything they can to make it as low as possible. Many even enjoy negotiating a lower pay to make them feel like smart entrepreneurs. You can try to fight it, but odds are they have leverage since it’s a lot easier to find a replacement than to find a new job. In the meantime they can force the work on the other employees and may make the additional workload the new standard!

[@awzthemusicalreviews]

"Hooters, the best company in the world" hits different after the one near my house in my hometown (Lakeland, FL) closed down without notifying the employees until the day of.

[@BabygirlST]

I would’ve tried to sue and get a check so fast. That doesn’t sound legal at all.

[@OfficialOpinion]

​@@BabygirlST -- lol like Hooters pays its employees enough to sue them 🤣🤣

[@BabygirlST]

@@OfficialOpinion Right. Lol. That’s why I said try. I would’ve tried my damn hardest. I need at least one corporate plane or something then I’ll leave y’all alone. 😂😂😂

[@morphingfaces]

Oh yeah best company in the world for the CEO and shareholders the actual workers get jack shit and no regard other than as pawns for the corporate structure

[@AzureRadio]

​@@BabygirlSTAt will employment, definitely legal. Evil, but legal

[@CoreyG1450]

I hate the concept of this show because if it didn't exist, the CEOs wouldn't give out the gifts to begin with. Its all PR.

[@Djudo-q9x]

What's PR just wondering

[@ultraliquid]

​@Djudo-q9x public relations

[@michaelfiori6700]

​@@Djudo-q9xfor real?

[@Djudo-q9x]

@@michaelfiori6700 yea idk?

[@michaelfiori6700]

@@Djudo-q9x PR= public relations.

[@ArturGlass.C]

19:11 "So people have been saying we're exploitative to women. And I think I know just the thing we should do to fix that. - Not exploit wo--- - MARKETING - YEH MARKETING...that's what I meant"

[@HasanibnSabah]

Offering voluntary employment is exploitative?

[@tfordham13]

The woman can quite

[@lebawsski]

@@tfordham13 Quit.

[@lebawsski]

@@HasanibnSabah They know what they get into. They know what the Resturant is all about.

[@ArturGlass.C]

@@HasanibnSabah Yes in this case. I could also offer voluntary employment for an assistant job where I require them to assist me 24/7, clean my toilet and my underwears and have three hours flirty conversations with my girlfriend because I'm "too busy to do it". That would be exploitative because it goes outside of the regular professional duty that someone would expect from this kind of job. And I have no justification for it outside of "it benefits me". Having people willing to participate in an exploitative industry and/or job does not make it not exploitative. Most of the workers in exploitative industries know very well it's exploitative they just need the money and/or job security and will accept in spite of that. That's why it's an "exploit". Hooters has benefited from the exploitation of women in their marketing and buisnesses. The clientele and regulars would not be the same if suddenly they decided to no longer work with any women at all. That's not normal for a restaurant franchise. They also except of their waitresses to double as models and certainly do not pay them a model + waitress salary.

[@cosmobubba5567]

The thing about the boss dressing up in costume baffles me. I worked at a Walmart for ten years and I could barely tell you who my direct supervisor was at any given time, let alone who the CEO of the company was or what they looked like. So why bother wearing a costume?

[@danielgehring7437]

I think it's a combination of two things. One, making the boss look silly because bosses looking silly is fun comedy; and two, to stroke the boss's ego. Like, I guarantee the first time they tried to do this, whatever boss they got insisted that everyone must know their face, and they never fought back because see point 1.

[@adamlarussa5243]

Because I don't think that's most companies. Where I work, I know all of my bosses, and they know me, right up to the CIO. Sure, we're not anywhere near the size of Walmart. But we're a 10 billion dollar healthcare system, so we're not a small company either.

[@MetastaticMaladies]

This show just solidified my thinking that being a CEO is easy and that their job is nothing compared to their workers. Most of the time the person that runs the company has no idea wtf is even going on or what jobs people do in said company. It’s disgusting, especially the amount of money they get paid or pay themselves. So out of touch and insulated, they would never cut it in the real world, doing real work like the rest of us.

[@boxing388]

I've never worked as a CEO, so I can't comment on their work day. I can't imagine that they just hangout collecting checks. Sure they aren't doing manual labor, but if the company goes under, the owner takes the millions of dollars of debt, the average employee will just move on to the next job.

[@megansaneibingley8420]

@@boxing388oh no they’ll lose a few million out of their many millions😢

[@boxing388]

@@megansaneibingley8420 most companies aren't billion dollar enterprises. If you are the owner of a regional BBQ restaurant, and something like Covid happens, then you will sink into a debt so large that you will die old, broken, with debt collectors prying at your coffin.

[@MetastaticMaladies]

@@boxing388 And you know what happens when they fuck up? They recoup their losses by taking it out of the employees, or save money by laying off a portion of employees. Hey, you remember Redbox, that company that rented DVDs right? Well they recently went under, owned by that Chicken Soul Soup grifters, you know what that millionaire CEO did? Pretended his employees still had their benefits (medical insurance, etc) when they didn’t, and didn’t pay them for weeks. He resigned, they never got their money, and he’s probably not going to face any consequences for it. Do you know how many CEOs do this? More than you think. Because they have enough money to start a new venture capital, buy another company or get an “investment opportunity” designed to accrue wealth, or a number of several options. Do you really think that a wealthy CEO is fucked when their company goes under? No, not for the majority, they game the system, they use their money to take advantage of loopholes to make more money by taking advantage of our ultra capitalist society and we who live under its profit driven nature. Do you know why billion dollar companies pay little to no taxes? Because they have enough money and power to take advantage of the system, and their employees. Don’t give me that sympathy bullshit for CEOs, the majority are snakes that will steal from their employees before they’d lose a cent. And most face NO consequences, either because they just pay a fine instead of going to prison, and then make their money back by being greedy weasels that take advantage of the less fortunate.

[@MetastaticMaladies]

@@boxing388 Looks like my reply got lost in the void, so here I go writing that whole fucking paragraph AGAIM. Get your shit together, KZbin! Okay, do you really think wealthy CEOs turn into just a normal working class person when they fuck up or their company goes under? They don’t! Because they have enough money to start a new company, buy one or several other options, and you know how they are helped to facilitate this? They use their employees! They take their money back, or however much they may need to start over from the employees! Or they save money by firing a percentage. You know Red Box, the dvd rental company, owned by the Chicken Soup Soul grifters? They recently went under and that CEO fucked those employees hard, lied and said they had benefits (medical, etc) when they didn’t and lead them on for weeks making them think they were going to get paid. Then he resigns and made off with their money they were owed, and many are fucked because they had major medical procedures they thought were covered. Guess what? That CEO will probably never face consequences because our capitalist society is designed to protect the wealthy. Why do you think wealthy people, billion dollar companies pay little to no taxes? Loopholes in our system, designed to benefit the wealthy, and these CEOs take full advantage of it, as well as take advantage of the working class so they stay above them. Fuck your sympathy for CEOs, they will do everything they can to stay above us and fuck us over to do it. Speaking of Covid, do you know how many CEOs committed fraud with the PPP loans? So many that the government has stopped pursuing them! All those company owners that frauded the government out of TRILLIONS of dollars are going to get away with it, because our society allows this to happen and the government is complicit. I’m telling you, CEOs, the majority of them, are going to fuck everyone and get theirs before they ever become working class, they’ll do anything to keep that from happening rather than work like a regular person.

[@lukelyon1781]

Hooters Crew tries to interview and convince a woman to eat at the restaurant. The woman: "Yeah I just don't think I want to eat at a place that commodifies and sexualizes women." The Undercover Boss: *Surprised Pikachu Face*

[@ewanedwards6822]

Jimbo seems like a side character from a scrapped long lost Quentin Taratino movie who managed to escape into reality crawl his way out of the script before it was incinerated.

[@DioBrando-yk5up]

Played by Quintin Tarantino

[@freakkyser]

​@DioBrando-yk5up nonsense, there was no feet involved

[@ChrisJamesTV]

the eyelash under my eye is actually your imagination and not also present in the thumbnail you're just crazy

[@sirelijahthethird9094]

……classic Chris James lie🤌🏾

[@WoodlandMysticz]

Very cool

[@kowalabearful]

Huh ?

[@TheKpa11]

Ok, but what was up with the blood on your hands that one time

[@bert.hbuysse5569]

Don't worry Chris. We love you for who you are.

[@tucker8429]

fun fact: i worked for hooters until about 2 years ago. it's still a sleezy company that treats all of their employees like trash. do the girls rival 6 figure salaries in tips? for sure, a good percentage do. but while i worked there in the kitchen, i worked with people that were actively fighting assault on a female, domestic violence or A&B charges. girls were threatened to be fired for gaining weight since being hired, changing their hair color, getting pregnant etc. it's a shitty company, running on a gag that was popular 25+ years ago, wondering why they aren't raking in billions.

[@timber72]

And this surprises you...? I mean, you act surprised that a company that wants beautiful, scantily clad women...barely above the level of a strip club...is sleazy. You willingly worked there, willingly supported it, but now you trash them for being what they are, what they've always been, after have been a beneficiary of them...? Bro. Seriously.

[@ravenm6443]

Ours has been closed for years and they demolished the building probably 7 years ago. I’ve never been there but I always felt it was a gross concept for a business. I’m not sure about this other place, but there’s another restaurant called Twin Peaks, that seems like it would be similar. “Twin Peaks” 🧁🧁 being an analogy, seemingly…. I won’t be going there either. Food looks good, but it’s just so uncomfortable and gross.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Scooter of Hooters sounds like a name I would have given to a Wizard in an RPG. An owl wizard.

[@MichaelStark-j8e]

I gave my coworker that nickname scooter lol he hated it at 1st but thinks it's funny now

[@TheListofMrRaguso]

"So what do you think about Kylo Ren I hear he is really jacked" - Matt(Kylo Ren)

[@stephaniemitchell4581]

Running to go rewatch that. Thank you

[@centrella]

“I haven’t had my muffin yet, Matt!”

[@MichaelStark-j8e]

"I hear he has an 8 pack"

[@notanm6616]

One of the best SNL sketches.

[@P0YSiN]

The Mr. Meaty puppet joke was fantastic, but it also unlocked deep rooted childhood trauma thanks buddy

[@tylerb1483]

That shit gave me nightmares as a kid,

[@LexRex1800]

Yup 😂🥲

[@t-flight2009]

Bro them puppets, and just the levels grotesque in each episode nightmare fuel... Especially the Zombie episode.😰🤢

[@lukelyon1781]

The Tapeworm episode lives in my head rent free to this day🥲

[@P0YSiN]

@@lukelyon1781 that was definitely the most scarring episode for me 😭

[@jtbsax]

I graduated from a Baptist high school. On Thursdays, seniors were allowed to go off campus for lunch but we were specifically told we weren't allowed to go to Hooters. Some of us eventually went on the last Thursday of the year and it was fine, nothing happened. But it was always funny to think that the Baptist school might have had a teacher or administrator secretly surveilling the local Hooters to make sure no students showed up.

[@timber72]

So, you don't recognize the wisdom of not wanting teenage boys going to a restaurant filled with scantily clad ladies serving alcohol...? I mean, aside from all the other problems, you just can't see why that's a bad idea?

[@tp5561]

There is a religious college in a neighboring very small town and students drive here to shop, eat and drink at the bars. They have staff patrolling bar parking lots looking for their schools parking stickers and write them up!

[@taviamemories3087]

honestly I'd probably quit on the spot if my CEO donated to a charity in my name. you have 50k to just throw away and you cant give it to me? you cant give any of it to me? that is such a spit in the face moment that we can afford to donate $50,000 but I still gotta work 9 hours a day and barely scrape by on my bills. couldda changed that guy's life forever but his reward for his hard work is that somebody else gets an absolute crap ton of money. You might as well have bought him a document to name a star after him for all the difference its gonna make in his life. fuck right off with that one, I'd be so done. You would not catch me at that job tomorrow. Edit: to those of you talking about the tax right off I'd get. Tax write offs can reduce your owed tax to zero, but cannot add to your refund. how much do you think the manager at hooters owes in taxes? willing to bet it aint much, so that's still a dogwater thing to do. a tax write off is not a gift either, you gain nothing. that guy sucks.

[@JakoWako]

If you worked at Hooters wouldn’t you quit if you got $50k? Hope I’m wrong, but I think most women that work there would gladly take a less provocative job if they had the means to.

[@taviamemories3087]

@@JakoWako that's fair. the correct move was to give him some of the money. regardless of if I'd quit or not, its still a dick move to say you have crazy amount of spare cash, and then give it to someone else as a reward for you. dont even bring up the 50k, just drop 5k in my lap, that's enough to be inventived without being enough to walk away.

[@TheBayzent]

You would have to pay a part of those 50k in taxes even if they were given as a gift.

[@tfordham13]

Pretty sure you get a 50k taxe reduction

[@sdivine13]

​@TheBayzent yeah, but that comes out of the 50k so thats a moot argument

[@msnogueres]

so you are just going to keep looking better and better with every video you post? ok im not complaining

[@lanychabot-laroche135]

Now imagine if he also had a goatee!

[@joemazza2583]

Calm down sweetheart

[@msnogueres]

@@joemazza2583 no....lol im just kidding,hes a great youtuber and has a lot of great takes and comedic timing

[@thebiggestball8493]

​@@joemazza2583 guy is really trying to flirt in KZbin comments

[@Damnitjim7]

Ikr, Chris handsome over here

[@mikemackay86]

He was surprised that Hooter is sleazy. I guess if your dad founded it, it may come as a surprise.

[@generichuman2044]

I met a CEO once at one of my first ever jobs. It was a smallish company with 10 stores and we were the new staff at a freshly opened one. He showed up one week afted opening to check how things were going and it was incredibly awkward. Everyone was just trying to get on with their day and all of a sudden some dude rolls up in his Porsche. He comes in wearing a VERY loud suit with a rolex and about 4 million gold braclets, and starts talking to random staff. After about 10 minutes he comes up to me and interrupts me halfway through stacking a set of shelves. Cue a very awkward conversation with me and him both trying to sound interested about my minimum wage job stacking shelves that lasted longer than it needed to. He was there about 2 hours and left when a group of us were about to go on our lunch break. No one had a positive thing to say about him and he never showed his face again in the six months I worked there. Only thing he cared about was sales

[@chrisjuliette]

i used to watch undercover boss religiously, it was a time for my dad and i to bond. i actually really enjoyed the show. some episodes are actually amazing, like moes sporting goods, as a CEO he didnt know people with jobs could still be homeless, when he met a homeless employee with kids he bought her a house, paid for their schooling, gave her money AND a car and then promoted her. some eps were ridiculous w the CEOs being pricks or incompetent, but some eps the CEOs were actually humbled

[@derrickhaggard]

Agreed there are some real good episodes where the CEOs are humbled and actually try to make meaningful changes.

[@spartanxmonster]

17:56 I worked for a major food distribution hub that was visited by our ceo. He and thirty office workers we had never seen before walked around the warehouse while us worker bees had to keep our eyes to the floor. He didnt talk to a single person who didn't make at least 800k a year. Really inspiring stuff.

[@poseidonboi]

Undercover Boss boss vs. AGT contestant with a tragic backstory would be the crossover of the century tbh

[@anubis8586]

This would be epic lol

[@omgnumbers9944]

I most puzzling part for me was the woman asking the Hooters girl if she worked there because of the money or they liked waiting on tables....WTF you think? who actually wants to wait tables for a living?

[@breadgirl9806]

RIGHT?!? That’s literally how jobs work. You go there to make money. End of list. 😂

[@ryanmcwilliams8784]

You forgot the drink!? How can I eat my pizza without my drink? My diet dr kelp

[@sunbunnow]

18:07 I completely agree. I work at Lowe’s and everyone hates when the hirer ups come and stand around observe what’s going on in their suites and ties and don’t even acknowledge our existences. Corporations/CEO’s suck

[@darthcaseybasquiat]

"We gonna line these girls up and inspect them & no rules." Life repeats

[@whitneylail2659]

I worked there and that was not a thing. The only thing we got was your shorts are too short and your shoes are dirty. Now however I went there and I was so like wtf

[@mlm2719]

I was a hooters girls just recently… the line up is real. They make you do a 360 makeup hair nails uniform all up to they’re standards before they allowed us to serve on the floor , some girls couldn’t serve if they had on the wrong bra no make up and yes dirty shoes

[@ChrisMustard]

Jimbo is Buzz from Home Alone all grown up.

[@mikaross4671]

I cant unsee it now.

[@Simbabe54]

OMG you’re right

[@The_drone_viking]

Bam, gotta have those girls sucking down beans baby, that’s what Hoooters is all about BAM

[@bryanwells5475]

Or Biff Tannen got stuck in middle management

[@82566]

🤣🤣🤣 Bolth match Jimbo great

[@indigochild8032]

1:42 “the best company in the world.” Bro there’s only a dozen Hooters outside of the US & Canada and nobody goes to them. 😭

[@jarnold420ja]

Shit hooters here in FL is always packed!! Where are you from?

[@LocseryuOfficial]

@@jarnold420jai think he means nobody outside of america, canada and florida goes to hooters

[@RandyGBH]

There’s a hooters in Guadalajara and it’s packed whenever I pass by it on weekends.

[@JARD7318]

@@jarnold420ja Reading comprehension "outside of the US". as much as we all including people from FL would like it to be otherwise FL is still apart of the US.

[@dustinbasham393]

The stuff about the airline reminded me of one of my favorite Norm bits. "911 airlines? That's a terrible name. It reminds me of that tragedy!"

[@cicadathegod8277]

Undercover boss would put people in a wig from the dollar tree and the shavings from the intern’s poodle as a moustache and send them in. They look like the people employees are told about in those theft prevention videos. Of course they’ll be suspicious.

[@goldensloth7]

also the camera crew

[@82566]

🤣🤣

[@sarahalexandrra]

Oh my god. I used to work at Hooters and watching ‘Jimbo’ force the girls to eat a plate of beans not using their hands to go home early - yeah, you can’t make that shit up. How vile of a ‘manager’

[@aliecarey]

I don't know if you have kids or not but a vacation anywhere in the world is a HUGE deal. Having an experience like that with little ones changes their worldview and makes memories. Working mothers usually don't ever have a chance like that.

[@averyeml]

I have watched a SURPRISING amount of this show over the years. The recurring thing that always blows me away is the number of times employees at a local chain of a big national corporation just recognize the CEO on sight. Like maybe if you work at Microsoft and Bill Gates comes in wearing a crappy wig, that’s a thing. But when the lady who works the front desk of a Days Inn or whatever goes “oh I think this dude with gray hair and a clean shaven face is our CEO because I saw him on the cover of the corporate magazine that was in the break room one time, even though he normally has black hair and a beard,” I call BS

[@Stalingarde]

The worst one for me was the episode on Bikinis. The CEO is a creep who got mad because one of the girls was wearing a shirt and was uncomfortable with being objectified. I'd like to see your reaction to that one.

[@Z5uixCiz]

Not defending him but why work in a restaurant that the main selling point like restaurants that aren't like hooters waiters make 300-500 dollars in tips every shift still

[@hard.g0re]

​@Z5uixCiz because people need jobs and when you can't get one sometimes you resort to bad positions. As Chris said, this show was made during a bad time in job security so she probably just really needed a gig.

[@Z5uixCiz]

@@hard.g0re lmao mf every where is hiring Idc what you say to justify it its stupid to get a job a at softcore strip restaurant it's like me getting a job someone getting a job as cook and not knowing how to cook yk darn well there was other jobs but the thing is other jobs don't get you 500+ $ In tips

[@MatecaCorp]

@@Z5uixCiz “not defending him” Bro, you’re in the replies of every comment about that episode making sure that everybody knows you think that it’s the woman’s fault her boss was a pervert

[@Z5uixCiz]

@@MatecaCorp no I never said it was her fault lmao stop putting words in my mouth to make your point sound better lmao it's like a girl working at a strip club and wondering why men are being creeps but I forget if I don't say omg poor girl when she choose to work at a place called bikinis ofc the owner is gonna be a creepy the mf opened a restaurant centered around objectfiying women like I hate hooters and any thing like it but as someone who knew ppl that worked at em they like the job cause it pays well and it's quite easy but thats the thing they could choose another job but they like they pay so its not theyre fault but they should suspect creeps Like mf if I was defending him I'd say he's doing nothing wrong but mfs like you need realize they choose to work there don't say it's the only job they could've got cause that's a lie theres 100s of jobs that you don't need a college degree for but geuess what those jobs are "boring" and pay less if she they don't have a high-school degree that's on them let's say it was the only job she could get why not work as cook or dishwasher IK WHY she wouldn't get 1000s of dollars a week in tips

[@Eternally_Sardonic]

16:24 So instead of blurring the can in post, he's sitting there in an unscripted conversation with the can taped over? Uh huh, ok.

[@YahwehOrNoWay006]

10:50 calling women an inferior product is disgusting

[@ronnycollins9125]

Try telling that to guys who actually DO get laid.

[@haljordan1473]

I saw a bunch of these on netflix, not sure if they are still there. But two that should be examined are Cinnabon (because the CEO was a VP at Hooters during the shooting of this episode) and Checkers and Rally's (because it has probably the most dramatic moment they've ever caught on tape in this show).

[@verderhapsody]

So hold up? At 2:10, the Ceo said Hooters was founded so that "six guys can grab a beer and not get thrown out." So, how drunk and rude do you have to be? To where the ONLY way you can grab a beer and not get tossed out is to start a restaurant? Like, holy cow, I've grabbed many of the occasional beers at many a bar since I was 21, and I'm a pretty big dude. NOT getting kicked out of bars is pretty easy to pull off. Especially if you don't act like a jack-ass and treat the staff and other customers like crap. Like that's a whole level of extra creepiness to Hooters right there. I feel extra sorry for the women servers there :(

[@goldengod5915]

Yeah for real. And the hot girls aspect of hooters pretty much spells out that the founders were just loud annoying jackasses who harassed waitresses, and probably underage ones too

[@nerdoftheatre]

I watched this show as a kid. I distinctly remember one of these CEOs yelling at the workers for something that was completely out of their control. I can't remember which episode it was. But, even as a CHILD, I remember being like. What the hell is his problem. After that episode I remember feeling weird about the entire show altogether.

[@rosegoldhiips]

I work for Starbucks and I remember a time when a bunch of high level execs came to our store to watch us struggle and flounder while inundated with mobile orders, cafe orders, and a drive line that was wrapped around the building. If that EVER happens again I'm calling them out and asking them to help us. If that's too bold, they can fire me bc I'm not quitting.

[@WerewolfWaifu]

Gigi’s cupcakes was the most impactful episodes because their ceo is actually a villain

[@BIGGUNZUPSTAIRZ]

Jimbo looks like the dude from lizard lick towing hahahahaha

[@lizardjr.7826]

You got licked!

[@LizaGrace97]

the fact that no one got anything whatsoever lol like yeah she got a vacation but then she came back and made less money so she could be home more like if only there was a way for the owner to give her a raise that'd be crazy and the guy who got money for a charity is wild, like lets do this whole show, inconvenience absolutely everyone and give them approximately 0 gratitude

[@PistolWhippinPete]

I smoke a lot of weed at work..every time we get a new person I always watch them closely Incase they might be the CEO doing undercover boss and I won’t get $50,000 and a trip to Disney for my family 😭😭

[@thomashunt6000]

This guy gets it.

[@PistolWhippinPete]

@@thomashunt6000 fuck yea boy!

[@nickpavia9021]

If the new person doesn't have a camera crew following them around, you're probably good

[@PistolWhippinPete]

@@nickpavia9021 nahhh nah I don’t trust it with this new technology 👴🏽👴🏽

[@Setharino009]

I used to work for this place back in my early 20's, and it was hell on Earth. What the episode doesn't tell you is the way they treated the back staff. I worked minimum wage and got constant abuse. So many times, the girls would toss tin plates in the dish pits, like LITERALLY toss them making a bunch of racket. One time, after that happened, I took the same plates, followed the girl who threw them, and banged them together over her head like an alarm clock. When she turned around shocked, I said "Oh, I'm sorry, did that hurt your ears?! Because I figured you love that sound!!" Thankfully, she and the others got the message. I could go on and on with other BS I dealt with, but this comment is long enough.

[@michaelsheal7025]

1993 plane crash was in Bristol Tennessee 2 hooter executives where traveling with Reigning NASCAR champ Alan kulwicki who sponsored by hooters up to Bristol from a corporate event in a Atlanta for the race that weekend in Bristol the plane had ice over while attempting to land

[@omarhernandez4713]

14:00 I love how you got the flip phone for the bit 🤣🤣🤣

[@dr.spookybones3965]

The commitment is real

[@LiShuBen]

If someone makes a $50,000 donation in your name, do you get to claim that on your taxes and get money back from that? And then the person who made the initial donation could also claim that on taxes and get money back?

[@jemeljordan-butler4510]

No, you would not because you didn’t make the donation. Forms required to be filled out would show that the money didn’t come from you. If the charity fraudulently filled out a receipt claiming that the money came from you, then yes.

[@KaitouKaiju]

No, it gives you no benefit whatsoever

[@ptstrong3]

Seriously man. This is like the best one yet. You were on a roll. Great video.

[@LeyLynn]

18:07 Your 100% right, my job does this with regional managers like at least once a week if not several times a week. Then ppl higher up come like once a month for like 3-4 days straight. Its killer cause Im always on edge on making even a simple mistake

[@cinnamonbits26]

All the hooters in my area got shutdown for teaming up with the local hotel chain to sell s3x.

[@goldensloth7]

lollll

[@Hypercube2017]

2:42 _cough_ Boeing _cough_

[@dschmidt1140]

As a co-worker of mine once said about Hooters, "You can get a bad steak pretty much anywhere, they are no exception."

[@michaelbirch5270]

Jimbo looks like if Jon Favreau and The Shermanator from American Pie had a kid.

[@ShayBot3000]

Corporate visits are the absolute worst if you're anyone but management in a retail job lol productivity for the day is just in the trash

[@blugreen123]

One of the best things I remember about this show is just HOW BAD some of the disguises were. 😂

[@Blueberryattack]

If you ever examine these again please look at the diamond resort episodes, the boss can't go five minutes without breaking his cover

[@madc2004]

That 1993 plane crash was heavily understated. That plane crash killed Alan Kulwicki, the 1992 Nascar champion. It is regarded as one of the most unfortunate crashes because it only had those people on it because Alan shocked the world by winning the title the previous fall. Heavily recommend watching documentaries on him and his death

[@packnetadaija]

Undercover bosses is another one of my weird guilty pleasure shows haha. The formula is so basic it’s hilarious 😂😂

[@kitthecat6543]

He thinks him coming in more to say hi will make a difference 😂😂😂... sir, youre not their father; they want a raise and more benefits, not to see dad more often😂

[@dylandrake9139]

My friend was a worker who was featured on UB, it was all scripted and they knew months ahead it was happening

[@minamadeit]

“Jimbo Jimboson” 😂😂

[@FUSNI]

What's up, Chris? love the channel. Keep up the good work! I joined at 20K it's amazing to see how you have grown over the past couple of years. really proud of you bro keep up the great work! I'm 40 and love your stuff

[@Joseph_D_Mama]

The charity donation is kind of a slap in the face. The dude gets nothing from it except maybe a thank you letter and his name on a plaque somewhere. Meanwhile the CEO 100% used that $50K as a tax write off.

[@christinewatson1989]

I remember being 13 and watching Undercover Boss. One of the employees on the show said she's had a headache that lasted 3 years. I thought that was normal and everyone had that. Nope, turns out I had a medical condition.

[@chilibeer3912]

The period accurate Razr flip phone is the kind of attention to detail that sets this channel apart from the rest.

[@vang.609]

This CEO is doing just fine, he sold and walked away to make Twin Peaks. He was gonna get those women in less clothing and by gods he did, while lowering food quality

[@proanimaluver6487]

Lol, half those people on cribs didn't even own alot of the wealth they showed.

[@thepurrfectionist365]

especially the musicians.

[@lanternsown3525]

I wonder were Jimbo went after he 'resigned' to Pursue other interests?

[@sarahh2072]

I bet it was an unpaid vacation and she couldn't take it because she needed to pay rent

[@fouksk]

I felt like I was losing my mind like "he's definitely covered this show/episode already? But no one is mentioning it being a reupload??" But it finally hit me that it was Kurtis Connor. XD Happy to see the craziness covered again!

[@BigTInTheMorning]

Jimbo is the most jimbo of all jimbos. He exemplifies all that is Jimbo

[@heat420_7]

Just opened the app to find something to watch... perfect timing on the upload, bud 😂

[@safekicker]

Our boy has slimmed up, got a sweet new logo (hat to promote available-for-purchase merch, take note!), has polished up the editing, and tightened up the sponsorship to a minute or so... ... and still throwing speculation-flavored shade about how little business a business - that he admittedly n e v e r frequents - does. So Chris, much James.

[@UwU-Crew]

This *EXACTLY* how I always pictured the CEO of Hooters! Cuz that’s a thing I do on a regular basis/s

[@sortofrican]

9:19 crazy how Hooters used to be considered demeaning to women and now it's like the most tame kind of work in it's genre

[@Prof9299]

I loved Undercover Boss as a kid but genuinely hated this episode, always felt like Hooters was so trashy and misogynistic

[@dissraps]

How is it misogynistic lmao it's literally just low-talent minimum wage workers exploiting MEN for money. Any of those women could go get a job at literally any bar but they don't and they know why. If anything Hooters is exploitative....of men.

[@ultraliquid]

As a kid (when i was still a girlie, abt 10-12) my dad would take me there and they were often really nice ladies and my dad never flirted with them like a creep, but i remember feeling gross about the actual idea once it occured to me what the gimmick was. But at the same time, after a few minutes of sitting there and talking to them, i found myself completely entranced and smitten almost. It was like entering a gray zone or something. Then once we left and i came down, i felt like a gross objectifier 🤢 it's devious work (i still like women tho so IDK maybe it helped figure that out at least)

[@sdivine13]

​@ultraliquid ive only ever gone because my exwife liked the place. Its really no fun when you have to act blind so your wife doesnt bitch at you for hours.

[@boxing388]

I am as Christian as the next guy, value modesty and all that. But I'm not so sure if the women at hooters have it that bad. Hooters waitresses get tipped extremely high relative to other restaurants, and the waitresses are in high demand for catering. A young woman can waitress at hooters two nights a week, and make the same about as an Applebees waiter who works 5 full shifts a week. There is a huge pay gap between male waiters and hooters waitresses. Time for the old ladies to tip the guys more. Equality!

[@MatecaCorp]

@@boxing388 Yeah, that’s exactly what makes it exploitative

[@micky_knuckles]

@4:57 i'm sorry that is not what human beings look like 🤣🤣🤣

[@Kingkev826]

Nightmare fuel

[@goldensloth7]

jesus christ, i recoiled from that

[@kalifaberry5274]

When he said Mr. Meaty. i legit almost spit out my coffee

[@agirlnamedkris6374]

“Hello I’m Jimba” has me CRACKLING 🤣🤣🤣

[@Maria.DSax970]

Hey Chris looking good! 👍🏼💚 Whatever it is that you’re doing, it’s working. Keep it up!

[@Nightroadtube]

10:24 "I've never seen it first hand," and I never want to see it again. I'm going back to my mansion.

[@kelseykid1]

These photos of young Chris are gold thank you

[@basementdwellercosplay]

If you asked me if i knew who the ceo or president was, if any of the jobs i worked for, I'd have no idea. I think no disguise would be needed

[@quinnspois3n268]

Hey from south Africa. I'm a big fan of your channel

[@TheCaptnHammer]

“I think it’s just there to look bitchin’”. Lmao dude. Line of the episode.

[@huskymetal6678]

7:17 to skip the sponsor

[@FiLoRogue]

Haha dude I hit the skip section button and had to back track so much haha. Side note I got a husky too.

[@huskymetal6678]

@FiLoRogue my bad lol. I ment as in "as soon as he talks about the sponsor " lol.

[@procow2274]

The editing and jokes here are definitely better than during the deadliest warrior arc

[@DJ57522]

Chris you should do Guy code

[@joshuagonzalez9733]

Kudos on the razr flip phone as a way to convey the time period in which this was done. The attention to detail is just perfect.

[@zer0sinder]

8:42 part of the "patriarchy"... My god man, have some self respect for yourself... 🤨🙄

[@Celestial-Idiot]

For real

[@SharpSangalli]

Virtue signalling is so cool!