Starting a new job is nerve-wracking enough—new faces, new rules, and the lingering fear that you’ll make a fool of yourself in front of everyone or it’ll be obvious that you’re brand new.
Starting a new job at Twin Peaks is a whole different story. Not only are you worried about doing well, but it’s literally part of the job description to look hot while doing it.
Twin Peaks Girl Gets Nervous
In a viral video with more than 279,000 views, content creator Joss (@josstheboss00) films herself sitting in her car outside Twin Peaks on her very first day of work, too nervous to go in.
“Day 1 at twin peaks,” the text overlay reads.
“Guys, I’m finally here and I’m actually too scared right now to walk in because I didn’t bring a good like cover-up shirt,” she says.
Joss is wearing aa light gray long sleeve, denim shorts, and fur-trimmed snow boots.
“Just picture walking somewhere like it’s not cold, and I’m in shorts in snow boots. Just picture it. It’s kind of embarrassing,” she says.
So she waits. She spots another girl heading into the restaurant and tries to clock what she’s wearing before committing to walking in herself. In the meantime, she does her eyeliner in the rearview mirror, debates whether to wear her belt (“that also is kind of embarrassing”), and talks herself into it the best she can.
“I think I’m just gonna own it, you know. I’m just gonna be like, oh, ‘I didn’t know.’ If they say something about it, hopefully they don’t say anything about that.”
What Is Twin Peaks?
For anyone who’s never been, Twin Peaks is not your average sports bar. Founded in Texas in 2005, the chain built its entire identity around a mountain lodge theme and a staff of young women in deliberately revealing uniforms.
The concept, as Texas Monthly describes it, falls into a category known as a “breastaurant.” That’s a sports bar model that Hooters pioneered in the ’80s, and Twin Peaks took further.
The founder, Randy DeWitt, was pretty upfront about his inspiration: Hooters had gotten too tame. “Hooters just wasn’t racy enough,” he told Bloomberg.
The standard uniform, per Mashed, is tiny khaki shorts, fur-lined snow boots, and a cropped plaid shirt tied at the ribs with a deep plunging neckline. Twin Peaks also runs mandatory “theme weeks” where servers swap the regular look for bikinis, skimpy Halloween costumes, and lingerie.
The Legal Loophole
Before each shift, Twin Peaks servers are evaluated on their appearance and given a ranking, with higher-scoring employees assigned more profitable sections of the restaurant and more lucrative tables. Servers are also provided with gym memberships, tanning packages, and nail appointments as part of their employment.
According to Mashed, Twin Peaks operates under a legal loophole called a “bona fide occupational qualification.” That allows businesses to bypass certain civil rights protections if appearance standards are deemed “reasonably necessary” for the operation.
Staff are classified not as servers or bartenders, but as “actors or performers.” And that means appearance, weight, makeup, and even body fat percentage can be written into their contracts.
Commenters React
“The pit sweat is so real girl literally me too you are so pretty btw!!” a top comment read.
“The sweat stains r so real bro,” a person said.
“It gets so much less embarrassing lol,” another wrote.
@josstheboss00 i should have worn the belt tbh #twinpeaks #twinpeaksgirls #firstdayofwork #newjob #restaurantindustry
BroBible reached out to Joss (@josstheboss00) for comment via TikTok direct message and comment and to Twin Peaks via email.