Unemployment up, pants down

Strip club to host job fair
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Here's a job opportunity you won't need to buy a new wardrobe for.

Hoping to take advantage of Rhode Island's floundering economy, owners of the Foxy Lady strip club in Providence plan to hold a job fair on Saturday.

They say they're looking to fill around 30 positions at three clubs, from strippers and waitresses to disc jockeys and bartenders.

Foxy Lady's manager says the recession has hurt business, but says customers are still willing to come out and pay for drinks and a lap dance.

Co-owner Tom Tsoumas says he hopes some who might shun strip clubs when the economy is good might consider shedding their clothes now.

The naked truth is that Rhode Island's economy is among the worst in the U.S., with an unemployment rate of 10.3 per cent in January.

I don't really appreciate the AP's cheeky headline here. Insinuating strippers don't wear clothes is offensive. For the first half of their song strippers happen to wear some of the most eye catching, awe inspiring outfits known to man. So I suggest we stop ridiculing strip clubs and their owners. It seems to me Tom Tsoumas is trying to save the economy and the AP is just mocking him. For shame.