Crystal McBride didn’t mind wearing a crop top and shorts to work.
She wasn’t bothered by flirty banter with customers — she’s practiced at deflecting comments with a playful, “Oh, I haven’t heard that one before,” or an exaggerated eye roll — and she enjoyed the hustle for tips.
But McBride, who until recently worked at Twin Peaks locations around North Texas, did mind what she and other former employees of the Dallas-based “breastaurant” chain described in interviews and documents as a toxic work environment, where women employees were routinely pitted against one another, ranked based on arbitrary “tone scores” — evaluations of their bodies — and subjected to verbal harassment from customers and bosses alike.
“It’s taxing, it’s exhausting,” said McBride, a 30-year-old Frisco, Texas, resident whose slight frame and colorful sneakers belie a simmering tenacity. “Twin Peaks has a way of making you feel like you’re backed into a corner.”
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