Texas Twin Peaks girl says she was fired without warning. The reason wasn’t what anyone expected: ‘Don’t go live at your house’
Some rules travel
Going live from your own home before work doesn’t sound like something that could cost you a job. One Texas Twin Peaks worker, however, claims that is exactly what happened to her.
Uniform rules can follow workers outside the workplace. Even a quick stop after work can become uncomfortable when a server is still dressed for her shift. For this worker, even being at home apparently wasn’t far enough from work.
According to TikTok creator Eden (@edenbrooks_13), she was fired after livestreaming from home before her shift while wearing her Twin Peaks uniform. She warned other employees, “Don’t go live at your house in your uniform before your shift unless you want to get fired.” The video has received more than 760,000 views.
Apparently, there was more to know
Eden stressed one detail in particular: the name tag. “Especially with a name tag,” she wrote, before bidding farewell to the restaurant. “RIP my Twin Peaks days, you will be missed. I still love you TP.”
Her experience may sound unusually strict, but Twin Peaks puts considerable emphasis on how its servers represent the brand. The restaurant describes Twin Peaks Girls as the “beautiful faces that represent the brand,” while its published social photography guidelines provide specific instructions for how they should look in promotional images.
Those guidelines state that Twin Peaks Girls should be in their complete uniform or an approved costume in images. The standard uniform consists of denim shorts, a plaid top, belt, socks, and boots. The document gets specific enough to instruct workers on how belts should sit and even says jackets should not be worn over the shirts in photos.
The guidelines do not establish that Eden’s livestream violated an employee social media policy. However, the attention Twin Peaks gives to how its signature uniform is presented helps explain why wearing it outside a shift could matter to a restaurant that makes the Twin Peaks Girl image a central part of its brand.
Several people claiming to have worked for the chain weren’t surprised by Eden’s experience. “We can’t even run to our car to grab something without throwing a big shirt on over the uniform!” one person wrote. “They run a strict program.”
Another former worker recalled having to cover up even while eating or arriving at the restaurant. “Yes even when eating you couldn’t be in uniform or show up w it on,” they wrote. The rules aren’t entirely unusual for this corner of the restaurant industry, either. A Hooters worker has described having to cover her uniform when she was outside work.
That makes Eden’s livestream more complicated than simply filming herself at home. From her account, she was broadcasting while visibly representing Twin Peaks, even though her shift hadn’t started.
Still, not everyone believed losing her job was the expected outcome. A self-described former Twin Peaks Girl saw things differently. “There is no way that was within corporates policies,” they claimed, encouraging Eden to contact the company.
Others believed Eden should have known about the restriction. “It’s not really a PSA to the employees considering it’s stated in the employment agreement,” one commenter wrote.
Another viewer argued that wearing a company uniform comes with responsibilities even outside work. “Literally also every job tells you not to post on your uniform,” they wrote, adding, “Whatever you do with it on affects the company.”
Employees at other restaurant chains have encountered the same problem when work and personal social media overlap. A Chick-fil-A worker recently said posting a video while wearing her uniform became the final infraction that cost her job.
Whether Eden expected the rule to apply inside her own home or not, her warning to other Twin Peaks Girls is now straightforward. Being off the clock apparently doesn’t always mean the uniform is off limits.
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