FTA: "You get a different kind of customer altogether that go into those places."

Well then what's the problem?

"Do we really need scantily clad women to sell coffee?"

Excellent fodder for an in-depth discussion of the difference between "need" and "would kind of like to have."

Wheeler, who said he employs his own 17-year-old daughter at a stand, doesn't understand what the fuss is about.

Neither do I, but that's kind of weird.

I'm not sure how these places would gain a long term advantage. (as the other places are snarking about) Granted, they gain business in the short run from the grab and go voyeurs who will get their caffeine fix in the morning. BUT, they will also lose a considerable amount of business to those who choose not to patronize these places.

Seriously, it's not the big deal. (ok, except the one owner employee his 17 year old daughter... not sure what to say about that one)

/wanted to be the first Idiocracy reference

"I'm not against people making money," said Kimberly Gainza, 37, of Everett. "What I'm against is how they're going about doing it. It's not right -- on a road where everybody can see."

You mean where people can see the same kind of thing they see at the beach? Or much much MUCH tamer stuff than they can see on the internet?

I hate coffee joints, so I'm not going to patronize the establishment. But if a friend of mine wants to go, I'll sit down with him while he has his latte.

"In my opinion, it's the end of our business," said Tina Taylor, who has owned Giddy Up 'N' Go Espresso south of Everett for eight years.

That's the risk you take in a capitalist society. Someone will do what you do, only more successfully. If you wanna cry about it, I'm sure the people who invested in BetaMax would love to hear it.

scantily clad women should sell everything

/ill buy 8

I hope the whiners never go to a beach or pool.

Imagine the horror they'd encounter!

I likes my women like I likes my coffee:

Piping hot, bitter, with a shot of cream.

Why yes, I want to see nipples and third degree burns please.

So, I wonder who serves the best coffee?

/doesn't care what they look like, if the coffee is good.

... Isn't prostitution legal in Nevada?

Wouldn't that be going too far to sell a cup of coffee?

"feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society."
-Rush Limbaugh

( commence less humorous retaliatory quote )

Hitting Coffee With Drumsticks:

I don't really like calling liquids "piping hot." Solids or half-solids (as in pie-filling) can be piping, but liquids are scalding.

ah3133: "feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society."
-Rush Limbaugh

( commence less humorous retaliatory quote )

so masculinism helped rush then

I don't see the problem here. If the females want to serve coffee in bikinis, let em. I do have a few questions, "How much for a latte" and "Where does the line start"?

Hmmmnnn...

3 years ago the Anchorage paper ran an article about the two young ladies that ran their own coffee stand.

Rather popular place. The window was well above the car and while they were not clad in bikinis those shirts were rather loose as they bent down to serve you.

MonkeyVegetables: ah3133: "feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society."
-Rush Limbaugh

( commence less humorous retaliatory quote )

so masculinism helped rush then

masculinism? i thought we lived in an evil patriarchy.

My mom lives near Everett. Next time I visit, I know where I'm going for coffee.

"Too many whites are getting away with drug use...Too many whites are getting away with drug sales...The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too."

-Rush Limbaugh

Barrista?

sp86: ... Isn't prostitution legal in Nevada?

Wouldn't that be going too far to sell a cup of coffee?

Not if it's hot coffee.

The real scandal here is that people wait in line to spend $6 on a cup of friggin coffee.

Proof that sex sells.

/been going on since time began.

Caustic Notions do not agree with the sentiment.

/hey you

Well, the article said that no decency laws are being broken and it doesn't sound like these places have been in trouble with the health department, so what's the fuss? I think it's a pretty good idea and besides, it can't be any worse than a place like Hooter's serving food and employing pretty women in scanty attire. Also, I liked the idea of male baristas in speedos and bowties. It would be like a quick Chippendales show, yet all I'd have to pay for is a cup of coffee and a tip. I wish someone here in Cowtown would give me gorgeous men making lattes for me and my girlfriends...I'm looking at you Human Bean!

bbernardini: "Too many whites are getting away with drug use...Too many whites are getting away with drug sales...The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too."

-Rush Limbaugh

"commence less humorous retaliatory quote"

BunkyBrewman BUT, they will also lose a considerable amount of business to those who choose not to patronize these places.
Are there really that many?

Seriously, it's not the big deal. (ok, except the one owner employee his 17 year old daughter... not sure what to say about that one)
He would be an hypocrite if he was willing to hire other people's daughter but not his own.

Wheeler, who said he employs his own 17-year-old daughter at a stand

...I'm going to hell imagining that, aren't I...

I'll take a window, emergency seat miss..

/long legs
//slashies

Ruth Oliver, who has owned R & R Espresso in Bothell for 17 years, said she is disturbed by the trend, especially the more risque businesses.

Did anyone read "R & R Espresso in Bothell" as "R & R Espresso in a brothel?

Wouldn't it be better if the bikini clad women were working in an ice cream shop instead? Just saying...

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Church services (new window) Church going, who da thought!

Quickie Facebook pic of Kimberly Gainza, yup fat old bible thumper complaining about young thin coffee makers.

Wouldn't it be even better if bikini-clad women sold industrial wind machines?

Pocket Ninja: Wheeler, who said he employs his own 17-year-old daughter at a stand, doesn't understand what the fuss is about.

Neither do I, but that's kind of weird.

Y'know, the pool I went to as a kid, the owner's daughter was a lifeguard...

Tastes Like Chicken: FTA: "You get a different kind of customer, altogether . . .

You get a different kind of customer!

The combination of java, breasts and drive-thru is one of the most revolutionary breakthroughs in 21st century society.

It's an incentive to do your commute earlier. It gives worker bee males a reason to actually punch in. The chicks get better tips and a steady stream of dates if they want. And the increased blood pressure from caffeine enhances turgidity.

I fail to see a downside. This is the free market's finest expression.

orat-on-a-stick: Facebook picture (new window)

Church services (new window) Church going, who da thought!

Quickie Facebook pic of Kimberly Gainza, yup fat old bible thumper complaining about young thin coffee makers.

I would've thought that the church would've supported 17 year old girls at the stands...

Came in for pics of unshaven barristas. Leaving disappointed.

I gotta speak up on this one!

In the town I used to live in, the owner of a somewhat obscure gas station had a freakishly brilliant idea. He asked his wife to help hire new people. She only hired girls she felt competition with. YES, IT WAS VERY SHALLOW.

They paid twice what the other gas stations paid, and employment was on an invitation-only basis. They culled their clerks from local restaurants and bars, and quietly asked the girls to wear tight and/or revealing shirts.

As a result, his one gas station made more money per week than almost any other gas station in town made per month, despite there being hoards of other gas stations in much better locations. His was about a mile away from the campus, which is where he said most of his regular customers came from.

Sexy caffeinated goodness sells everywhere...

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/10/08/offbeat.taiwan.betel/ index.html

TFA
there are 150 businesses that have espresso as part of their name

Does anyone else see what the real problem is here?

The best one of these places in Washington (port orchard i think) is Natte Latte. My friends wife worked there for a while and was in their calendar. Here's a picture of when a group of them visited our ship a couple years ago.



and no i'm not in the picture

Coffee
+ Hooters
_________

COOTERS

/and off to the trademark office I go

There was a hair salon not far from me that did this. The girls all wore teddies or bikinis and high heels--no nudity and nothing really very different from what you see on most Victoria Secret mannequins now. It was really popular, especially when the town kept trying to get it shut down--surprise health inspections constantly, creating new "decency zoning" laws because it was 3 blocks away from the high school, etc. They were able to ward off every attack and the publicity was great for their business.

2 years later they closed shop. BunkyBrewman has it right: Only men (whose wives or GF's would let them) went there and I guess once the novelty wore off, they realized they could get the same haircut for $10 less at the barber shop.

/I had no problem with the shop--gave my husband a gift certificate there for his b'day one year.
//He said the girls were pretty and it was an interesting day, but his regular barber gave him a better haircut.

I went to a coffee stand like this once, except it was dudes working there. It was not cool the way they served the donuts.

Klippoklondike: The best one of these places in Washington (port orchard i think) is Natte Latte. My friends wife worked there for a while and was in their calendar. Here's a picture of when a group of them visited our ship a couple years ago.

Suppose jungle camo guy would've got some cuddlins if he took out the stick up his ass?

I suppose when you live in a tautologigcal economy where only bank notes have value, stapling titties and ass to everything you're trying to push seems logical.

Then again, why not just turn everything into a whorehouse and give the food away?

Are we that farking lonely?

Don't Tase Me Bro: /wanted to be the first Idiocracy reference

"Man, I could really go for a Starbucks, you know?"
"Yeah, well, I really don't think we have time for a hand job, Joe."

bunner
Then again, why not just turn everything into a whorehouse and give the food away?

Not a bad idea.

Are we that farking lonely?

Probably.

I think there was a topless diner 'round Snoqualamie...

I go this far & there's NOTHING on the trashy Southie temptresses from Mary Lou's? Shame, Farkers, shame;
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