Sunday, March 14, 2010

Would you like to see some boobs with your coffee?

I don't know how prevalent they are in the rest of the country, but we have a few drive-through espresso stands here in Bremerton with baristas that brew coffee while wearing only pasties and thongs. It is a fairly hot topic in the Kitsap Sun. The stories and Letters to the Editors never fail to draw a lot of comments. There are several stands of this sort around the area.

A lot of people say it is immoral and that the stands are a blight on our fair city. I don't know about that. I remember some of my past girlfriends that would be nice enough to bring me coffee in the morning, frequently in some state of undress. It never bothered me. Granted, that is a different context than a little drive-through coffee stand/peep show, but who am I to pass judgment on what other people think is acceptable? Personally, I have no desire to get my coffee from any of these stands. I am more concerned about how sanitary it is for a nearly-nude food worker to be preparing coffee or about the safety aspects of unclothed people working with steam and scalding hot beverages than I am about the moral aspects.

Some people have complained about the women working in these stands being in full view of passing motorists and their passengers on the nearby road, which is quite busy. The bus that I take to and from work passes right by a few of these places. The stands are visible from the road, however, I think you would have to be looking pretty hard to get a glimpse of naked flesh while passing by. They are not exactly in-your-face. They have tinted windows that are opened when the customers pull up, but I have yet to see any naked girls. Maybe I need to look harder, but I am just not all that interested.

One commenter on one of the Kitsap Sun articles said that she felt "ambushed" when she drove up to one of the stands with her kids in the car. The stand is named something like "Fantasy Espresso" and there is a sign on the side of the stand showing a silhouette of a woman. I think this poor woman should have been paying a little more attention. Maybe she could have connected the dots and avoided the ambush. Heaven forbid that someone needs to explain to their children that women have breasts and that men like to look at them. I wonder how they deal with questions about erectile dysfunction after their children see commercials on television.

I remember when my first boat pulled into Fort Lauderdale. Some of us had heard about a topless donut shop and we decided we needed to check it out. It was like any other donut shop with news on the television behind the counter and various customers reading newspapers and chatting over their donuts and coffee. The only difference is that the female waitresses were topless. That part of it was kind of surreal. It was a mildly interesting experience, but not that thrilling. The donuts were okay and the coffee was pretty good. I don't know whether or not it is still in business, but I doubt I would go back if it is still open.

In the meantime, I guess these new businesses will be a controversial subject whenever they come up. I guess I am in the camp of "Who Cares?" If you don't like these places, don't go. If you want to spend your hard-earned four dollars and throw a buck or two in the tip jar to get a good cup of coffee and a quick look at a scantily clad woman, that's fine with me. It's not going to hurt the economy. Hopefully none of the outraged citizens will take the matter into their own hands and burn the place to the ground like this coffee shop in Maine that had topless girls serving coffee.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's like hooters (tm). The girls are doing it for the tips.


beebs

Anonymous said...

i drove in there yesterday, especially because of the silouette! I was NOT sorry...omg did she feed my fantasy!!! She was so hot i can't get her off my mind! Ihope they don't get shut down

Anonymous said...

How ARE the bremalos treating you?

Anonymous said...

It sells Coffee. More product moved. I think its a great business move.
A new coffee shop that just open went from no business to cars everyware.

Free Poker said...

I like to visiting huge blogs on the internet. Your is just like i want to read so keep work here.
--------------

Free Poker Bankrolls
Continuation bet - that is, after the conquest of follow-play before the flop when checked, only one opponent. Here you have to play even without the card (eg AK preflop raise and table 772) because there is a chance of scooping the jackpot. However, if the opponent on the flop to make the turn without improving hand play (bet) will no longer incorrectly bluff, because usually weak opponent on the flop being careful and make the turn and river.
poker
Free Poker Bankrolls, no deposit online poker bonuses, free start poker.
Try to leave Bonuses for You.
It occurs: We collect for the straight (QJ of spades) at the table T92 (two penalty) and assume that your opponent has a high pair. The turn and river come two penalty but do not give us neither straight nor color but the enemy is waiting ... This is the situation on the bluff. If the opponent raised pre-flop, on the flop, the turn and the river, and we do not hit straight, and the table is not dangerous ... PAS! He will not fold our bluff.
This is Bonus for Pol player.
Another situation in which weak players make horrible online poker mistakes ie.: Slow Play. Blinded by the mighty hand of the player or put too little or not at all by what she's missing a lot.
It gives the opponent a free poker card: Nothing worse there is no way to give BB (the player in the big blind position) to catch something strong after Limpia (ie, exercising in the pool and not raise) with AA, KK, or other good hand pre-flop. Just choose the wrong to give someone with a strong hand on the flop two pair or a straight.
texas holdem free

Poker Bez Depozytu said...

I love to play online poker and i search for texas holdem poker content now so i must leave this blog, but it looks like this blog is interesting anyway.
--------------
Pula is not built: In many cases, if we put the opponent dołożyłby as well as wait. If you then make the turn and the river, it would be a lot less than if Betuwe on the flop, turn and river. Assuming a beta of 2/3 pot on the river to win more chips then duuuuużo. These individual situations when waiting on the flop to give the opponent choose to strong (but weaker hand) do not compensate for lost Betuwe (and we have chosen a better hand and lose even more).
free money for start
Come dangerous card: sometimes having come straight third card in color, and although the enemy does not get the color (for example, two pairs) that can not be more win (because players are afraid of the color of the opponent), and this is another lost bets.
no deposit bonus
At low and mid stakes players do not observe the opponents or no regard for what they do. This means that you can confidently bet heavily strong systems and still is a good chance to test and win a big pot.
Texas holdem online
In the case of a failed bluff a player realizes that he made a mistake and after some time he will learn that there is so much play any of nothing. Just when you play Slow Play and will tighten to a better system. Unfortunately, unlike with Slow play is when a player wins the pot on the river average. He is satisfied with himself and enjoys a very well played. However, do not realize that he should have won a lot more if enough bet.
Play poker laptop
In conclusion, the low and mid stakes the simpler and more robust play good hands, without unnecessary bluffs and tricky plays, the better the results.
Soon our tenth episode of Poker Academy. (Former available HERE Enjoy!
Online TV Poker for poker deals Tv.