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New trend in Northwest espresso: embarrassingly dressed baristas
jhocking:
*shrug* Every specific situation is different of course, I was mostly saying I would tend to believe the article.
David_Dovey:
Oh no it would seem that I have been forced into reading the entire NN2S archive again. Damn you Jens, damn you.
David_Dovey:
I'm pretty sure this is my favourite one
tania:
again, i couldn't work in one of those stores because the idea frustrates and angers me and i don't like being hit on by strangers. but there are some ladies who really do like the attention and the tips and being hit on. solution: they work there and i don't. everyone is happy! if i were to say to one of those girls: "listen, you shouldn't work there, it's exploitation" that to me seems to be roughly the equivalent of "listen, you're obviously too naive and stupid to even realize you're being taken advantage of. do what i tell you to do because i know what's best for you better than you do." think about it, that's a terribly insulting thing to say to someone whom you don't know anything about. yes, admittedly it really weirds out and upsets me that any girl would enjoy working a job like this but i just have to accept the fact that not everyone is me. i'm sure most, if not all, of the girls working there know what they are getting into and are perfectly okay with what the job description entails.
to quote penny arcade - if you take a job eating bees, don't complain about bees stinging your mouth because eating bees is your job. so if you don't like being a half-naked barista, don't take a job working there. and if you don't like the business model, don't give them your money at all. pretty easy.
tania:
i think maybe it started from the bottom, but the article mentioned that a few already-existing businesses converted to the same model in order to avoid losing business, and did so by hiring new staff or asking the already-existing staff to wear skimpy outfits. unfortunately that complicates the "if you don't like it, don't work there" ethos a bit because if you're a lady who doesn't want to get naked, and suddenly the coffee shop you work at is a half-naked one, you've lost your job there.
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