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New trend in Northwest espresso: embarrassingly dressed baristas

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valley_parade:
Meh, hot baristas just end up making you hate life and drink yourself silly on New Years.

tania:
there are probably times and places where i don't mind, but in general i don't really enjoy or welcome it as much as a lot of other people.
i understand that lots of people do like being hit on, and because of that the guy was probably just trying to be nice, so i handle it mainly by avoiding situations where that would happen (i.e. not working at a half-naked coffee stand) or politely asking them not to do it. it seems to work.

benji:

--- Quote from: tania on 12 Jan 2009, 07:43 ---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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In this case, I wonder also about what happens to people who don't fit the "new model." If you were a man, for example, or if management just didn't think you were attractive enough. When restaurants start with an ogling women theme, it's my understanding that they often work in a modeling clause to the contract so that they can excuse only hiring hot women. Someone I met who had worked at Hooters at one point in her life said that this is how things worked there. But if you start as a normal coffee shop and then go half-naked, the overweight girl who makes a mean cup of coffee is a the ideal employee one day, and an "unattractive" liability the next.

MrSteevo:
Where do you put the tip?
(just throwing that out there)

Eli:
Man, all I can think is, "This can not be very sanitary or safe." Being around espresso machines does make you very hot and sweaty. When you're taking out the trash, you get germs on your skin and from the looks of it, the sexpresso places don't seem to wear aprons. Spilling milk on clothed parts of your body still hurts a bit, I can't imagine spilling it on your stomach, thighs or any other tender part.

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