Bikini barista Pat Hall in 1950 Los Angeles (photo: Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library)
Posted on 01/19/2016 5:07:34 AM PST by Citizen Zed
"Bikini baristas" --employees that serve coffee wearing little to nothing -- have been a growing trend to perk up coffee sales.
But in Washington State, there's a movement afoot to crack down on scantily-clad servers at drive-through coffee shops.
According to a new video from Zagat, Spokane City Councilman Mike Fagan is part of efforts to mandate just how much clothing should be worn by barista babes.
Fagan told Zagat. "It should be all about the coffee and not all about the body."
He proposed an ordinance requiring coffee stands featuring bikini baristas to post signage indicating to the public what kind of "uniforms" their employees might be wearing ensure employees be indoors and out of the public's view. In July, the proposal was shot down --the latest in a string of attempts to try to restrict the baristas over the years.
"There are a lot of business owners out there that are still trying to figure out how to build a better mouse trap," said Fagan about selling skin with food and drink. "Unfortunately, here in the city of Spokane, that better mouse trap, in their minds, would be to sell sex."
Most coffee huts sport workers wearing revelaing bikinis. Â Some like Bare Beans Expresso wear just pasties over their nipples. According ABC News, Sarah Birnel, a former coffee shop owner who owned three Spokane bikini barista stands in 2013, said her sales doubled after adding half-naked women to the mix.
And it's not just half dressed women. There's an all-male drive through coffee shop called "The Banana Hammock," for example.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
“A coffee’s body has to be rich.”
...And less acidity means full-bodied flavor!
Seeing a good looking woman wearing ANYTHING less than a burka inspires sexual intent in any red blooded male.
Countless industries use hot young females as sales reps. Because men have more money, you’re more likely to get called back and more likely to sell more.
It’s a fact of life that males are sex driven and you will NEVER eliminate that fact from the market or social interaction. Except maybe with burkas...
You’re right. That link was in response to the post saying that the city council considering censorship of bikini-clad coffee salespeople almost certainly supported blatant homosexual displays. That is to say, a point in agreement.
It’s possible, of course, that the individual council member in this article also opposes public “pride” displays. I’m not going to look for more information on him to find out.
Of course. This particular marketing trend makes no sense otherwise. (You just have to add that some men have the same response to a muscled-up young male in a Speedo.)
“crack down”
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Bet they make more than minimum wage in tips.
Gotta love WA. Its the only place I know of where men are allowed to hang around city parks without any clothes but ‘scantily clad’ baritas shouldnt be allowed. LOL, youd also think it was a fag utopia. Not sure about E WA but W WA is a cesspool of stupid.
“That is irrelevant to the question of whether the presentation has a sexually prurient intent”
Humm....Read the article,listened the vid.
Cant find any one in interview asking that question and they live in that community.
If you live in one of those communities than show up at the town meetings.
If not tune it out.
Opinions are like.......well you know the rest
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prude
Did Bubba Klinton frequent the place?
“Feminism exists to help unattractive women fit into the mainstream.” Limbaugh.
That little bit of reason seems to regularly escape the liberal mindset. Funny, they call themselves liberals, yet they are all about imposing their likes/dislikes on everyone else - up to and including using fascist tactics and government power.
We have a local bikini "expresso" type place here in town. Yes, I patronize it once or twice a month. No, I'm not some perv. I'm a happily married man with a beautiful wife, and I'm literally old enough to be those young ladies' father. Lets be realistic, it isn't about sex.
I stop in once in a while simply because I'm dragging and need a caffeine boost before I get to work when I'm too lazy or tired to make coffee at home. The bikini place is locally owned and operated - not like Starbucks. There is a Starbucks in town, but it is out of the way while I drive right by the bikini place. When I'm dragging, that level of convenience makes a difference. ;-) The Starbucks also lacks a drive through. Truth be known, the lattes are actually better at the bikini place too. They've never forgotten the vanilla flavoring, or the espresso shots, burnt the grounds, or filled the cup half full of foam. And yes, the young ladies are more pleasant to look at than some pimply faced high school kid with a silly haircut. Friendlier too of course since they are working for tips. I don't really care if they are wearing bikinis, lingerie, or covered head to toe (as long as it's not a burka).
The antidote is Post # 14. I must admit the jigglies are pleasant to view.
Tattoos turn me off bigtime!
“Seeing a good looking woman wearing ANYTHING less than a burka inspires sexual intent in any red blooded male.”
But unlike Muslims, a civilized man can control himself.
Bikini barista Pat Hall in 1950 Los Angeles (photo: Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library)
Excellent!
That makes two of us. Yuk!
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