Java Juggs: Where Lattes are Lewd

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Here's your weekly plot bunny, AHer's:

In Seattle, the city that sired Starbucks, you don't have to travel more than a few steps to find a decent — nay, great — cup of joe. Java is the lifeblood of the city...The obsession extends well across the state: Even on the drive to Olympic National Park, miles and miles of rural, unpeopled landscape are broken every so often by tiny kiosks hawking fancy macchiato.

All of which makes for a cutthroat atmosphere for coffee vendors: It's not enough to simply make a decent cappuccino. Some find they need a shtick to stand out from the crowd....at one such chain of stands, Java Juggs, it seems the services offered weren't limited to topping customers off with foam. As The Seattle Times reports, police raided several of the stands and their sister operation — Twin Peaks — this week on suspicion that they were a front for prostitution and other lewd conduct.

The baristas are scantily clad and a cup of coffee cost $20, all fine except one such barista made $100,000 in tips, according to the article. Which made the police a little suspicious....

More at the link, including news on an equally questionable sausage maker.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Hmmm, not my style . . . the plot bunny, that is. But I'm sure someone out there can use it.

 

[slyc_willie]

There was a clip of this on World's Dumbest, I think. I'll see if I can find it.

ETA: Never mind that. It wasn't what I thought it was. But I did find this, posted yesterday.

I'd say that definitely qualifies as a plot bunny.

 

[JackLuis]

The baristas are scantily clad and a cup of coffee cost $20, all fine except one such barista made $100,000 in tips, according to the article. Which made the police a little suspicious....

More at the link, including news on an equally questionable sausage maker.

I wonder how many 'tips' were involved in the $100,000?

 

[Handley_Page]

barista ? Sorry; my ignorance knows few bounds, particularly in regard to coffee.
But $20 for a Coffee ? Ye gods but that it steep!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Yeah, for that price it better include a lap dance!

 

[JackLuis]

"Would you like cream with your lap dance? It's only another $100."

 

[R. Richard]

Some time back there were women selling hot dogs alongside the road. They typically wore thong bikinis. The heat finally shut them down, as it was suspected that they were getting involved with too many 'wienies.'