Topless coffee shop: Where caffeine is less stimulating than, well...
While it's not strictly recommended to let children drink caffeinated beverages, it's rare that a coffee shop restricts its fare to the over-18 set. If it were any other sort of business, I'd be up their protesting my kids' right to drink coffee (my two youngest children love the stuff), but I think I'll let the gentlemen of Vassalboro, Maine keep their Grand View Topless Coffee Shop to themselves.In the time-honored tradition of other titillating temples of Turkish beverages (remember the "bodacious baristas" in Seattle and the Sexxpresso shop in Las Vegas), customers are asked to keep their cameras and their hands to themselves while they're served coffee and a view. It's not just for men, either; according to waitress Susie Wiley, customers have included men, women and couples.
And don't think you're getting one of those fancy espresso drinks; all the Grand View sells is New England Coffee at $3 a cup, and doughnuts for $2 each. Need a place to, ummm, hang out before it's a respectable hour to sip a cocktail at a topless bar? Make sure you bring cash. That's all the Topless Coffee Shop accepts; and the waitresses work for tips only.
I'm thinking this establishment doesn't need a funny sign on its tip jar.
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2-26-2009 @ 4:53PM
Sharon McEachern said...
I've got a "tip" for you. Coffee is a sexy topic by itself. Now you've gone and talked about a topless coffee shop. I've always thought a topless hardware store would be a big attraction -- just think of all the double entendre possibilities when combining sex with tools. Oops! I did it without even meaning to do so.
Back to the serious part of coffee -- its drug caffeine. It's the most popular drug in the world and it's legal. But most people have no idea how much caffeine they consume daily (think energy drinks, alone). Beverage, food and pharmaceutical companies are infusing their products with higher and higher amounts of caffeine. It sells! I'm talking even candy bars and gum!
Increasingly caffeine intoxication is becoming a serious problem as poison control centers and hospital emergency rooms are having to deal with higher and higher numbers of folks who ingest too much caffeine and become seriously ill -- particularly those under 18, who account for more than half of those with caffeine intoxication. The health risks involved include everything from hallucinations to heart conditions. Some become so nauseated, they can't stop vomiting and hospital emergency depts don't have medication to stop the vomiting. Other drug overdoses they can deal with, but there's no remedy for caffeine overdose.
The Ethic Soup blog has a good, concise series of caffeine articles at:
http://www.ethicsoup.com/caffeine-the-worlds-most-popular-drug.html
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3-01-2009 @ 12:16PM
Patrick Brugh said...
Typo:
their --> there
"If it were any other sort of business, I'd be up [there] protesting my kids' right to drink coffee (my two youngest children love the stuff), but I think I'll let the gentlemen of Vassalboro, Maine keep their Grand View Topless Coffee Shop to themselves."
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