barristas

[hamlet]

This has perplexed me for a long time and I've never gotten a good answer, but I hardly ever see an attractive woman working in a coffee shop. Why are barristas unattractive? What is it about that job that attracts below-average looking women?

 

[jpeirpont]

Originally Posted by hamlet

This has perplexed me for a long time and I've never gotten a good answer, but I hardly ever see an attractive woman working in a coffee shop. Why are barristas unattractive? What is it about that job that attracts below-average looking women?

I've also noticed that.

 

[scarphe]

As long as they can make a decent ristretto, who cares?

 

[robin]

I'm guessing you don't live in Seattle.

 

[jkennett]

Barristas are paid low hourly wages. Good looking girls can get jobs as bartenders and waitresses and make a hell of a lot more cash. Ugly girls can't get those jobs, so they wake up at 4am to go open up the local Starbucks and serve disgruntled caffeine addicts.

 

[REKER]

Ive seen maybe 5 total "cute" barristas at my local joints.

 

[contactme_11]

Originally Posted by jkennett

Barristas are paid low hourly wages. Good looking girls can get jobs as bartenders and waitresses and make a hell of a lot more cash. Ugly girls can't get those jobs, so they wake up at 4am to go open up the local Starbucks and serve disgruntled caffeine addicts.

I know a girl that works in a nearby starbucks in a big city and she makes more in tips everyday than a lot of bartenders I know.

 

[jkennett]

Originally Posted by contactme_11

I know a girl that works in a nearby starbucks in a big city and she makes more in tips everyday than a lot of bartenders I know.

It was just a theory. I figure if you compare that barrista in the big city to a bartender in that same big city that the bartender would make more. Again, just a theory. Something the Starbuck's girl gets as a bonus is health insurance though.... which might more than compensate for lack of tips. I'd really hate those early mornings though.

 

[shellshock]

psh!

 

[whodini]

I've definitely seen my fair share of cute barristas in LA and know a few that worked/work now.

Overall I'd say I've seen more unattractive bartenders than barristas, with a few exceptions of course (4100, for example).

 

[Brian278]

I've seen attractive girls working in coffee shops, but never in a Starbucks. You always find the cute ones in some indie coffee shop downtown that may or may not cater mostly to Belle and Sebastian fans.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Have you guys not gotten Bikini Espresso stands yet?

I like the "themed" ones with "schoolgirl" "naughty nurse" and etc. days. I'd say that there are a proportionately higher number of hot girls working in espresso in Seattle than elsewhere in the country.

 

[acidboy]

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[REKER]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Have you guys not gotten Bikini Espresso stands yet?


I like the "themed" ones with "schoolgirl" "naughty nurse" and etc. days.

I'd say that there are a proportionately higher number of hot girls working in espresso in Seattle than elsewhere in the country.

They need to Franchise to Virginia Beach!

 

[carlhuber]

When Starbucks swept through Rochester and I came here for college there was nothing but cute bohemian sexychicks staffing the counters. It was great. (At the other coffee shops and the Starbucks I occasionally hit up - we loitered in a Barnes & Noble doing homework)...haven't been to coffee shops much lately.