An interesting side note to the coffee hut post...

(Note: This post was written before I went to work yesterday so I'm time-stamping it for then. I couldn't post it because as I was writing it, my computer lost its connection and I couldn't get it back.)

So, I was telling people at work about the drive-thru coffee experience. Since most of my co-workers in the cage are women, they were all pretty much in agreement with me. It's degrading, in poor taste, some of the coffee shops that do this are near schools (and being protested because of that), there might be kids in cars driving by the place, one is in a parking lot near a Wal-mart, etc. But,one of the biggest issues in the conversation was in the food handling aspect of the job. I can't see how this passes the health codes for food handling and neither could those discussing it with me. I just think to myself, "What if I went to a restaurant?" ...would I really want to be served by someone in their underwear? How is the coffee shop any different? So, we had some pretty interesting discussions revolving around the idea of nearly nude girls serving food and coffee.

I only told two men about the experience.
They each said,
"Oh, really? Where is this place? I might want to go get some coffee."

End of conversation.
haha

Did you forget to put your clothes on?

So, today I called my mom to see if she wanted to run with me on another one of my never-ending Craigslist pursuits. I was going to pick up a cat-tree out in Graham. Yay! The lady was kind enough to hold it for me since she posted the ad just a little while before I went to work yesterday.
Mom was happy to go with me and we decided to get coffee along the way. I knew there would be plenty of coffee drive-thru places on Meridian Ave. We headed out and stopped at the first coffee place we saw. The HOT pink color maybe should have been a tip-off. I really didn't read the name of the place because ALL I wanted was a cup of coffee.
We pulled up and no one was in sight, but the sign said open. Suddenly, the girl appeared, opened the window and said, "May I help you?"
The only thing that I could think to say was "Maybe put on some clothes?"
I was shocked. I'm not really that big of a prude. I didn't think so, anyway. I'm not really fond of dirty jokes. I seldom, if ever, cuss. I don't prefer to look at pictures of half-dressed girls. OK, so maybe I am a prude, but honestly...this girl was about to try and serve me coffee in her UNDERWEAR! Not a bikini. Not a scanty outfit. Her underwear! She was wearing a pair of turquoise panties, a tank style undershirt that was very short and nothing else.
I had my money out. I was trying to think of what to order and honestly, it was making me sick to my stomach to think of her standing there in public, about to serve me coffee, in her underwear.
I did the only thing I could think of to do. I DROVE AWAY!
Now, my mom is known for telling dirty jokes and cussing like a sailor, minus the *F* word, and even she was shocked to see this girl in her underwear.
We drove down the street for a few blocks and found a coffee place near Safeway. It was a wonderful place with a nice young man, fully clothed. He apologized for the long wait we experienced, made a great mocha with excellent coffee, and I made sure to tip him in sheer appreciation of normalcy.
Ahhh yes...the world today.
When I got home I told my son about my experience and he said, "Yeah, mom. The name of the place is "Hot Chicks-a-Latte" or something like that. He knew all about it. This disturbs me on some level. I had no idea. I just bumbled in to the place because it was the first one that appeared on our way.
I just think it's wrong to sell coffee in your underwear. I'm not that comfortable with bikinis in a coffee shop. They are serving something to drink and at times something to eat and I just think clothing makes sense in this type of business if for no other reason than common sense and sanitation.