immigrationproblem Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 From the Stranger (my favorite part of Seattle): Police officers in Everett, Washington decided that the best way to spend their time—and spend taxpayers' dough—was cracking down on the perverted, nasty, please-don't-make-them-see-it phenomenon of mostly naked women serving drive-through coffee. It was a tough assignment, but they prevailed. To prove that the women at Grab-n-Go Espresso were straddling the sill of the to-go window while wearing panties without crotches, licking whipped cream off of one another, and otherwise exposing their nether-parts to men, officers—naturally—had to take pictures. Officials have charged the women, who are scheduled for a hearing January 11, with prostitution. Reluctantly, officers released those photos yesterday, pursuant to a public records request by the Everett Herald, but the staff at the Everett Herald had the good taste not to run those pictures. Fortunately, we don't have that good taste here at The Stranger. And while we don't really want nether-bits whipping around our open coffee cups (maybe just a health-code violation is in order), we think it's a poor use of law-enforcement resources to repeatedly send officers day-in, day-out to photograph women's nether-bits, just to charge them with misdemeanors. At that point, a cop is a pornographer, right? So we're posting them here, on Slog, your reaching-for-the-gutter hometown blog, because if you're paying for pornographers, then you're paying to see the pornography. http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/01/08/your-tax-dollars-hard-at-nsfw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borosel Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 i'm going to start going to more drive-thru coffee places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayeffscene Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I'm pretty torn about this. I don't need getting coffee to suddenly be awkward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechevre Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I imagine the work comp claims would be ridiculous. "I'm sorry you burned yourself where?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 whoa! was totally expecting uglier people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayeffscene Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 whoa! was totally expecting uglier people. This too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstrange87 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 The only exciting things that goes on at my local coffee shop are the rants the owner gets into on how Starbucks is killing the world one latte at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adam526 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I've seen this place on Travel Channel - They wear bikinis and outfits all day and bring in almost a grand in tips everyday. Apparently that's not good enough for some of those girls. Insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 What a bullshit waste of public resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Furthermore, this could set a bad precedent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reachforthesky Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I've seen this place on Travel Channel - They wear bikinis and outfits all day and bring in almost a grand in tips everyday. Apparently that's not good enough for some of those girls. Insane. these places are all over washington.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruins4ever Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I'm down. What a wonderful marketing strategy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selfreliable Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 One of those moved into the town next to mine, and the religious zelots ended up burning it down, unbeknownst to them, it was attached to an appartment uptop by the man who owned it, and his baby died in the fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 One of those moved into the town next to mine, and the religious zelots ended up burning it down, unbeknownst to them, it was attached to an appartment uptop by the man who owned it, and his baby died in the fire. I'm pretty sure I read about this in the news, assuming it happened last year. (If not, it was another coffee shop, but similar situation) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thousandjulys Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 how the hell is getting naked in public prostitution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxamaphone Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 how the hell is getting naked in public prostitution? Because they're naked, and there's money being exchanged for a service, and, and... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selfreliable Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 One of those moved into the town next to mine, and the religious zelots ended up burning it down, unbeknownst to them, it was attached to an appartment uptop by the man who owned it, and his baby died in the fire. I'm pretty sure I read about this in the news, assuming it happened last year. (If not, it was another coffee shop, but similar situation) Very well could be, it did make national news, and Letterman cracked a joke about it as well. Sadly the man didnt have any insurance on it so he lost all his money in the company when it burned. Im still trying to figure out why God says having your coffee and donut brought to you by a topless woman or man is wrong, but burning down a business and killing a baby is right. God works in mysterious ways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Man, I hate "moral crusaders." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fueledbymike Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 damn those are some high res pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 how the hell is getting naked in public prostitution? Actually, I doubt they're going to hang these girls on a prostitution charge. I think this was trumped up to have a chilling effect on similar businesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchwarmer Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 yea, but how's the coffee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xadamhudsonx Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I'm pretty sure I read about this in the news, assuming it happened last year. (If not, it was another coffee shop, but similar situation) Very well could be, it did make national news, and Letterman cracked a joke about it as well. Sadly the man didnt have any insurance on it so he lost all his money in the company when it burned. Im still trying to figure out why God says having your coffee and donut brought to you by a topless woman or man is wrong, but burning down a business and killing a baby is right. God works in mysterious ways There's always money in the banana stand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Where did you read about a baby getting killed. I read a bunch of articles about this just now because it was so outraging, but none of them made any mention of a baby dying, and one even mentioned that all six people at the attached motel were okay. I mean it's still fucked up and ridiculous that someone would do it, but it seems kind ironic to play the 'killing babies' card. You could be right, but it seems to me like something that would have been mentioned in the articles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
googlemyass Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 nice c-section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 nice c-section. hahaha.....good eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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