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Are Coffee Shops Sexist?

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I'm a real cappuccino lover myself, but many of my female colleagues don't seem to go for the stuff. I'd never thought too much about it until recently. I suppose I carelessly assumed that men and women have different tastes, probably as a result of different social influences. Now I know better: My female colleagues don't go to coffee shops because they're shabbily treated when they get there.

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{"commentId":1433905,"authorDomain":"Kiser"}

Too bad McDonalds is the closest thing to a frickin' coffee shop I have around my house.

The nearest Starbucks is 25 minutes away, and I can't drive. : (

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Reply#1 - Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:18 AM EST
{"commentId":1433931,"authorDomain":"geejay"}
The nearest Starbucks is 25 minutes away,

I'll send you one of San Francisco's, Brandon :) We have 2 to a block here!

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#1.1 - Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:24 AM EST
{"commentId":1433945,"authorDomain":"Kiser"}

Oh my. The shipping would cost a fortune. ;P

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#1.2 - Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:28 AM EST
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{"commentId":1433950,"authorDomain":"backroadsbubba"}

Brandon, I think coffee shops are not discriminatory as they take advantage of anyone gullible enough to spend that kind of money.

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    Reply#2 - Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:29 AM EST
    {"commentId":1434157,"authorDomain":"b-shaughnessy"}

    Oh, the horror of discrimination against privileged yuppie white women. I'd make them wait longer myself.

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    Reply#3 - Mon Feb 4, 2008 11:23 AM EST
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