> "Ray Gordon, creator of the \"pivot\"" cybersheet.com> wrote in
> news:4oCdnfO_D8vnciLYnZ2dnUVZ_uiknZ2d@pghconnect.com:
>

>> More financial sluttery.
>>
>> Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2832432
>>
>> By GENE JOHNSON
>>
>> TUKWILA, Wash. Jan 29, 2007 (AP)- Coffee-stand owner John Cambroto
>> couldn't compete against the beautiful bikini-clad women selling
>> espresso up the road.
>>
>> "We had a much better atmosphere, good coffee. Unfortunately, they ran
>> around half-naked and we didn't," said Cambroto, who finally threw in
>> the towel last spring and sold his business to his rival, the operator
>> of six Cowgirls Espresso stands in the Seattle suburbs.
>>
>> The naughty baristas of Cowgirls Espresso represent a new trend in and
>> around Seattle perhaps the most caffeinated city in America and
>> illustrate how cutthroat the competition can be in the hometown of
>> Starbucks, which has multiple coffee shops competing on the same
>> block.
>>
>> Among the other coffee stands that are showing some skin: Moka Girls
>> in Auburn, The Sweet Spot Cafe in Shoreline, Bikini Espresso in Renton
>> and Natte Latte in Port Orchard.
>>
>> One recent afternoon, there was a long line of cars at the tiny,
>> black-and-white, cow-painted Cowgirls stand in front of a Tukwila
>> casino.
>>
>> Candice Law, leaning provocatively out the drive-through window in a
>> black bra that didn't quite cover her shiny purple pasties, and Toni
>> Morgan, wearing a skimpy halter top, see-through red lace panties and
>> chaps, seemed to know every customer.
>>
>> Most of the customers declined to give their names or be interviewed
>> "Nobody wants to admit to their wives that they're here," Law said.
>> One who did, a 25-year-old diesel mechanic named Mike West, said he
>> comes every day for the coffee.
>>
>> "I could care less what they wear," he said.
>>
>> Lori Bowden, the owner of Cowgirls Espresso, opened her first stand,
>> by the entrance to the Silver Dollar Casino, four years ago. Law and
>> other employees suggested doing "Bikini Wednesdays." Bowden approved,
>> and her stand immediately doubled the amount of money it was taking in
>> from $200 to $400 on Wednesdays.
>>
>> "Fantasy Fridays," "School Girl Thursdays," "Cowgirl Tuesdays" and
>> "Military Mondays" soon followed. The stand now rakes in about $800 a
>> day, Bowden said. The girls make minimum wage, plus $80 to $150 a day
>> in tips.
>>
>> Steve McDaniel, chief operating officer at the casino, saw the line of
>> vehicles and knew there was money to be made. He opened Moka Girls
>> last summer. Like Cowgirls, it features theme days and racy lingerie.
>>
>> "Most guys like to see pretty girls when they get their mochas," said
>> Sarah Araujo, who opened The Sweet Spot two years ago. "We just
>> figured we'd be honest about it."
>>
>> As long as the employees' breasts and buttocks are covered, they
>> aren't breaking the law. And the owners of the stands say they get few
>> complaints.
>>
>> Bowden said the baristas at one Cowgirls stand stopped signing the
>> paper coffee cups "XOXO" after the wife of one customer complained,
>> but that's been about it.
>>

>
> Well gee Gordon... There's also this major hamburger company that has
> commericals with Paris Hilton eating a 4 foot tall burger and saying
> "That's Hot!!" Man, can you imagine the idea of using a sexy young
> sluttyish woman to sell hamburgers? And there's a pool company in
> Kansas that has a perky young brunette that bounces around showing the
> "great deals" she has to offer customers. And there's a car company
> here in town that has a hot redhead that leans on the hood of cars and
> talks about what a "wild ride" it would be.
> It's almost like some of these companies have discovered that AFCish
> young men are highly attracted to and devote more attention to, and thus
> more memory to, the images of sexy women. I think they've even invented a
> whole concept around this... they call it marketing.
>
> Can you imagine what it would be like to try this "marketing" concept?
> You could do it. You could write a really crappy book about picking up
> women, and put a photo of a scantily clad woman on the cover to let AFC
> guys thnk they might get such a woman. It might even... gasp... SELL!!!
>
> But, that would mean you'd have to get permission from a woman to use her
> photo. And you seem to have a major problem getting photos with women
> that are willing to acknowledge your existance.