Grrl Power #397 – We’re here to get your blood flowing in the mornings!
Dabbler may eventually get a talking to about leaving her sexual jetsam all over the place, but definitely not till after that gag has run its course. :) Sexual Jetsam is of course the new name of my non-existent band.
I’ve tried working out in the mornings, but I’m just not wired for it. I mean, I’m sure I could do it if I really really had to but it’s about 73rd down the list of things I’d rather do in the morning.
You know I think that Cupps place would be pretty popular. Sexdecuple means 16 when counting by uples, to save you guys some googling. A Nuple is 0. I almost went with unvigenuple cause it sounds really weird, but 21 pumps of caramel sounded overboard.
Don’t forget to check out the Valentines Day Sex Drive post, all of them are NSFW obviously, so hunch over your monitor if you’re at work.
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cupps…yes
Looking at the barrista’s shirt & wondering what the male barristas wear.
If it’s like Hooters (as described previously) then there are no male baristas.
If it’s like Hooters but /amazing/, then there /are/ male baristas and the uniform is more or less unisex.
No male baristas? Sexist much? Have there been any protests and attempts at suing like male only establishments have had?
But yeah, if there are male baristas, they would wear the same thing: really tight shorts and the same shirt
At least, really tight shorts & an over-sized athletic-cup…
AH!… The CODPIECE makes a comeback!
Males-in-scanty-clothes places tend to go broke because nobody goes there. Otherwise it’d be a successful business model, and there’d be scads of them.
there was a recent hullaballoo here in WA about how Bikini Barista coffee stands are ruining america, etc.. and during the reporters interviews with a few workers, one of them mentions that she felt the industry needed a few more stands that had guys doing the same… and apparently there is exactly ONE MALE “bikini” stand out in the boonies of WA. that does that. link to youtube vid one of the things i found humorous was that during the female barista interviews, they showed the DRIVERS faces in almost all the shots… but in the interview with the guy baristas, they framed the shots so as to AVOID filming the drivers almost entirely…
Hey, I know what your talking about!
I mean…*Cough*Hot Cup of Joe? I’m quite sure that I have no idea what you are talking about. *Shifts eyes*
…OKAY FINE, THEY MAKE GOOD COFFEE.
I remember some of the uproar about those stands–if memory serves, some of them were serving more than espresso (as in, front for prostitution rackets) and more than a few were letting the baristas wear less than the law required, and that’s why there was an uproar in the first place. Understandable, really–why have a brothel (legal or otherwise) in an espresso stand, and why offer sickos who don’t understand that “no” is not a foreign word for “yes” have an excuse to rape/molest/harass women who are just trying to earn an honest living?
Even though I’m a hetero guy myself, I agree that straight women and gay guys should have their “eye candy” too, so why not have hot guys in skimpy clothes serving espresso as well?
No one’s stopping guys from doing stuff like this. It’s just not profitable. Straight women and gay/bi guys are statistically and practically less likely to flock to these places and toss money at ’em. Meanwhile straight guys, the majority, are going to stay away because they don’t want to be taken for gay, which can negatively affect their social and business prospects, and make people think less of them – and before anyone bemoans toxic masculinity, I’ve found it’s as often women who deride as fellow males. Which is the main reason why guys defend their masculinity – women judge more often and more openly.
Where you got a place based on showing off breasts you’ll get a ton of straight guys and plenty of the fairly small in comparison bi/bi-curious female population and some lesbians. Money. Sadly, Hooters is dying due to the current social climate and economical climate.
Do a web search for Tallywhackers in Dallas. They are in the Gayberhood. And I’m told they have decent sandwiches. Too expensive for me to go and not my kind of scenery so I can’t give a personal review…
I suspect that if there have been lawsuits then CUPPS has followed the Hooters practice and settled out of court.
In 1997 Hooters was sued by three men for hiring discrimination. Hooters pled BFOQ (Bona fide occupational qualification) requirement. Note that by doing so, they admitted that a CORE function of their business (IE the business can’t survive without it) was providing a place to look at young women dressed in skimpy clothing. However, the suit was settled out of court. As part of the settlement Hooters did agree to start hiring men in non-waitstaff positions (bartenders, hosts, etc.).
Since then, as far as I can tell every similar lawsuit (gender hiring, weight/age of servers, etc.) has been settled out of court. The general consensus is that this is for two reasons. First, Hooters and similar businesses may suspect that they’d actually lose a court ruling. Second, they may be afraid that even if they win one, the basis would be that their BFOQ is such an important part that it actually changes the nature of the business. That is, they aren’t a restaurant with attractive female servers in skimpy clothing, they are a sexual oriented business that happens to serve food. This could change their tax base and possibly even their zoning requirements in some places.
(We got this as part of a 2 day management training on hiring. BFOQ was part of it, and the Hooter’s case is always used as an example. Namely that just because you claim a BFOQ doesn’t mean you actually have one that others will recognize. It’s always been interesting that Hooters isn’t secure enough in their argument to see how a court would rule.)
A “themed” business can hire anyone they want without worry of discrimination. Its all in the legal classification
I thought I’d replied to this back when it was new, but I’m not seeing it.
My cousin “won” one of those settled out of court jobs. Hooters let him work at one of their more out of the way locations in the area for a couple of weeks, until he figured out why it really was a super stupid idea as a guy to try to get that job. (The customers all hated him. The waitresses all hated him. They paid less than minimum wage and he got no tips at all. Sure, the waitresses chose to pool their tips with each other but they didn’t include him on that. End of story.)
I suspect your cousin was put up to the lawsuit by a lawyer looking for a contingency fee. They’re the only ones making money from those suits.
Especially since most (almost all?) are settled instead of litigated out.
Actually there is a Subway in the Pentagon, though I wouldn’t be surprised at some else being there too. It was featured on a top 10 most extreme fast food restaurant’s on Travel Channel a few years ago. It made the list as most secure restaurant in the world.
I can just imagine the Background checks required to work there.
I was told by a Sargent Major once that the number of people actually able to pass a Top Secret (or even Secret) clearance is surprisingly low. Standard background checks are slightly easier. This would make people who could pass them that much more valuable. So that makes me wonder if employees able to get clearance to work at the Pentagon’s Subway would get paid $2-3 more an hour since they have a rarer skill.
Just one big request from a fan. Please please PLEASE show a male Cups barista. Please.
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Not enough up votes in the world o.o Mmmm maybe with Hiro helping out there….
Super physique? Or more ‘real world’ physique complete with DD-moobs?
Real world male model. I’m working on an image, but it’s based off this dude:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2014-New-Style-High-Quality-2pcs-lot-Sexy-Men-Boxer-Shorts-Mens-Underwear-Wholesale-Free-Shipping/1775044408.html
Just like the Cupps women are based off of highly attractive real world women.
Ya I can get behind this
Although that’s not my own preference, I wouldn’t begrudge DaveB from including one or more, just for the sake of
panderingfan service for his female (identifying) readers.Well, he does a shit load of
panderingfan service for the male fans already, so if he’s doing that, might as well do an equal amount the other way, just to keep it balanced. :)Well…DaveB hasn’t really been equal with his
panderingfan service for both genders so far, but he has shown a lot of his male heroes without shirts fairly often. There’s Harem pulling a half-monty on them back at Archon HQ & parts of the Super Battle Royale at the steak house for a couple of examples.I didn’t comment with any sexist-based complaints on such displays then & won’t be doing so now, or in the future.
:)
Logically the men would run the baked goods and food bit and it would be called Muffins (like stud muffins………. yah…. oooh or if they did hamburgers as well it could be called Beef Cakes!). I’d say there has been more pandering to those interested in women then those interested in men with regards to fanservice but thats partially as the main focus characters have been women and also I think because the women are more exciting then the men in general clothes as more of their form is shown off by their clothing and the art style. I’d say 70:30 Female interested:Male interested as a very rough estimate but thats a lot better then the vast majority of things so I’d say doing pretty good. Also a lot of that is Harem/Dabbler which can’t really be avoided (and I wouldn’t want to as while neither are my type it fits the characters so well and they are cool characters so yay?!). I will now stop rambling…..
Just a side comment about the Voting Incentive / Valentine’s Day pic – didn’t she lose the middle toe on her right foot?
Oh snap, good catch. I didn’t think about that at all. I guess that photo shoot was pre-fight. :/
Depends on when this image was taken :D
Speaking as a barista, that outfit would be hell to work in. The amount of burns on your legs and stomach. :P
…not to mention the forearms & “crumb shelf” too.
Oh wait! I just DID mention it.
Can’t be a very good one then
Jeanie’s makeup appears to be all smeared… so that does seem to fit the idea that she was a late night snack for Dabbler.
Also, noticing that Cupps’ menu is loaded with euphemisms for boobs.
“fit the idea”… huh, what have you been reading? Daveb has him flat out stated that she IS leftover from a midnight snack… ie why else would we be having all the “Sexual Flotsam” comments otherwise??
At Archon, even the baristas are buffed and boobed.
I have a type. I’m working on diversifying my body types but if I don’t think about it they drift back to a mean.
Cupps has now become my second most favorite fictionally coffee shop of all time.
This moves the “Evil Chef Coffee Company” from Atomic Laundromat by Armando Valenzuela down to spot number three. https://www.atomiclaundromat.com/comic/paging-wilford-brimley/
However, number one is still “Coffee of Doom” from Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques
https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3145
If Sydney is anything like me, the coffee IS bad for her, and she knows it…but she doesn’t have a whole lot of choice. It will likely be about an hour before her medication kicks in and boots her brain up to full functionality (this is what it feels like, too, albeit a little bit more gradual than that), so without that jolt of caffeine, she won’t be able to keep track of the PT training. Since her life could depend on that training, she will probably want to be able to do so…hence the massive caffeine overdose.
Also, one thing I have learned from my own career in sports, and something Max probably knows all too well–most folks I’ve met with ADHD tend to do better in areas of physical activity if they take their glasses off beforehand. I have no idea why this works…but the more severe the case of ADD, the bigger the improvement seems to be.
Also, first lieutenants should know better than to bet against full colonels.
or even Lieutenant Colonels.
maybe cuz there wouldn’t be as much of a visual distraction, since everything would be blurry
Having music playing through earphones helps: if your mind is going to wander, best to have it not wander too far (obviously only have the music playing when you are not receiving the instructions, or maybe have it turned down but still audible forcing you to pay attention to the instructor)
ADHD is largely a problem with mental overstimulation, usually at the level of brain chemistry. This means in some cases caffeine will actually calm, rather than stimulate. However, it also means that, in certain cases, removing the glasses, thus reducing visual input processing, allows greater focus.
Am I the only one who worries what Sydney will be like on a shot of octuple espresso with sexdecuple caramel?
Do you suppose Hiro’s two friends will be coming out later, too? If they did spend the night with him, at least we know that Hiro doesn’t litter the place with his debris like Dabbler does. ;D
guys, I really hate to plug another comic on this comic but since Dave mentioned it on the VDSD I feel I can get a pass. https://resnullius.webcomic.ws/ is a really good human/alien romance, no smut as of yet, but the comic is still young. Art? fair/medium. Storyline? good enough that I can suspend disbelief and believe. Characters? engaging and developing well. seriously this is a good comic and I think you will enjoy it.
Good lord the currently posted page is like 4000px across.
On today’s episode of Grrrl Power, BOOOOOOOOBS!
That is all.
I feel ya… I normally workout after work when my brain is still working off frustration built up during the work day.
This. Was. Hilarious. :)
heh.
I am now wondering about the humor value if cups, in honor of their famous new patron, names the free water glass ‘the Sydney’
This needs to happen in the future. :p He could totally slip that one in on the blackboards somewhere.
Ok, this is just driving me up the wall now… I’d swear I’ve seen the guy in the white behind her somewhere in the comic before. Anyone else notice him anywhere?
Yes, he does seem familiar, but not sure if it was in here or another webic
So 8 oz of coffee and about the same amount of concentrated sugar syrup and she’s going to drink it how?
Probably…Very Quickly. She does have less than 15 minutes to be in PT gear & on the running track, ya’ know. At least having so much syrup put into it should cool down the coffee so Sydney doesn’t burn her face off when she gulps it down.
;)
Do people with physical powers have to do PE? And what do they get as punishment if they can run 500 laps in 3 seconds backwards with one leg tied behind their back?
Joking about caffeinated until your heart stops brings back bad memories.
I do know someone who got an espresso machine and decided to “Experiment”
By the time Mr. Mad Scientist came back to reality, well, he was close to the lethal does of caffeine.
How does Cupps exist in the same building as the Feminist Supreme Maxima?
She’s not the landlord.
He he he. Sydney is just… perfect.
Sexual Jetsam is a spectacular band name!
Greetings from the year 2021.
This drink is now known as “The Edward”.