Tuesday, July 8, 2008

A True Starbucks Experience


I work in a spa by the beach. We have all different shapes and sizes of people that come to have services with us and are not shy with their bodies. In fact they are quite proud of them. I see everything from boobs to pubes in the locker rooms. Part of my job is to adhere to the customers when they request things, meaning having to have conversations with them in their birthday suits or even relay messages to them while they are spread eagle in the sauna and steam rooms.(Women of course, they don't allow me in the men's locker room)My point being naked bodies don't embarrass me or really make me uncomfortable anymore. I went to Starbucks the morning before last and was waiting for them to make my Venti Black Shaken Ice Tea when I noticed the woman in front of me had a cute little baby hanging from her in one of those cozy holder things. She turned around and was breast feeding her child, like you do, without anything covering her up and like it was nothing. She said sorry but every time she takes her boob away from the child he freaks out. I was kind of like okay whatever, I've seen a woman breast feed before. But then the baby decides he’s done and lets go exposing his mother for the whole coffee shop to see. This woman very nonchalantly, just starts walking around with her boob hanging out. Her drink was up, she grabs her drink and started eating her food with her boob just in plain sight and hanging there. Everyone was kind of like what the hell. Then she proceeded to turn to me and say "I really like your top, it's very cute" while her boob was just chilling out there. Before this job I would have been embarrassed and been like "excuse me can you please tuck it away, I prefer to not see areola today", But then I realized I was oddly un-phased by it. But what I kept thinking was, who does that? At least the women in the spa are behind closed doors. Not at a coffee shop where people trying to enjoy their lattes with milk are now having thoughts of breast milk running through their minds. Gross! Seriously,Who does that? Apparently crazy OC moms do.

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