Slog - Comments on Barista Stalker Gets Seven Months

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:32:46 -0800

Good thing about the gun aspect.

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:52:39 -0800

A nice tidbit from the article about the guy who was arrested:

After the teenager filed a report with police, officers went to Copeland's home to contact him. A fight broke out between officers and members of Copeland's family. Police ended up arresting some of his relatives for obstruction.

Hard to imagine how such ignorant assholes wound up raising a stalker/potential murderer.

Comment by coffee drinker

coffee drinker — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:07:52 -0800

There's no connection between the barista who was stalked and the sexpresso story. The victim worked at Starbucks and the 20-year-old "grown man" became obsessed with her at the store.

Comment by elswinger

elswinger — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:08:38 -0800

Semi-related, did they ever catch that guy who was holding up drive-thru espresso stands? I just remember the image of the barista sitting on the floor crying waiting for the cops to show up. (Maybe this should be in the thread about how the SPD just won't do their jobs.)

Comment by Smegmalicious

Smegmalicious — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:21:16 -0800

http://www.thesweetspotcafe.com/baristas.php

Comment by elswinger

elswinger — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:37:54 -0800

I watched Idiocracy last night. Not a very good movie but an enlightening vision of the Starbucks of the future, in relation to this story.

Comment by him

him — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:05:03 -0800

I don't see the connection. This barrista worked at a plain ol' Starbucks. She could've just as easily worked at any department store. The guy didn't become a stalker because she dressed as a sexy barrista.

Comment by read, copy, paste

read, copy, paste — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:16:02 -0800

3 & 7: I think Erica mentioned the Kirkland barista stalker story because there is "a bit of synchronicity that gave a creepy context to the Times� 'sexpresso' story." So, they are not exactly the same, but they are similar in mabye even more than one aspect. It's interesting to consider what those aspects might be.

Comment by Madashell

Madashell — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:29:30 -0800

Smegmalicious at #5,
Went to the website - funny thing about the Sweetspot logo - that silhouette of the busty lady looks like she is steaming (or burning) her nipples with her mug of coffee.

Comment by Coffee Drinker

Coffee Drinker — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:49:29 -0800

@8-I understand the connection Erica was trying to make but it was a reach. Many men and women are stalked all the time and it has nothing to do with being scantily dressed. It has more to do with the mentally disturbed individual whose doing the stalking.

Comment by ECB

ECB — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:04:29 -0800

I wasn't attempting to draw a connection, I was pointing out a creepy synchronicity of two stories -- one about weird middle-age men showing up every morning to gawk at girls in lingerie, the other about a stalker who thought he had the right to harass a teenage girl who happened to have a job where she couldn't escape him (without risking her job). The two things are different, obviously, but part of the same society that makes men actors, women objects.

Comment by earl

earl — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:37:22 -0800

"weird middle aged men wanting to look at girls in lingerie"

erica, just how un worldy are you?

called sexual attraction, as basic as breathing

not weird at all - you are indeed a prude from small town America - get into some honest talk with the folks around you, it seems mom and dad utterly failed you

would that be most of the men at the Stranger, most 10-15 years your senior, "weird" if they had an erotic interest in you if you were in your under ware?

of course they would, maybe the dykes too - age means nothing, nothing, nothing