Coffee Shop with a Twist

I went to the strangest place the other day, and I want to share with you my very fun experience. The evening started off with dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Afterwards, my friend and I had no where to go so just drove around for a bit. He brought up this coffee shop his friends brought him to. But the thing is, it's a Vietnamese coffee shop where the waitresses work in lingerie. Wow. Really? I'm down to check it out.

This place is sort of hidden in a little shopping center behind a Carrows. As we're walking in, I notice A LOT of Asian men, smoking their cigarettes, drinking coffee, and playing cards. Wow. I've never been to a place like this before. We walked in and were greeted by a waitress, in lingerie and without a smile, and were promptly seated in the corner. I sat and kept my head down, giggling immaturely. I was actually embarrassed for these girls! So I hid my uncontrollable grin behind their menu offering a selection of coffees, teas, tropical fruit shakes, and small meals. No alcohol. They'd frequently walk by, clacking in their absurd heels, making it impossible to forget that they're wearing almost nothing.

The whole setting felt so awkward. We were in a regular ol' cafe with cheap little tables and chairs, several flat screen monitors showing sports and music videos, and loud Vietnamese pop. So in this almost dingy place which, by the way, only had male patrons that night with the exception of yours truly, there are several Vietnamese waitresses serving people in their ugly matching bra and bikini sets and heels. I personally thought they were wearing swim wear, but my friend said it was "lingerie."

It looked like they were trying to sell the whole "sex" idea, but everything just looked wrong. First of all, the cafe wasn't sexy AT ALL. The girls weren't sexy either. Okay, they're slim, and a couple had the full breasts, but none of them looked like they wanted to be there. They're probably tired of being ogled by perverted men all day. One, the one who looked like a man, looked pissed off the whole time we were there. But the strangest thing to me is that their responsibilities also include clearing the tables and sweeping the floors! If there was any hint of sexy in them, seeing them do that took all of it away. You can't be cheap when you want to sell sex. It's supposed to be glamorized, not look dirty. That's what it is! It all looked dirty. Not the place itself, but the whole idea of nearly naked bodies walking around in a tired coffee shop serving men with hungry eyes. I bet some of them had a kick watching the girls bend over while sweeping the floors.

I made it sound like I had a horrible time, but that's not true. I had good company so we had drinks and played cards for a while. We were kind of fitting in with the rest of the perverts. We even checked out the girls together. Well, I think he did a little more checking out than I did, of course... But I had a lot of fun. It was an eye-opening experience. I'd like to go again. Most likely, I'll giggle as much as I did this last time, but I don't think that should be a problem.