Coffee Weapon

A Man stole five jars of coffee in an act of revenge at being accused of a theft he had not committed.
Lee Tobin’s temper got the better of him after he was accused with a theft from the One Stop shop, in the town’s Wynyard Road, magistrates heard.
Alan Davison, prosecuting at Hartlepool Magistrates Court, said: “Mr Tobin was suspected of acting suspiciously by a member of staff, who challenged him and asked to see his bag.
“He emptied it and the bag was searched, but nothing was found.
“But later, CCTV footage was reviewed and staff saw him leave with six
jars of coffee which he hadn’t paid for.”
In police interview, Tobin, 29, said he was “upset and frustrated at having been searched and in temper took the items as a form of revenge” and that he sold the coffee for £5, Mr Davison added.
Tobin, of Campbell Road, Hartlepool, admitted committing the theft on May 10.

Oh-My… Starbucks shareholders (fat cats) attending the company’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday in Seattle will get more than management’s side of the story (hookers) this year. They will also get great visuals from the disgruntled baristas (underpaid coffee servers) that work for the company. The baristas are planning a giant inflatable ‘fat cat’ (shareholders) crushing an inflatable Starbucks barista (college kid behind the counter) in full uniform and a gigantic inflatable rat (new flavor). Baristas and coffee farmer advocates (safari Junkets) will send a strong message (loud chanting) to Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz (head fat cat) that the world’s largest coffee chain (Dunkin Donuts?) must move beyond the rhetoric (practice of persuasion, see metaphilosophy) and respect the rights of workers (stop making them wear those ridiculous uniforms) across the Starbucks supply chain.

It seems that Starbucks baristas are facing a relentless anti-union campaign and coffee farmers are living in grinding (surprise) poverty. The Starbucks Workers Union (StarbucksUnion.org) is an organization of employees at the coffee giant united for a living wage, secure hours, and dignity (free scones) on the job.

Seem to be a worthy (free beer and hotdogs) and noble (unpaid day off from serving coffee) cause and I wish them luck.

Kevin

The coffee you drink as a pick-me-up in the morning could also make you more open to persuasion, researchers say. Evidence from a new study (2005) suggests that this happens because caffeine revs up the brain, not because it generally boosts mood.

Previous studies have shown that consuming caffeine can improve one’s attention and enhance cognitive performance,

Moderate doses of caffeine can also make you more easily convinced by arguments that go against your beliefs, say Pearl Martin of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and her colleagues.

In 2005, her team published a paper suggesting that the compound primes people to agree with statements that go against their typical views because it improves their ability to understand the reasoning behind the statements.

I didn’t really believe that but after a couple cups of coffee, I di I really do.. Doh

The owner of a coffee stand north of Seattle is offering free coffee for a year to anyone who helps catch a robber.
Troy Malchow hopes the offer will create a buzz that finds the man who pointed a gun at him Wednesday at Perfetto Espresso.

Malchow, who has owned Perfetto Espresso for a decade, says the business had never been robbed until Wednesday. But in the past two weeks, his business in the parking lot of an auto repair shop has been both vandalized and robbed.

Also
A well-known antiques auctioneer from Maine who disappeared nearly five years ago after telling his wife that he was going to get a cup of coffee was found in Allentown last week trying to rent an apartment.

Claude Van Tassel, a 71-year-old father of 12, apparently has no plans to return to his old home in Lyman, Maine, or to be reunited with his family.

Van Tassel and his wife were shopping at the Ames department store in Dover when Van Tassel vanished and was reported missing in April 2002. She said they had gone out for breakfast, he went for coffee, and she went to buy something in the mall.

Beatrice Van Tassel said her husband told her to find him when she was ready to pay, but when she was ready, he was gone, she recalled Friday. His car was found in the mall parking lot, she said.

”I have no idea why or how he left,” she said. ”He ran away like a little kid.”