Insurrection at Gorilla Coffee
We’d originally relegated this story to the Daily Links post, but it’s too good not to have its own post…Apparently one of the owners of the popular coffee spot Gorilla Coffee at 97 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope rubbed the employees the wrong way so they all banded together and quit en masse, throwing the…
We’d originally relegated this story to the Daily Links post, but it’s too good not to have its own post…Apparently one of the owners of the popular coffee spot Gorilla Coffee at 97 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope rubbed the employees the wrong way so they all banded together and quit en masse, throwing the Park Slope ecosystem into disequilibrium. Evidently there are all sorts of signs posted out front with a running he-said-she-said account of the problem. From a reader: “My husband said there was line outside the door of people just freaking out and totally in crisis over the lack of coffee. I have a feeling he was one of them because I was on the other line when he called to tell me this, and he told my secretary that it was an emergency.” We also hear that Gorilla addicts have been depleting supplies at neighboring stores to ride out the current crisis. We’d be mighty appreciative if someone could send in some photos of the storefront and posted screeds…
Entire Staff Quits Gorilla Coffee in Slope [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by bean_weaver
Coffee and Cigarettes and Gorillas
Will the increase in unemployment due to the resignations result in more muggings?
Farking hell people… this is painful.
“Some barista drip comes along and can’t take abuse from a lesbian bigger than he is”
Dibs, have you seen Milk yet. This is the second time you’ve posted something that reminds me of the scene when he hires the lesbian campaign manager.
the latest from the Coen brothers;
Barista Fink
slope, great minds think alike.
““We get it all the time, people coming in and wanting to take action against their supervisors and managers,†said Granfield, of UNITE HERE Local 100. “What we don’t everyday get is 10 people walking off the job for good. That’s a little harder to understand.—
I don’t really see what’s so hard to understand. The staff discussed the issue with the owner/boss. The boss responded and then renegged. Pretty clear to me. I’m glad for these guys. I hope they find decent jobs.
slopefarm, that was a rich one. You milked it for all it’s worth. I shouldn’t be surprised as the cream always rises to the top.
haha – slopefarm is on fiyah today