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
Slopey;
Southside has fantastic coffee too, but the scene in there is quite something. You want to talk about unwashed, unkempt hipsters!!! Despite my strong love of coffee, this is no place for Benson to be seen.
> Lawrence of Arabica
He shoots. He scores. Finally. 😉
“When both owners refused, seven baristas quit. (Another barista resigned, but the owners say that person wasn’t an employee.)”
How do you quit when you’re not even an employee? I think we should all band together and quit, too. Kinda like when all those Obama supporters changed their middle names to Hussein.
> Your info may be wrong about Lonelyville.
All I “know” is what I heard here. Whatever the circumstances, I am sorry the place is gone, and wish the best to the former owners/
Lawrence of Arabica
I don’t care if you hate me! God, why would I care? Go wild with your hate! It’s the internet!
I think it’s cool they quit. The funny thing to me about this story is that it was initially reported as a “walkout”. Implying they had demands that would need to be met before they returned. Of course, since then it’s been changed to a group-quit. Bcs I assume they realized they actually had no pull. I only feel a little sorry for the guy/gal who I imagine only went along with it bcs he/she was convinced it would be a day or two off and then back to business without the mean boss.
Cafeblanka
People all across the nation, including Manhattan, are laughing at this.
Rebels Without A Cafe