Is it better to be topless than jobless? A coffee shop in Maine is pushing the boundaries of what they ask their employees to wear at work. Rather than offer them see-through blouses like that train company in the UK, deciders at the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop found it cheaper and more effective to just forgo the textiles completely. Their staff, both male and female, wear nothing but an apron to sling coffee drinks. Nothing like an exposed nipple to put that zing in your morning caffeine ritual.
According to reports, the cafe's having no trouble finding buyers for their titillating $3 coffees. In fact, they're selling like hotcakes ... hotcakes served by topless women. Maybe they should add hotcakes to the menu?

Grand View brought in a reported 60 costumers one their first day. That's pretty good in a town of only 4,500 -- which kinda makes the whole thing a lot creepier, when you think about it. The establishment is 18 and up, there's no cover, but there is a door man -- it's the manager and the only member of the staff that's fully clothed.

We don't know if this is a sign of the economically recessed times or what, but the fact that the gig required partial nudity didn't deter applicants. Over 150 people showed up to interview for the 10 positions available. No word on what the male/female breakdown is. Unsurprisingly, the clients so far are almost exclusively men.

We've heard of coffee shops that feature bikini-clad baristas. Are more employers going to adopt the sex sells attitude to stimulate sales?

[via BlackBook]