Community needs to say ‘cover up’

I want to know why we allow girls to sell coffee practically nude. It is not something that is sexy anymore, it never was sexy. Besides them being practically naked in the coffee stands, we allow them to sit out in the open and not be covered up. We are teaching and telling everyone that it is OK to “show off” all your private body parts. It is very degrading and sends the wrong message to our younger kids.

I have two girls, 6 and 2 years old, and that is something I don’t need my daughters looking forward to doing for work. The majority of people who go to these “sex-spresso” stand are older, perverted men. All I ask is, why are they allowed to sit or lay outside of their stands uncovered? It is going to cause an accident or even worse.

I don’t care if they want to flaunt themselves but I don’t agree with us, as a community, to allow them to be out of the stands without covering up. The girls at the strip joints have to be covered up to go out of the clubs to take a break and smoke. Why not enforce that rule with these girls? If that is the type of business we are going to support, then fine, but there need to be rules and they need to be enforced to the fullest. I would be put in jail if I was to walk around the town in a thong, right? Yeah, you all know I am right, but it is OK for these girls to do it.

We, as a community, need to really think about what is going on and being allowed to take place at these coffee stands.

Jordan Larkin-Sinn

Edmonds

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