A bikini-clad barista shattered a customer’s windshield after he threw drinks at her during a price dispute over coffee.
The footage circulated X over the weekend, with users weighing in with mixed reactions about all aspects of the incident that unfolded in Seattle, Washington.
“I’m not sure what he expected. Coffee is expensive especially in a place like Seattle,” said Red Wave Press.
The customer placed his drinks on the drive-thru windowsill, complaining about the cost, as depicted in the viral video.
The barista, 23-year-old Emma Lee, argued with him, leading to the escalation that resulted in thrown drinks and a smashed windshield.
“Do you want me to throw this on you,” she said.
“You are pushing it. Get in your f*cking car and take your coffee and leave.”
The young business owner later told Fox 13 that the man threatened her by saying, “you don’t get to name your own price” and “nobody is going to miss you.”
“It was a threat after screaming, spitting, and trying to pry open the window,” she recounted. “I felt in danger.”
The customer demanded his drinks back, opened the cups, and threw them into the window.
Lee allegedly told the man during the exchange that “no one is forcing you to come here.”
The footage then shows Lee leaning out and cracking the customer’s windshield with a hammer.
Lee later explained to Fox that she wanted to hold the customer accountable for his rude behavior, noting that he had been disrespectful in the past.
She told the outlet that the customer ordered a 32-ounce coffee and a 24-ounce water, which totaled about $22.
“Why should this kind of interaction be expected because of the environment? It’s disgusting,” Lee said, referring to whether she might be treated differently in court because of her bikini attire.
“It’s okay for him to be outraged about the price of his drinks, enough to assault me, but it’s not appropriate for me to respond?”
“The argument that he didn’t know or was scammed doesn’t hold up,” Lee continued. “The prices are listed.”
The police were later called, and the barista filed charges against the customer for misdemeanor assault.
The store has since banned the man from the premises, Fox reported.
Lee shared some of the surveillance footage from the dispute on Instagram, to which some users applauded the business owner for her handling of the situation.
“I showed this to my kids! If we react like this, less men would think it was ok to talk to us like this,” wrote one Instagram user, according to The New York Post.
Another replied, “The hammer to the windshield was extremely satisfying!!”
“I’m so glad you stood up for not only yourself but all of us girlies in the industry!! We deal with this on a daily basis! Hopefully others will learn from this interaction,” they added.
Lee received mixed responses for her hammer-wielding retaliation on X. “Customer service in Seattle is getting pretty wild. Barista by day, avenger by necessity,” one user said.
“If the coffee doesn’t wake you up, a hammer to your car might do the trick.”
Another posted, “Nobody to root for here. Her lack of any remorse is very telling.”
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