Andrew Sage

And it's like, no, we're just going to keep fighting them.

And they're going to get so scared that they're leaking to the press that we're thinking about selling the thing.

Like, it's just...

We're a lot further along than I thought we would ever get.

I thought they were going to fire us the day after we did the first walkout last year, which is, you know, I thought all the more reason to try then.

Yeah.

But really, it's not tough for people that we work with to realize that they're getting a bad deal and that the reason that the job sucks is because they don't get paid enough to live in the city.

Like, I think most baristas at Blue Bottle see something like 60% of their income as

going towards rent, because... Jesus!

Yeah, we did a survey on this.

Let me double-check to make sure that I have the facts right.

But, yeah, this is from, you know, March, so it's a little bit old data.

We'll do another survey soon, but...

Most blue bottle baristas are rent burdened, spending more than 30% of their income on rent.

The median rent paid by blue bottle employees being $1,045, which is the equivalent of 150 New Orleans style iced coffees.

It's one of the best selling drinks they have.

Christ.

Yeah, no, I know.

For 150 Nolas, you too can pay the median rent paid by a barista.

Oh my God.