Salon.com Life | Latte, tea or me?: "Among the reasons for these crushes, certainly, is convenience. 'You have this stationary target for your affection,' says Jim Behrle, a currently unemployed 31-year-old who used to work at a bookstore and also lives in Boston, of his fondness for coffee shop baristas. 'They're sort of stuck behind the counter and have to be nice to you.' "

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