For Some, No Coffee from Lehman Brothers Coffee Cart Man
Jen Carlson
There's a coffee cart man who has declared (via a sign on his cart) that he will not serve coffee to those reporting on the Lehman Brothers (ahem, WSJ). Now Dealbreaker has gone to the caffeine source, named Leon, to get the real deal on his declaration of solidarity. The coffee purveyor told them, "When they suffer I suffer," and that he "thinks the bankruptcy filing 'sucks, but what can you do?'" He also noted that "it's probably going to get worse," and said there were specific reporters he will continue to refuse to serve. There's also an aw-factor in the story, however, as the website gave him "a few hundred" dollars.
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Jen Carlson has been an editor with Gothamist since 2004. Her writing has also been published on Jezebel, Deadspin, and a number of composition notebooks before the internet existed. In 2015 she won a spot in the inaugural Amtrak Residency program and traveled the nation via rail. She has an Ed Hardy tattoo, but she can explain. She is currently an editor and reporter on the NYC Accountability desk in the Gothamist + WNYC newsroom.