This Bikini Barista's Hammer-Smashing Reaction To A Violent Customer Is Going Viral

    Get her, Jade.

    Matt Stopera
    by Matt Stopera

    BuzzFeed Staff

    There's a new gay icon amongst us.

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    A video of a barista smashing a hammer into a unhinged customer's windshield is going viral:

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    — Liam Gareau (@liamgareau) June 19, 2024
    @emmxxss/Twitter: @liamgareau / Via fox13seattle.com

    The dispute started when a repeat customer at the Taste of Heaven Espresso bikini coffee stand in Seattle got angry about the price of his drinks. "You don't get to name your own price," The barista Emma Lee told him before he erupted into a tantrum.

    A man in a suit throws a takeaway bag back through a fast-food drive-thru window while standing next to a car. Image tagged with @GEMMXSS
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    According to Fox Seattle, Emma is the owner of the coffee stand and knows her customer's orders by heart.

    A barista in crop top and jeans stands next to a coffee shop menu. Headline reads, "Bikini barista fights back after customer throws coffee at her - Seattle."
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    "It was a threat after screaming, spitting, and trying to pry open the window, I felt in danger," she said.

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    That's when she took it into her own hands and smashed his windshield with a hammer.

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    As Emma said, "Women are allowed to respond to danger with actions other than crying."

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    People are loving her reaction.

    when i saw that hammer come out of the window all of my suffering left my body https://t.co/8ckY7Wdf9m

    — 201 iq dumbass (@dondisappoints) June 19, 2024
    @emmxxss/Twitter: @dondisappoints

    "I love to see a customer service queen like this," one person said.

    i love to see a customer service queen like this https://t.co/4j4K0Dig9e

    — madison (@altmadaf) June 19, 2024
    @emmxxss/Twitter: @altmadaf

    "We should give more women hammers," another person said.

    We should give more women hammers https://t.co/Iwul01nzCa

    — 🛒 SweetTooth | DPMO 🛒 (@SweetToothAudio) June 19, 2024
    @emmxxss/Twitter: @SweetToothAudio

    I think we can all agree...

    "'Less crying, more smashing' is the vibe I’m taking into the second half of 2024.'"

    “Less crying, more smashing” is the vibe I’m taking into the second half of 2024 https://t.co/zGmj6Hjz9u

    — Lorem Ipsum Dolor Pete Amet🐝 (@LWaterbury) June 19, 2024
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