In a study released this afternoon, the National Society of Nosy Folks, or NSNF, said that its members prefer Starbucks to eavesdrop on others by more than six-to-one over other venues.

Several of the study’s respondents stated that Starbucks by far offers the best layout and opportunities to listen in on the conversation of fellow loiterers.

“I was not surprised,” said Ellen Schamansky, NSNF executive director. “I always say that when I’m looking for something juicy I head to Starbucks.”

Other nosy members of the organization who asked to remain anonymous said that listening in on the conversations of others is very easy since tables are pulled close together and the fact that Starbucks has a wireless Internet offering.

“It’s very easy to pretend to be engaged in something else, like looking at your computer screen, and to be listening in on a guy who’s cheating on his wife or something like that,” one member said.

After being railed in the press since his domestic mishap over Thanksgiving and subsequent allegations of his life of infidelity, Tiger Woods last month emerged from a recovery center located in Hattiesburg, Miss. with a mission to live a more simple life.

After meeting with reporters and taking a few practice swings at the register, Woods began ringing up customers at his new position at McDonald’s.

“It’s really not too bad,” Woods said. “I actually think I might have been born to serve people.”

Though he has not commented on his future as a professional golfer, sources close to Tiger say he has more money than he or his children or his children’s children could ever spend, and that a simple life of service may be just what the doctor ordered.