How starbucks made my day

I didn't have a plan for today and I don't do well when I don't have a plan for the day, especially not on a monday knowing I have the rest of the week to come up with a plan for as well. So I decided to drive around my new neighborhood (with my handy GPS) to discover what was near by. I was very excited to discover that here in London they have many starbucks drive-thru's. One of them is very near my house. This could be dangerous and is definitly not going to help me quit coffee anytime soon :)
Its not that i'm a huge starbucks fan or anything but its what they offer. The variety is sooo much more than Tim's or anywhere else, and they also have sandwhices, breakfast sandwhiches, which they serve ALL DAY!!! I love breakfast so I was very excited to find this out today as I decided to drive through a starbucks for a coffee. It leaves me wondering why Ottawa doesn't have any drive-thru starbucks? It was also neat to have GREAT customer service. Now this is definitely something that is lacking in Ottawa and I don't expect much from a drive-thru anyway. But the girl who served me at this starbucks today was so friendly. She actually chatted with me while I was waiting for my order. I know, crazy. I almost asked her what her name was and if she wanted to hang out, lol. Starbucks definitely has a knack for hiring great staff but my experience with service here in London has been really great so far. So what's the difference? Why does the service and hospitality differ so much?

I know people think drive-thru's are eveil b/c they are bad for air pollution and they make us lazy, but when you have kids in carseats drive-thru's are a life saver!!

I've decided that I really like my new neighborhood, there is a lot near by that I will take advantage of.

Next, I will be trying out the Dairy Queen drive-thru that is minutes from my house :) For my Blizzard buddies (Sarah, Erica and Erin) you will understand how wonderful of a find this is (he he)