Starbucks

I love Starbucks. When I was younger I thought all massive corporations were evil. Many of them are. But as I've got older, I find Starbucks comforting. It seems like nothing bad can happen in Starbucks. You can get an English Breakfast tea (I don't like coffee) there regardless of which country you're in . If you need a chocolate fix you can get a giant chocolate coin all year round (not just at christmas). You can sit there for hours reading the papers and the lemon muffins are gorgeous. They all look roughly the same, sell the same things and the staff are always friendly. The town that I live in recently got a drive through Starbucks. It is possibly the best thing that happened to me this year. It is on my way to work (bonus), an EBT is relatively cheap (£1.55 for a tall) and the staff are lovely. I use it to relax after work before i go home, I get my first cup of tea there some mornings and it sets me up for the day. If i'm on a long journey in the car, I will stop at a services that has Starbucks to give me a perk. And one of my best memories from last christmas was driving my sister home and spending ages sitting in a services starbucks laughing and talking.  To me, Starbucks is an oasis of calm wherever you are in the world. They have also just introduced some kind of coconutty flapjacky bar thing which i shall have to try out and probably blog about.
Very good Starbucks, well done.