To start with let me just say that I am a Starbucks junkie. Seriously, I think I'm like one step from needing an intervention. I have at least one venti drink a day, sometimes two, on a really bad day three. As I get on the tube at Clapham Common every morning this tends to be my Starbucks locale of choice more often than not. The drinks are the same more or less than in any other Starbucks. Although they did run out of frappuccino bases a few weeks ago, and they stayed out of them for about 3 days, which I find unacceptable. I mean, surely Starbucks has ways of shipping in more frappuccino mix overnight? My major gripe, however, is that the staff here are unbelievably slow. I have never spent so much time standing around waiting for my drink to be made. Often I watch one person at the till taking my money, then shuffling off to slowly start my drink, while meanwhile there are up to two others wandering about the shop sweeping or rearranging mugs on a display. Surely one of them could go behind the counter to make my drink whlie I'm paying the person at the till so that I can get out of there faster?! I mean, more often than not in the mornings especially, most of us don't like to have to wake up any earlier than we already do, and as I'm already paying such an extortionate amount for that latte, surely they can do it in a timely and friendly fashion!? read more