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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Starbucks- Pretty Sweet Service

According to many sorces including meryl.net and consumeraffairs.com, starbucks is the best customer service you will find when it comes to coffee. From their friendly hello when you walk into the stores to speedy email replies to requests. Although the stores are found on every street corner and the business is one of the biggest in the nation, they care immensly upon the goal of giving outstanding costomer service. Their stores are open most hours of the day and make really good drinks. If they don't make the drink like you like it you just send it back to a smiling face so they can try it again. They also will give out free drinks of any size if they mess up real bad. It is very impressive when they know people by name and can have conversations with them. They also care about schools. They came to my high school in order to give a small seminar on leadership and what you can do to get jobs and accel in them. Overall, i would like to go to starbucks than any other coffee joint not only because of good coffee but because of good service.

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Police Chief Gives Himself Ticket

In Kewaskum, Wisconsin, Police Chief Richard Knoebel accidentally ran passed a stopped school bus with its lights flashing. He had his emergency lights on going after the bad guys(aka changing lanes in order to not rear end a truck) when he did not realize that there was a stopped school bus. He screamed by knowing full well that it was illegal. He then fined himself $235 and marked down 4 points on his driving records. "If it brings notice to people that they should be stopping for school buses, I don't mind the notoriety," he said. Although he was most likely the hall monitor at school, it is nice to see good works being done. Whether he did it to gain publicity or he genuinely did it, it is a good example none the less. It is also good to see because so often, the cops that you see driving around town are the worst drivers and breaking the law the most.