What do these signs mean to you?

My husband came home last week and said,

"Honey, you'll never believe what has come to town."

"A drive-thru coffee shop."

I was quite suprised. We had to run errands later that day, so we planned to try out the new novelty on our way home.

We drove in the parking lot, both of us on the look out for the "drive-thru".

All at once - with feelings of stupidity and annoyance - it became obvious that we were thinking like Americans.

Although the drive-thru sign was BIGGER than the cafe' sign itself, it was just a nice, polite way of letting the customers know that you could now 'DRIVE-THRU' from their parking lot to the side street behind the coffee shop.

Bummer.

Culture.... and Coffee.