Richard White
Senior Member
I do. I actually got a couple of cakes for birthdays, etc. etc. back in the day.
My mother still has a West German cake pipe she got from working at Tims in the 90s!
I do. I actually got a couple of cakes for birthdays, etc. etc. back in the day.
And I hear that ‘Dutchies’ are making a come back. If so, then reports of this chains demise are well over imagined.This annoying chain keeps opening new locations - doesn't sound like much of a terminal decline.
And I hear that ‘Dutchies’ are making a come back. If so, then reports of this chains demise are well over imagined.
This annoying chain keeps opening new locations - doesn't sound like much of a terminal decline.
Let the province and the municipality pay for the installation of CTC and upgrade the track to standard.
On another note.
Bill introduced in Parliament to give VIA trains right of preference - Trains
OTTAWA, Ontario — A member of Canada’s Parliament from British Columbia has introduced a bill to create a right of preference for passenger trains on the nation’s railroads — the lack of which has long hampered VIA Rail Canada operations. Taylor Bachrach, a House of Commons member of the New...www.trains.com
Well, we're just one country and there's only so much we can do to further the cause; although it seems Quebec and BC aren't pulling their weight.There's only 3 certain things in life: death, taxes, and Tim's expanding to new countries seemingly every year!
- Many of them are critically understaffed (often with a few beleaguered TFW Indians/Filipinos), and service times are much worse than McDonald's
- The interior decor is atrocious, who likes brown and beige on brown?
- The sandwiches are often no good (and tiny!), though the farmer's wrap is ok.
- The Iced Capp is thankfully the same as I have always remembered it. Barely coffee, but comforting
- With the app and the offers, the drinks and breakfast sandwiches are at least somewhat competitive with McDonald's.
Tim's is facing the same staffing challenges as most of the erst of the service industry, but the situation you describe is a long-standing corporate decision. They've been favouring the drive-through (which is more charitable way of saying largely ignoring walk-in traffic) for years.This is actually quite true. The Tims by my place usually has several people working the drive thru and none on the cash. I have had to wait a few minutes before someone came over and only after I shouted at the them to remind them I was there.
The app's bonus discounts used to be OK, but in the past year (or slightly more?) it's been pretty crap, and I don't even look at it anymore.
I do not mind the current decor. It was much more bland in the 1990s. Red on Beige!
If you are going to Tims for the food I question your tastes. Tim's food has been crap since forever
This is the one thing that never changed about Tims though if you want a decent iced coffee go to Starbucks.
I tried a local, in-house attempt on the iced capp at Petti in the Junction a couple of months ago - now that was phenomenal!I don't think you're old enough to remember yellow and brown as the interior colour scheme. Ugh; in that regard, Tim's has actually improved; its just not enough of a gain to offset bad food, bad coffee and bad service.
Fixed that for ya.
* Ok, in fairness, the doughnuts were once edible, a very long time ago.............
Disagree. Not in defense of Tim's........... but to clarity, Starbucks is every bit as a awful.