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Tim Horton's slams troops  A rant by: tmbrwlf It seams that Canada's favorite coffee shop, which by the way is American owned, doesn't give a damn about our troops in Afganastan. When asked by the military to help open a couple of shops in Afganastan for our troops Tim Hortons said no they were busy opening new outlets in North America and could not be assured the quality would be good enough of there. Meanwhile our troops already have Burger King, Subway and Pizza Hut and they have no problems having the military have their shops over their. By the way the U.S. troops have Starbucks. I for one have already stoped going to Tim's and have sent them off a letter others should to. << Back Add a Comment Comments ( Add a Comment ) BigB says: 2006-01-31 13:35:40 Good point Ballzramrod. But we need to get our facts right. The majority of Tim Horton's are owned by business professionals like myself. The company name may be owned by some ppl from the US. But the franchises are owned locally. So you are punishing local business owners by boycotting their coffee shops. Good for you fool. I think George's burgers should setup a restaurant for the 2 ppl out in Afgan that are representing us Winnipegers. If they dont i am going to boycott them the same way you are boycotting Timmies bcs of 13 Canadians. You suck jack ass! BalthazaarRamrod says: 2006-01-31 13:54:53 You're a business professional? Business professionals should be able to read critically. Go back and read what I wrote again. I never said I would boycott Timmies based on this. I never said anyone would. I think Tims has benefited from general good will of people here for a long time now. Timmies is that big franchise that has somehow avoided the same stigma associated with Starbucks. While I don't thnk this will seriously hurt them, I don't think it will benefit them from a PR perspective. BigB says: 2006-01-31 14:32:19 Sorry for not being more clear. The period at the end of my first sentence would have been the end of a paragraph. The rest was directed at the initial rant made by timbercub. For a change I actually agreed with your comment. SO CHILL OUT! BalthazaarRamrod says: 2006-01-31 15:22:50 My Bad. Misunderstood who that was directed at. nekochan says: 2006-01-31 17:01:59 May I ask what made you think that Tim Hortons is an American Company? http://www.timhortons.com/en/about/history_1964.html stats that in 1964, the very first Tims is opened up in Hamilton. HAM-IL-TON. That's in Ontario, which, is in Canada. Therefore, it is a Canadian company. And who cares about the war in Afghanistan? It's a just another stupid new millinum war that shouldn't be going on. The Americans got attacked with good reason, it's nothing for us to get involved in. If they don't like getting blown up, then they shouldn't go blow up other countries. America no baka! BigB says: 2006-01-31 19:11:57 What are you talking about AKON? Just because a company is founded in Canada does not make it still owned by canadians. And the truth to Tim Horton's is that the hockey player was paid a few thousand dollars for his name to be used to promote the coffee shop. Sucks to be him. tmbrwlf says: 2006-01-31 20:18:01 hey big b 13 canadians in afganastan try again in a couple of months there will be over 500 troops in that hell hole a good chunk will be fro 2ppcli which was based here until Prime Minister Crap moveed them to Shilo. As for your being a buisness man well I own my own Trucking company and anything I can do for our military I am more than willing to BigB says: 2006-02-01 11:18:11 Stay tuned for the new movie "convoy" it will make you feel like you contribute to society for a change. We need truck drivers, just like we need garbage men and street cleaners. While we are on the topic, why do truck drivers always go from company to company when they all pay the same? Is it commitment issues, signing bonuses or do they just think the grass is greener 1 blk further down inkster? BalthazaarRamrod says: 2006-02-01 12:22:52 Truckers? They're nomadic types. Many are also polygamists. True story. nekochan says: 2006-02-02 18:06:31 Akon. Wow, that's just.. wow. And what do truckers have to do with with this rant? Anyway, back on topic, or sorta of on topic, why the hell are we still there? Aren't we just the clean up crew to America's demolitions? tmbrwlf says: 2006-02-06 16:01:26 So Bigb in your dumba.. opinion we don't need truckers well I suggest you take a look around you everything you use comes to a store near you by truck as for why some truckers jump from company to company it is for the same reason as everyone else, you get treated like crap you move on, myself I've only worked two places 20yr in the military then the family company trucking. Ramrod you to a full of bull by products truckers are into the poly lifestyle what porn mag have you been reading big0joe says: 2006-02-13 13:32:08 yeah with out trukers wee wouldnt have anything! we wont have a singel thing on our store shelfs oter then the stuff we mae our selfs. but we wouldnt get the stuf we need to make anything without the truckers paydirtgirl says: 2006-02-16 04:32:39 I think the fact that Tim Horton's will NOT open a shop over there makes me want to have an Iced Cap MORE. Who in their right mind still thinks that war is a good idea? nekochan says: 2006-02-17 14:53:45 Bravo, paydatgirl. tmbrwlf says: 2006-02-20 19:05:49 Hey paydirt our troops gp where they are sent> Afganaatan is a war to free the people from a Fundamentalist rule where no one had rights. Iraq on the other hand is war created by Bush because he wanted to finish what his daddy didn't. I am also just a bit pissed of by people here and elsewhere who don't want to support our troops,but then after 20 yrs in the service I tend to be biased towards our poeple in the forces paydirtgirl says: 2006-02-20 20:51:55 tmbrwlf - I appreciate your coolheaded response to me. Thank you. I understand that pacifists aren't always well-tolerated by those who disagree (and vice versa). My point is just that I don't think that fighting is EVER the best way to get a point across and therefore I do not accept the Canadian stake in any violent altercation. I don't know why Tim Horton's declined, but I am proud of them for staying out of it. tmbrwlf says: 2006-02-20 22:06:23 Hi paydirt thanks for your reply and I accept your position on the issue, you are one of the intelligent ones on here nekochan says: 2006-02-21 20:55:06 I thought this war was the retaliation to 9/11? Which, why I can see why we should be kissing ass to the Americans, I don't think is our business. What could we be doing with the funds and the people who are out there? Maybe we could have been more help for the tsunami people, for the people in the lanslide in Manila, or helped out more in New Orleans. tmbrwlf says: 2006-02-21 21:21:49 FYI there were Canadians involved in 9/11 BalthazaarRamrod says: 2006-02-22 10:29:09 Afghanistan made sense. Our troops are there, we should support them. I myself am a pacifist. However I do recognize that conflict and fighting are as much a part of humanity as anything else as well. I do choose to use this as last resort however. BalthazaarRamrod says: 2006-02-22 10:30:02 This doesn't mean Tim Hortons, which is a business, is required to set up shop there. The troops are the responsibility of the government. Anonymous says: 2006-07-26 17:11:05 um that sounds a lot like an email that was sent around about starbucks in the US (I think it was starbucks.) Anyway you all need to learn about a website called www.snopes.com It has all kinds of interesting stuff on there, about email hoaxes, and people going around bad mouthing companies and what not. ps that all those stories that you heard about people getting sick because there were extra "ingredients" in their food are called urban legends. |
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While that does sound somewhat assinine on their part, they're running a business, not a charity. I don't blame them for not wanting to deviate from their original business plan. They could gain PR benefits from this however. The negative PR they will likely recieve if this gets big could tarnish their image. Problem is, everyone is already addicted to their meth-laced coffee as it is.