So we all know how we as Canadians are very polite and I admit I live up to the stereotype. I ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ like no tomorrow, even so much so as to score free cookies from Subway because the cashier loved how polite I was! My motto is to not get angry, but to kill with kindness because really, people lose their anger ammo when the person they're yelling at is being so nice.
But don't get me wrong, I can be impolite and one place I, like many other Canadians, lose my polite nature is the Tim Hortons drive thru. Every Tim Hortons has the same story. Once careful drivers who never forget their turn signals or those who normally let people at the other stop sign go first, turn into blood thirsty animals in these lines. They gun the gas to zip in front of other cars just to be the next in line. God forbid you hesitate in pulling up as close as you can to the car in front of you, but if you do your punishment will be several angry honks, menacing glares, and hand gestures that I don't believe qualify as real sign language.
Now, you think this is over when you get to the speaker to order, but guess again. Now we get it, you like to try new things, perhaps want to know what the soup of the day is. Thats fine, but only during certain times a day. Let me help you. Between the hours of 7 and 9am you want coffee, maybe some sort of breakfast sandwich, which is the same one you get almost every day because lets face it, we've all figured out what kind of sandwich/bagel we like since age 9.
You will also get glares if you pull up to the window to collect your coffee and produce a twenty dollar bill. You do not deserve Tim Hortons and this is what everyone in the line is thinking. If you actually liked Tim Hortons or as most Canadians, have it coursing through your veins, then you are aware an extra large (which is the ONLY size, if you're ordering a small or a medium, YOU ARE NOT THIRSTY ENOUGH, come back later) is $1.80, two are $3.59 if you are getting one for a friend. You had enough time to count out the change from your cup holders (don't lie, you know you have some) to get exact change. Now pull away and enjoy your coffee!
Of course, thats not the end though. Everyone's been to McDonald's and had their order messed up, finding out their fries are missing from the bag after the fact, and Tim's is not innocent. The lids are put on so they open up on the crease of the cup, EVERYTIME. That is if the lid is placed on properly in the first place. Many a shoe has been splattered by ill placed lids. And let’s not forget the ever possible mixup. One would assume it would be difficult to screw up an XL 3 cream (my coffee order if anyone would like to get me one), but it happens a lot! But as Canadians, now out of the Tim's line, we grit our teeth and smile and drink our mixed up order and go back that night for another round!
Don't get me wrong, I love Tim Hortons... and Starbucks, and really any coffee. I try to be polite in the Tim's line, but I have to be assertive or else everyone will cut in front of the nice girl and the nice girl is nice as long as she's got her java. So be proud Canadians! At least we're only rude in one place!
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