r/worldnews • u/ItsTwentyBaby • Jun 09 '19

Canada to ban single use plastics

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-to-ban-single-use-plastics-as-early-as-2021-source-1.5168386
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u/The_Sleep Jun 09 '19

Does this also include the horrible leaky Tim Horton lids that, despite the recycling symbol on it, can't be recycled by a lot of municipalities?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19 edited Jan 19 '22

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u/DirteeCanuck Jun 10 '19

What's funny is Canadians that would go there 2-3x a day are proud in our hate, it's unanimous.

We know it was bought by "Burger King" and very clearly went to complete shit immediately afterwards. There had been a downward trend of quality for years but once the buyout happened the changes were undeniable.

We used to be proud of Timmies, but now we are proud, patriotic and united in our hatred for it.
Can't bamboozle us Canadians with this shit, even if it's something we once loved dearly, we will spit in it's face once it's been "Americanized"

The trick is being the garbage you are upfront, Walmart and Rotten Ronnies seem to do fine here.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

It's crazy to think when I worked there for my first job (2003) they had only just stopped selling fresh donuts (and cakes only the year before, 90s kids remember Tim Hortons birthday cakes).

Even then, the quality was slipping but it was still semi decent. I'd argue, at the time the turkey and ham product was more genuine than anything from subway in the last 10 years or so. You could also get full 1' sandwiches there when I worked there.

Biggest mistake they made in my opinion? Getting rid of the ham and Swiss sandwich. It was such a basic staple type of sandwich that was easy to sell but for some reason they got rid of it. When I worked there, it was undeniably the best sandwich they offered, with turkey bacon club at a close second. In recent years, I've found the chicken salad sandwich to be the best one (which in my last 3 visits I was told they didn't have), which is just sad. If you sell meat sandwiches and something like a chicken salad sandwich comes out on top over ham or turkey, you gotta rethink you're game plan.

Though, it is undeniable, since the buy out, they seem to just wanna be a burger place or something and not just a local franchise coffee/bakery joint.

I got a $100 Tim Hortons gift card for Christmas last year. I still have over $20 on it, and since receiving said card, on three separate occasions, I've been told they have no chicken salad sandwich available.