This week with the stupid cold I have and the stupid rain that keeps falling, I haven’t felt much like walking to my regular Starbucks at lunch to read my book, but I just started the new Dan Brown and am really liking it, and I wanted a tea to soothe my throat while reading in the office’s lunch room.

Easy solution to this problem is to go to the first floor of the building and order from Tim Horton’s and come back up to read.

I get inside the restaurant, the place is full, the mayhem is happening in all 3 lines of people ordering and the two blob of customers waiting for their orders after having paid. I chose the line with the least people, I’m 5 deep. All of a sudden:

Tim Horton’s Male Staff: What can I get you sir! (not a question, but an order)
Me: (realizing I’m the only guy in my line-up) Huh… why don’t you deal with the four people in front of me first and I’ll patiently wait my turn at the counter
Tim Horton’s Male Staff: Aaaarghhh (as he rolls his eyes and turns away impatiently)
Tim Horton’s Female Staff: What can I get you sir!
Me: Seriously! I’m not going to shout my order over 4 people, I’ll wait my turn at the counter
Lady In Front Of Me: (turning to me with a smile on) Aren’t they just ridiculous?
Me: I have other words for them, ridiculous is too mild

When it was finally my turn at the counter, the 2 people behind me had already ordered.

Tim Horton’s Female Staff: What can I get you sir!
Me: Extra large Earl Grey tea, one bag, with skim milk
Tim Horton’s Female Staff: $1.79 (or something of the sort, less than a toonie)

I paid, took the change back and pocketed it. Normally I’d leave the change but that day I was in no mood to suffer fools.

Tim Horton’s Female Staff: You have to go wait over there sir! (pointing to a pool of zombies waiting for sandwiches and bagels)
Me: Can’t you just make my tea and give it to me now?
Tim Horton’s Female Staff: (to the 4th person behind me) What can I get you ma’am!

When my tea finally came to the “delivery” counter, I fought my way through the other people to get it and saw right away that it was extra large but there was 2 Green Tea bags strings coming out of the cup, it was my turn to go “aaaargh”… I took it and left with visions of throwing it back at them. Once back in my office, I took a sip and it was green tea with cream… Fuckers!

You Stink Tim Horton’s Staff of Toronto!!! You Stink To High Heaveans!!!

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