Dear Tim Hortons: It's Not Your Lids That Are The Problem

...but what's in the cup.  Your coffee is too patriotic, and not near gay enough.  I refuse to drink it. Every double-double is as though I am casting a vote for a regressive, far-right government.  It is also on the markedly bitter side.  Your Mr. Hansen will discover all this when he leaves Calgary and finds that there are other brands, like Satanbucks, or Coffee Crime, where the servers are always friendly and the pan-handlers doff their hats in respect as they block your path to the men's room and lunge for your wallet.  It will strike him with the force of a revelation, just as the sight of his first two-way street will strike him: can such things truly be?

Coffee Crime, T.O.

I am sitting in a Coffee Time in the West end of the city as my wife teaches skating at a location just down the road. Its got wifi, and the staff generally keep the place clean for a CT location. The regular guy even knows enough to offer me a tooth-pick any time I come by.

Except that he's not on duty this morning and the place has reverted to form. The dolt behind the counter has run out of anything but plain coffee, the floor is seriously sticky, and the toilets...

Well, my advice re Coffee Time toilets: stay out or learn to hover.