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You may have noticed the sharp rise in coffee cups littering our streets, which can only mean one thing: it’s Roll Up The Rim time at Tim Hortons once again. When Torontoist was young and starry-eyed, we used to dream of unrolling our cup and finding that we had won a car or a boat or some awesome camping gear. (What ever happened to that prize anyway? It was always the best one.) After years of winning nothing but the occasional muffin and coffee, we can’t help but feel rage every time we roll up that annoyingly pompous “Please Try Again.”
From next Monday, March 3 until Sunday, March 9, it’ll be better to be a loser. Country Style, fresh off of a chain-wide re-launch and re-branding as a classier place to get your cheap coffee and pastries, is offering all customers a free medium coffee in exchange for a “Please Try Again” cup tab from Timmy’s. Coffee is more delicious when it’s free, and even more delicious when getting it lets you vent your frustration. It’s about time that losers got to win.
Photo by D113 from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
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Wouldn't it be more fun if instead of "Please Try Again," the cup's had messages like a Magic 8 Ball? Er, unless you get this reply.
way to go country style, that's beautiful
I think Country Style is doing a great thing here, and hopefully this will re-introduce the new branding to customers again. There are far too many Tim Horton's loyalists running around, refusing to try other brands even though they may very well be superior.
Besides, Country Style's donuts aren't frozen.
Weird how both the Torontoist and blogTO articles start with a mention of coffee cup litter as an indicator of impending rim-rolling. Is it that bad? I must not be aware of the seasonal flux of litter.
(3), I find your post peculiar. Why do you care what coffee other people drink?
"(3), I find your post peculiar. Why do you care what coffee other people drink? "
To be honest, I have no idea. But something about people obsessing over Tim Horton's pretty bland and not-so-great coffee just makes me want to support other companies.. Particularly if they do actually taste better. I'm not usually one for following the crowd, or going with the most popular brands.
hurray for noogies, and carpet.
shame on hand shakes and hard wood.
Yes, it is bad.
I never understood the fascination with Tim Horton's. When I first came here everyone seemed to always be on Tim's nuts. Hell they even thought it strange that they didn't have Timmie's all over the US. I don't think it's special in any way. Matter of fact, I never knew you could f&*k up hot chocolate till I got a couple from there.
Just Us has nice hot chocolate.
I would say the only good (or at least neutral) is that they sell the only vegetarian doughnuts that I know of.
What`s to understand about taste? Who`s obsessing?
I don`t like cabbage rolls, in case anybody cares.
I'm with #5.
Why do people have to turn discussions into "that place sucks, these places are better" or "that music sucks, this music is better"? Why can't people just be free to enjoy whatever they choose?
I have no problem with people saying "hey try this place" or "hey try this music", but why the need to be so judgemental?
Why? Cause "I'm better than you" or some similar sentiment is too crass.
Speaking as someone who worked in a Timmy's for a good while back in the day.. I can definitely say that the amount of trash goes up significantly during the promo.
Pretty much anyone who would normally get a ceramic mug opts for the paper cup during the contest, people stop bringing in their refillables, requests for "double-cupping" go way up even though you don't get two contest cups, etc etc.. It's really sad how deliberately wasteful people are willing to be if it means a chance of winning a bbq.
I don't drink coffee, and stop in at TH for the odd hot chocolate. I happened to do that today and was automatically given a double cup. Why??? I looked around and noticed that everyone had them. If they're just going to double cup everyone, why not, oh, I don't know...create a cup that's a little thicker? It's so ridiculous. And the shitty thing is, I took the second cup off and said I didn't want it, and they threw it out!! I understand from a hygienic point of view, but what a complete waste.