D'OH-nuts

Poster in a Tim Horton's in BC
Originally uploaded by icemakk.

I often do a bit on Tim Horton's and their staff's seeming lack of brains in my act. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE their coffee and am a Timmy's addict, like many of us in this land of drive-thrus.

Their donuts, however, suck! Some over-schooled bean counter decided that partially cooked, then frozen, transported and reheated donuts would save money. It may have saved them money but the donuts are now doughy and taste like sugar and fatty mush now.
They certainly didn't use the savings on recruiting bright employees!On at least 3 occassions, per year, I am asked if my order is "To stay or go?" while I handing them my travel mug. No wonder Timmy's is in my act!

Recently someone asked me if I was being unfair to the employees by generalizing. Nope. The number of times I have seen the person, on the other side of the counter, struggle with a simple order is too high to count. If you try to give them loose change to even the money, so you don't end up with a pocket full of coins, they stare at you like you just tried to hold them up.
Why is it like that there? Is it the low pay? Is it that coffee-donut places attract slow thinkers? Is it the high sugar intake from sampling the products?
Then the answer became clear. On the Kidney Komedy tour, the answer was presented in a poster with a glaring spelling error. The dumbness starts at the upper level and trickles down. Its all clear.
If you don't understand this then make sure you fill out an "aplication' to get hired.

For those that wish to know, this poster is in the Tim Hortons in Kamploops BC, on the east side of town, right on the Trans Canada highway.
Fill me up, double double and let me get out of here on the double double....just in case it's contagious!!


Daryl Makk
p.s. before I get a ton of emails on the spelling of "donuts" vs. "doughnuts", I prefer this US spelling over the longer British style. It's just a personal preference.