For those who don't know, a "Timbit" is a small egg-sized doughnut
that, usually, mimicks the flavours of their larger ring-shaped
counterparts. They are referred to as "Timbits" when they a from the
coffee-shop super-chain known as "Tim Horton's".
How much does one (1) timbit cost these days? Normally about 15
Canadian cents. But, in London, Ontario, it cost 27 year old Nicole
Lilliman, an employee at Tim Horton's, her job.
As the story is told, a child had become fussy in the store and
Nicole gave them one free timbit. The managers found out about this by
watching the taped security footage and fired Nicole because she went
against store policy. Before any of my personal comments, you'll be
happy to know that Nicole has since been rehired and relocated due to
"poor judgment" of her previous managers.
In My Opinion
Are people getting that greedy? Is it store policy to be a jerkface?
Sure she has been rehired, but I can only see that as being a result of
bad publicity and negative media coverage. If this didn't get out into
public eye, this lady would be out of a job because of 15 cents.
It was very possible that the managers could have turned a blind eye
on this and write-off the penny (if that) worth of dough and sugar to
keep a happy customer. Let's face it, one Timbit does NOT cost 15 cents
to make.
A message to those managers: What do you give out at Halloween? A
lump of coal is probably too much for you to just hand out for free,
right?
Read the CBC News.ca article here: http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/05/08/timbit-lilliman.html
