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Saturday, June 17, 2006

Coffee cover-up


As a Canadian it's a given that I'm a fan of Tim Horton's. Whether it's a road trip or a coffee break "T. HO's" is my restaurant of choice which is why I was a bit pissed off when they were bought out by Wendy's International ( a wholely owned subsidiary of EviCorp) a few years back. I've never had any gripes with "T. Ho's" save the one: their coffee cup lids. The handy lock'n'lift tabs never stay in place and even if they do the edges of the plastic that they leave behind cut into your lower lip like two really...sharp things (sorry, simile generator is on the fritz). They do everything else right so why do they get this so wrong?? Smelling a rat I decided to do a little cyber-sleuthing and even though I'm not big on conspiracy theories I may be on the trail of something big...you be the judge. Clearly the dome shaped cappuccino lid is the better option and it's widely available but think about it....Canada....long winters.....dry air.....chapped lips. The last thing you'd want is anything like jagged plastic irritating your chapped areas. Well, it just so happens that half the soothing lip balms (lipactin, herpex, labiyumm etc.) are made by the good people at Corning which is (big surprise) a wholely owned subsidiary of EviCorp! That's right, the same company that owns "T.Ho's". Let's stop being so Canadian! Let's rise up against this corporate evil! Email "T.Ho's" head office and demand the dome shaped lid. Winter is just around the corner.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

BLOB!!!!! its (he he he) good to see that you are finally getting passionate and political about the really crucial issues that plague our everyday lives.