To the Purolator guy who bought my coffee and bagel at the Ferry Terminal Tim Horton’s this morning: I really didn’t know that Tim’s doesn’t take Visa, and I had 23 cents in my wallet and about $1.23 in my bank account. Thank you so much for helping out a caffeine-deprived lady in need, and for doing it without scorn. The universe will return the favor!
–Destitute Coffee-Lover
This article appears in Jan 21-27, 2010.
First off this should be in the appropriate section, this is area is for bitching dear, you are thanking, direct your love to the love section (this has happened way too much lately)
Second, I’m glad someone was there to help, but not knowing Tims doesn’t take Visa? you cant love caffeine and live in Halifax (nay, Canada) and not know that 😛
Tim’s and no Visa? Weird. Second Cup does.
You gotta use a visa to pay for a coffee !
What’s wrong with carrying 4 or 5 dollars on you????
It’s not hard !
You get paid… you put 20 or 30 dollars in small bills on your fridge, or where ever you may keep your keys. you’re going out, you need a couple of bucks , you take some cash!
I put all my change each day in the same spot, if there’s a 5 I leave it & when I head out in the morning, I’ve got bridge fare (actual change)if I happen to be going to Halifax, but at least I got a couple of bucks for a coffee or 2 !
Poor broke ass – sucks to buy coffee with a visa !! Did you atleast give your number with a hint you might put out?
Ever since people discovered Timmies there has been an increase in the number of people who have forgotten how or never learned that coffee can be made at home for far less than a ‘large double-double’ costs. Bank the difference OP, with the twofold effect of having more money in your account AND some caffeine in your system. You don’t have to tip yourself but make sure you thank yourself if you do:P
Nicely said OceanLady
I am on a green tea kick lately, & I can heat the water in my nuclear oven, while brushing my teeth, dump it in my travel mug (Which I guarantee you isn’t from the dead hockey guy’s dumpster…I mean store) toss in a tea bag, head out the door & drive 😉
I like the 4 o clock green tea, from japan, I get from that store you have to buy a membership to.
The bestest part (I know nazi’s, bestest* isn’t a word) is they come in individual envelopes & you can carry them in your pocket & where ever you can get hot water…you got tea !
Green tea is very yummy More. My favourite is peppermint tea steeped from dried peppermint from my garden.
I had some peppermint tea on Saturday !
I was visiting friends & they offered coffee & I mentioned my new tea kick & they suggested their peppermint stuff…wow ! I have sinus’s in places in my head I never knew existed.
But it was good, I grow a spearmint plant in my garden every year, I like to chew a leaf or two now & then to freshen my breath especially if I’ve been tasting the chive plant 😉
More, Spearmint tea is good too!
Mint tea as you know is a great decongestant. It is also good for digestion and is a marvelous bit of stress relief-in-a-cup!
Actually OceanLady…I didn’t know that.
But anytime you can learn something new…its a good day 🙂
thanks.
so is ephedrine… but “apparently” it’s too dangerous.
grrrr.
I used to love the tingle in the base of my skull I would get from popping an ephedrine and creatine drink. sugar rush with ephedrine makes you want to run up a wall.
No wonder your a moron ZZZ – way to much chemicals ! Now I get it .
Green tea: great stuff and with medicinal properties. It does however, carry a punch with it’s caffeine content.
Maybe, we should all give up on our 5 buck mornin’ Grande Latte, and feed a starving child. Heck, for 5 bucks you can feed 5.
tim’s takes mastercard so I think people get the impression that they take debit/visa.
OP doesn’t sound like a tim’s regular which…is not a bad thing. I don’t know how anyone can drink the swill they call coffee. blech!
Green tea will actually detox your system and literally clean you out. That’s why people use it for weight loss (and a lot of weight loss supplements have green tea extract)….which is cool, but it doesn’t burn fat, it just makes you drop pounds by getting rid of all the shit (literally) in your system.
The multi vitamin I take has green tea extract in it and I remember I dropped 4 pounds in two days when I started because it was like a colon cleanse. I keep taking it because it keeps my system working well.
People actually drink coffee for the taste? Dilettantes, all of you! I take instant to work and just run hot water out of the tap. No kidding.
Having said that – and having grossed out no small number of you – may I implore plastic-toting people to carry small change for when there’s like 20 people in line? Namely, morning rush hour? I’m never in a hurry, but I don’t like standing in line either, and there’s something very irritating about someone who holds up a line for a minute as their credit card is processed for $1.85, when the cashiers are able to process someone who gives them a twoonie in about 10 seconds flat.
On a related note, if that credit card is in a wallet buried inside a fucking giant purse, why not extract it before you get to the goddamned cashier? Instead of fumbling for the fucking thing while everyone waits? And when you get the card back, how about re-installing the fucking thing, along with all the other stuff you pulled out to find the fucking wallet, inside the giant fucking purse at a convenient table nearby, instead of again taking up serious time right in front of the cashier?
Thank you and enjoy your fair-trade palm civet-pre-digested Kopi Luwak coffee with Italian goat cream and hand-rolled and painted twists of Cuban brown sugar.
R.i.D.: Ever seen the inside of a hot water tank? I’m thinking of a four letter word that starts with ‘r’…RUST! There are better ways to get your daily iron intake:) ‘Rusted in Dartmouth’ might be a more appropriate online persona…hehehe!
Tims doesn’t take credit cards as it takes too long and holds up the lines. They take Fast Cards.
The best way to pay your Purolator Saint back it to choose Purolator for all your shipments in the future. This will help your saint to keep a job.
Tim’s coffee is the best I’ve ever had, PK! Compared to Dunkin’ Donuts this shit is gold.
wait what? a guy called ‘weedhog’ saying I ingest too many chemicals????
holy crap.
1. those I listed weren’t illegal at the time (not that all illegal chemicals are bad…) and
2. one puff of your smoke has how many chemicals in it?
unless you use a vaporizer, you can also add the lighter fluid as well…