I think Halifax is the last city in Canada that doesn’t allow people to drink coffee on the bus. In fact most other cities open Tim Horton’s in there bus and subway stations as a way to increase revenue.
People driving to work get to drink Timmies in the car. Why not on the bus as well? If you want to get more people out of there cars and using public transit then let them have there Timmies.
The Timmies at the Ferry Terminal is awesome and you can take your Timmies in the Ferry. They should allow this on the bus as well.
—ytz
This article appears in Dec 10-16, 2009.
No Timmies on buses, will probably never change, you can bring it though in a reusable plastic mug with a lid. imagine the coffee everywhere and burning everyone. No thanks.
This rule came into effect after a woman spilled coffee on herself and blamed Metro Transit because she said the driver stopped too abruptly.
Yes, you used to be able to carry take out cups on the buses, but one bad apple ruined it for everyone, as usual.
BUT, if you get yourself a nifty thermal coffee cup, and **gasp** even make coffee at home and bring it with you, you not only stop another needless stream of garbage into landfills, but you save money, your coffee stays warmer longer, and you run less risk of spillage. I’ve been carrying a mug around for 15 years at least. It’s really no big deal.
Give it a try. Make it your New Years resolution.
It’s rather nice not to have to clear away disposable cups to sit down anymore.
“and **gasp** even make coffee at home and bring it with you, you not only stop another needless stream of garbage into landfills, but you save money, your coffee stays warmer longer, and it tastes 10 times better than tims, even if you filled your coffee maker with piss instead of water.”
fixed.
I heard recently that Tim Horton’s doesn’t allow those big reusable mugs anymore because they’re a health risk. Something about the lip of the mug touching the coffee pot and spreading germs or somesuch nonsense (the irrational fear of germs in our culture would make a nice bitch some day).
The reusable mugs are fine but if people were bringing those paper cups onto buses I would hate being splashed with hot coffee because someone was sloppy. Even if it didn’t hit my skin it would make a mess on my clothes.
I take the ferry every day anyway and I hate the Tim Horton’s in the ferry terminals because they’re so bloody slow serving people.
I know this is difficult but let’s give it a try…
(1)buy a coffee
(2)pour it into your reusable mug
It stays hot that way too! What a concept!
(3)dispose of your paper cup in responsible fashion
(4)be sure to thank Timmie’s for doing their part to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Oh, nix #4. That makes no sense at all otherwise they’d pour the coffee into the mug they sold you under just this premise.
Other than stating the obvious, my dear Kay, what exactly is your point?
Hahahah oh Pavillion, you have fallen for the same mistake that many have…in believing that the Kaytard actually has a point (other than being a prime example for just saying no to drugs while pregnant).
Say it with me now, people:
TIMMY!
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The comedy show of those who come to work with their bigger & bigger buckets of tim’s garbage…I don’t drink it, but I love the stupid looks on the faces of those who do.
I wonder how long it will be for the megga Timmie, 160 ounce bucket of grossness !
They could put it in a pail, if they were made of metal, they’d make great spitoons, which will solve another bitch about spitters ~:)
Im pretty sure I can still buy a coffee at tims with my reusable mug. I did it two days ago.
I live in Ottawa. Most people who commute take the bus, and everyone brings their coffee. It’s great. And the buses remain clean. Not to mention that they run every three minutes on major routes…
On an unrelated note, here comes the Olympic torch. Cool.
I hate to say it, but I think McDonald’s brews a much better pot of coffee than Timmy’s.
Soon they’ll probably have 2-litre cups of Timmy’s coffee.
I know this is old and cliche and probably not funny anymore, but I still can’t help it…
TIMMY!
…and the Lords of the Underworld!
can’t leave that out or Skyler will get all pissy and go solo
lehova, Ottawa is said to have one of the best public bus systems in the world. Cities around the world look to Ottawa in order to improve their bus system. Still doesn’t stop people in Ottawa from bitching about it though, of course.
I liked what they did in Adelaide with their “O-Bahn Busway”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Bahn_Busway
COOOOOLL!
greenbluered,15 years,not cold yet bud?
oh,and screw you guys,i’m going home.
Strange. Open food and drink have been banned on the busses since the 70s, at least. They’re a lot more lenient than they used to be, too – there was a time they’d keep you off if you had a closed pop bottle that looked like it had been open and drunk from.
Coffee sucks anyways.
Move to another province. You can eat and drink all you want on the bus… and sit in the garbage of it too.
qpmzwonxeibcruv:Never buy from the one in Dartmouth Crossing, your coffee hopes will be dashed. Fucking vile.
I don’t like the stink of coffee, including the stale odour of that which is inevitably spilled on the floor, seats etc.
Have your coffee at home please; if there’s no time…get up earlier.
“I heard recently that Tim Horton’s doesn’t allow those big reusable mugs anymore because they’re a health risk. Something about the lip of the mug touching the coffee pot and spreading germs or somesuch nonsense”
Nonsense is right! Why the hell would the mug and pot HAVE TO TOUCH?! Of course filling re-usable mugs directly should be allowed.
…but the need to have coffee on the bus at all blows my mind. How about DRINKING your coffee in the same place as you BUY it or MAKE it??? You don’t see people whipping out the rest of their breakfast on the bus, do you? ….frigging addicts.
Dogma, it’s a great way to save time in the morning, especially if it takes you 30-45 minutes to get to your destination.
It would also save time to shave, brush your teeth, and take your morning whiz (in a bottle, I suppose) on the bus instead of at home. 😉
Nope, just do that the night before!
do a mr bean and dress or make lunch
I don’t think your biggest problem is not being able to bring “timmies” on the bus…
You might want to worry about learning a basic command of the english language before you consider bringing your coffee onto the bus.
Take it one step at a time, OP. Onnnne step at a time….
“”and take your morning whiz (in a bottle, I suppose) “”
X-(
What’s wrong with taking a whiz in a bottle?
If it was good enough for MPP Alvin Curling in the house, it’s good enough for the rest of us.
I went to a high school dance once, got drunk, and on the way home the bus driver refused to stop to let me out for a piss, so, naturally, I pissed into the heating vent beside my seat (as one does)…
No mess to clean up, but…*whhewwwww”, I had no idea it would stink so bad for the next month.
Good thing I had my own car, even back then. Guess he shoulda stopped, eh?
The federal government doesn’t own Tim Hortons. It isn’t their job to increase revenues for a privately owned company. Forgoing the obvious answer.
I lived in Ottawa for ten years, just moved back here in 2008. The public transit system is HORRIBLE compared to other large Canadian cities (still better than Halifax, though). The times are always off (you call Go time and they say the bus will arrive at your stop in ten minutes, it could be there in two minutes or twenty) and often two buses (same number) will arrive at the same time. Winter schedules are notoriously inaccurate, which is terrible when you are waiting at an unsheltered stop in minus 30 weather. The only “model” that Ottawa can share with other cities is the Transitway, which is a very cost effective great way to offer subway-like service without going underground. In terms of scheduling, accuracy and reliable interactive real time technology, OCTranspo is a bust.
OP: It’s fine to drink Tim’s in your car because, when the coffee gets on stuff, it is YOUR responsibility to clean it up, whereas it’s usually left to the bus driver to clean up after you’ve gone and left your mess there.
Even if other cities allow it, you have to keep in mind that, at the end of the day, the workers in those cities have to clean up coffee cups and puddles of brown beanjuice before they can go home. Metro Transit may have its faults when it comes to how it treats its employees, but at least it saves them from having that extra duty to perform come the end of their shift.
Also, the ferry ride is considerably less spill-inducing, since it’s a boat on water and not a bus on bumpy asphalt. Duh.
I would guess the interior of buses are cleaned daily whether you had a coffee spill or not so, really, what difference does it make to a board of anal retentive control freaks? Oh, I guess that’s not the question.
And jenny, you bring a level on board that boat and quantify what a “smooth” ride that is. Do the same on a bus. I think you’ll find yourself about 90 degrees vertical MOST of the time on solid ground but could not say the same riding the waves on the ferry.
Wouldn’t it be great if we all had that extra time to sit and enjoy our coffee/breakfast in the place we bought/made it. “Get up earlier” – As if this person sleeps 12 hours a night or something….most people multi task nowadays, we don’t have time do do things one at a time…you people who think everyone who’s drinking coffee and walking at the same time, is a lazy fucker who just couldn’t pull his ass out of bed an hour earlier so that he wouldn’t bother you with his coffee drinking…you must be the same people who sit down to chew gum and stand still on moving sidewalks and slow down for green lights, and drive the rest of us absolutely nutty!
I’d rather see the litter on the bus then on the sidewalk. People who would drink coffee on the bus may litter on the bus but at least at the end of the day the buses are cleaned and litter taken care of.
People who drink coffee in there cars toss the litter out the window and it ends up in the harbour. If you don’t beleive me take a walk along Barrington Street north in between the two bridges…There are Tim Horton cups EVERYWHERE…
I can understand no paper cups but no reusable plastic cups with lids is bullshit. I hate waiting until my stop until I can drink my coffee and wake the fuck up.
There rules are fucked up (Just for you, PK).
Not so much here, but I hated it in other cities on their public transport which tended to be a lot dirtier. Aside from a lot more graffiti, you’d also get all kinds of interesting garbage on the trains and busses, the most common being gum of course, but also fast food wrappers, used tissues, used syringes, and I once found a soiled diaper too. EEEWWWWW! That’s the public of public transit for you.
OP, the difference between buses and ferries is the way they suddenly brake. If a bus suddenly brakes, things and people go flying. If a ferry suddenly brakes, it’ll drift to a stop and most people will stay put. Car drivers (and bus drivers who like to advertise double-standards) accept this risk as only themselves will hurt if it spills. In a bus, not so much.
If people give me too much flak about coffee cups, I request they set up a sudden stop simulator. I take my closed Coke bottle or metal water bottle, hold it above my head upside down, and give it a hard shake. Funny how noone with hot coffee is willing to do same, yet they think I’m a douchebag.
I will say that I will turn a blind eye to coffee in your purse/bag, as long as it stays there until you get off the bus.