Rick's Rant - Tim Hortons

[@redbandjack]

Crazy that this video is six years old. Tim Hortons has only become so, so much worse since then.

[@cryptthrasher2213]

Miss ya Rick. We need you now more than ever.

[@mraccord92]

Wage debate aside. I haven't gone to a Tim's in years as the quality of the beverages and food slowly dropped while the prices went up. At a certain point somethings gotta give... Except for the name that company hasn't been Canadian for a long time. I still roll my eyes when people claim it to be the same old Canadian staple...no its changed and so have I.

[@kalium712]

You are correct Rukusu. With Burger King buying Tim Hortons, they changed their coffee supplier, which changed their beverage quality. Additionally, when the supplier was up for grabs, McDonald's decided to work with them (ie. McDonald's current coffee supplier is Tim Hortons' former coffee supplier).

[@mraccord92]

it all makes sense now

[@lefyre1266]

The coffee is nothing like it used to be. It's diluted, the flavour is different, more artificial. Sometimes get a metalic taste in my mouth. Black coffee tastes like hot water. Takes a xl to feel any sort of caffeine. Getting my coffee at co op gas station, lots of bean selection, it's real coffee.

[@neolithic3]

I have never understood how Tim Hortons is popular. Their doughnuts are not even good.

[@mraccord92]

neolithic3 same. Cheap reheated crap

[@raykrocker994]

Current condition at Tim's is deplorable. Low quality, high prices and their is no such thing as customer service anymore. Most of their employees couldn't spell it.

[@canadianmagpie2053]

The BLTs do kind of make up for it tho...

[@raykrocker994]

@@canadianmagpie2053 I guess your standards are a little lower than mine.

[@Sally-ih6ls]

Don’t speak proper English either

[@LMM7880]

I just wrote to Tim's customer service to complain about the cleanliness of their stores. Tables with stains, garbage bins overflowing, mats not vacuumed for who knows how long. They just upgraded one of these outlets and it didn't take long to diminish the look. Heaven forbid they should change their coffee beans to who knows what. As an aside, I was in Erie Pa at a Tim's and asked the drive thru lady if she knew who Tim Horton was. She turned to her coworkers and asked if anyone knew. Nobody did.

[@Sally-ih6ls]

@ where I live(west) they are pretty clean (not like they used to be) but I don’t go often enough to see. I do know they sure are not as busy as they used to be, drive through don’t have the lineups like 10 years ago for sure!!

[@TheCynthia1960]

Minimum wage is saying..."We would pay you less if we could legally get away with it"

[@ceb9769]

Cynthia Douglas Yes that's it. Has nothing to do with fact that almost any 1 of 7 billion ppl on this planet can perform that labour. Shit get a free library card

[@Daniel-xp1jy]

Nothing to do with the fact that I requires zero skill to work at Tim Hortons.

[@CephaloG0D]

And as a working with little to no skill, you can look that capitalist pig right in the face and say "pay me more". If you're not getting paid what you believe your worth, you're either incredibly self-entitled OR you should ask for more -it's that simple.

[@Daniel-xp1jy]

lee lmao if it was so easy to be the owner of a large company like Tim Hortons or making millions by investing why aren't you doing it?

[@Daniel-xp1jy]

F lee is such a fucking idiot.

[@gallantcp]

I wont be surprised if Tim Hortons goes the way of future shop in 15 years

[@MrStickyIggy]

buy up the competition and re-brand?

[@amakeleven]

They're already owned by Burger King... I know way too many people who are siding with franchise owners and its absolutely ridiculous

[@01NiCk01]

you mean get bought up by the competition and be rebranded

[@liamcarroll5014]

I would kill myself

[@SticklesGaming]

Tim Horton's is a national history thing so it's not going anywhere

[@NostalgiaChubby]

doubtful...remember when Nestle said water wasn't a human right? I'm still seein' a lot of Nestle products on the shelves...

[@BenjaminFranklin2u]

Nestle isn't a franchise restaurant that directly depends on daily spending. The own MANY brands, so many in fact that most Nestle products aren't labled as such unless you look really hard. They own everything from candy, to baby formula, to dog food. The biggest cosmetics company in the world is L'Oreal and did you know that the world's largest food company, Nestle is its main shareholder? You would need more than a Canadian (30m ppl) boycott to do anything to effect their sales.

[@DavidRamirez-cu1do]

Well sure water is a human right but you can’t demand it in a bottle form that has been purified and filtered everywhere you go that becomes a commodity

[@kevinbooth-]

I see some people don't actually know what OP was referencing.... the purchase of water rights and subsequent denial of access to clean water for the locals in areas which are impoverished.

[@NostalgiaChubby]

welp, the line-up at just one of the seven tims in my town of 150k was still 10 deep this afternoon...clearly consumers don't care about anything but consumption

[@dmrc43]

David Ramirez I think the problem becomes, our limited supply of fresh water. What good is a human right if there's none left.

[@Skkorm]

I haven't gone to a Tim Hortons since they took away employee breaks and benefits. It's a matter of principle, when your brand wears Canada on its sleeve as a marketing tool, you HAVE to treat employees properly. Throwing a pissy little hissy fit when the minimum wage inches closer to the standard of living, at the expense of your billion dollar bottom line? Nah du, I'll take my money elsewhere.

[@daveweedman1392]

Skkorm If everyone boycotts same as you and they close that location, does that help or hurt the employee in your mind? Is it good because the mean greedy owner has to move franchise locations or is it bad because that local employee has now become unemployed?

[@ceb9769]

Let me guess, you are an aspiring entrepreneur with hopes of employing 1000s of Cdns.

[@lShishkaBerryl]

Same, I'm staying far away

[@s731s]

Dave Weedman yes its true there are downsides, but all for the sake of justice imo 😏✊

[@justanotherdayinparadise6426]

our tims took nothing and gave older employees who have been there longer more money so don't blame all for a few ppl mistakes

[@NewMessage]

Come on.. how the hell do you expect them to give themselves a year end bonus if they go around paying the help what it's worth?

[@davidj.kleinsasser8673]

I'm tired of being disappointed, I stopped going about three years ago...

[@ceb9769]

David J. Kleinsasser your only real vote. That of your dollars.

[@tdeer16]

Ron Joyce, Jr. was the manager/owner of a Tim Hortons I worked at back in high school (mid 90s). It was in Oakville on Iroquois Shore Rd. He was lazy, verbally abusive, cut corners wherever he could, and a downright jerk. I see things haven't changed much in 20 years.

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

Mcdonald's will gladly pick up Tim Horton's lost business.

[@nickolastiguan]

HayesHacker0NE from what I've heard, when TH switched coffee supplier, McDonald started to use TH's old supplier. Hence the good coffee at MD.

[@user-um1et1kh6v]

Yeah I bet your bacon eating fat ass would live that mcshit

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

Mcdonald's isn't treating their employees like crap publicly , they are smarter than Tim Horton's. Tim's has lost my business for now.

[@Gregbaltzer]

You really believe that? Tim's was allowing for paid breaks, and giving more break time that labor laws require. This is the first time I've ever heard of a minimum wage job paying for breaks, because they don't in retail. Hell I don't even have a minimum wage jobs and my break time is deducted. Plus Tim's also allows their employees to receive tips, some employees in busy areas can make up to $40 a day in tips alone. Mcdonald's does not allow their employees to get tips. Tim's is just falling in line with Labor standards, all this is is a bunch of employees crying because their silver spoon was taken way. Most customer service jobs don't give the benefits Tim's was.

[@mudotter]

Tim Hortons lost me when they closed their store bakeries down and ruined their donuts. I never was a fan of their coffee. I do remember when they were a good Canadian change of stores. Back in '87 when I was pregnant and had cravings for whip cream, my local Tim Hortons would slice open and fill any doughnut I wanted with whip cream. Any time of the night or day.

[@cnon.]

I've never understood the love and loyalty many Canadians have for Tim Hortons, the food and beverages they offer range from mediocre to awful. Interiors are depressing. Now a slap in the face to their employees. I see the empire slowly shrinking, first the international locations will fold then some Canadian ones. God willing.

[@4loops43]

Ha! That was just the beginning 6yrs ago…it’s a downright disgrace now!

[@iloveyouamberappel]

The issue is far greater than the location owner. Problem is there are simply too many locations. Each location doesn't make that much but overall the company rakes in the dough. There is no way to fix other than government intervention, which I don't support or letting the market dictate. If you don't support the decision stop spending your money there. The company will adapt or die

[@ceb9769]

iloveyouamberappel government intervention when it comes to Cdns making business choices with their own $. You my friend are an Authoritarian.

[@iloveyouamberappel]

Actually I am quite the opposite. Maybe I didnt write it properly but I believe government intervention is not the answer to the current woes of workers. But not enough people are libertarian so the best you can do is adapt to the changes that the government make and vote different next time or talk to the policy makers and hope they listen.

[@iloveyouamberappel]

100%.F. To stay open you have to make more money by increasing cost or decrease cost by offering different options or effecting staffing.

[@fuzzwahable]

Individual locations don't make that much money?? Dude, they make so much money that you can have a Tim Horton's across the street from a Tim Horton's, and they'll both be lined up out of the lot and obstructing traffic. A Tim's franchise is a license to print money.

[@iloveyouamberappel]

tim clarke well then you should open a location

[@GadgetAndKite]

They've been terrible for a long time now, the food is disgusting, I simply cannot eat it without feeling ill. I'm genuinely baffled why it's still so popular.

[@tm6777]

GadgetAndKite I think it's just a Canadian thing lol I'm sooo tired of their food too 😊

[@waynekerr3598]

Tim’s has gone downhill fast concerning positive public opinion. They are only in it to make a dollar, not to provide quality food and drink.

[@bobbydaniel665]

Tim Horton's and others like McDonalds are actually in the real estate business. Its like farming, only they work that land in their respective service. When no longer profitable sell! Location, location, location. The missing part to the minimum wage story is the subsidies deal that has been penned with this company in regards to new arrivals. People are not following the money far enough.

[@driesen80]

Why couldnt the camera stay level. Jeez

[@fuzzyscarfandmittens4772]

Tim Hortons sucks. Ever since they switched to their new roaster to save money their coffee has gone downhill. Well, that and when they merged with Burger Thing they literally laid off 1/3 of their corporate staff and expected them all the work 1/3 harder for no more money. Their donuts are all made in a factory in Guleph, frozen and then proofed in the store. Nothing is made fresh. Everything is pre-packaged and pre-made. It's just not good anymore. So when I visit Canada and I want a quick coffee to go, I go to McDonald's. They scooped up Tim's old roaster and in a blind taste test, their coffee won. And stuff like this just means you will never see me in a Tim's ever again.

[@MrLolliam]

Fuzzyscarfandmittens This

[@keerywindle1932]

Didn't know that!

[@ceb9769]

Fuzzyscarfandmittens thanks bro. Unaware of the frozen shit.

[@thisguy2678]

Fuzzyscarfandmittens they didn't just switch their roaster, they switched the beans. McDonald's uses their old beans.

[@bigtimeleafsfan]

Its actually scary how accurate this post actually is.

[@7BMan777]

You failed to mention that before the wage hike, most employees at the 2 locations were making FAR more than minimum wage. They received bonus benefits with that large wage too (paid day off for their birthday, paid day off every 6 months if they showed up for every shift, 100% drug plan and dental). Removing their paid breaks and these bonus benefits is still within board and they are still providing more breaks than required by the Employment Standards Act of 2000; they are well within their rights as employers to do so.

[@fuzzyscarfandmittens4772]

The biggest problem was when they moved from corporate stores which had these standards to all franchise stores who didn't have to follow these things. Corporate stores had to follow the same rules as they do at headquarters. My cousin used to work there and he was doing well with all these benefits, pension, retirement planning etc. But little by little they started getting rid of the corporate stores and moved to a more franchise operation so they didn't have to pay these salaries or benefits. Tim Hortons, before, used to be considered one of Canada's best employers. Not so much anymore.

[@TheCrusaderRabbits]

7BMan777 well said

[@NicoleStLouis-is2hc]

Hello Mr. Part of the problem. I BET you are finacially comfortable.

[@ceb9769]

Great points, but that dosent fit Rick's narrative. He disarms our left brain with humour to bring our emotions online, then feeds us the Propaganda. He is State sponsored.

[@ceb9769]

Nicole St. LouisIf so, I Bet he worked hard and was rewarded. Try it, you can succeed too.

[@Yapity111]

Just had the last straw with Tims this morning. Always get my order wrong. Always burning my hashbrown and now they treat their employees like shit. This isn't Canadian.

[@ceb9769]

RainAngel111 So your logic is employees making mistakes isn't Cdn. I'm sure your not this oblivious to the realities of life. Some ppl aren't all that component.

[@Hakimw21]

Well I mean the employees they treat like shit are the ones messing up your order

[@ceb9769]

Sam O You mean the 1s w a low level of education and drive to succeed? Any company that pays our bills isn't treating anybody like shit.

[@Hakimw21]

Curtis Blimkie I'm only using what she said. I'm not arguing whether they are treated like shit or not

[@DJDiggityDubstep]

Get fucked Curtis you're no Canadian.

[@electriclemons1794]

Vast majority? 😂 please you mean everybody who HASN’T worked there.

[@paneenee]

I'm just gonna say it.... MCDONALDS COFFEE IS BETTER THAN TIM HORTONS!

[@Anonymous-ex5uu]

VEE Honestly nobody cares about your opinion dumbass

[@hunterkai6772]

VEE thats because a few years ago Tims changed their coffee and McDonald's went with their old brand. So what your drinking at McD's is the original Tims coffee

[@Sofnuuy]

Both McDs and Tims coffee sucks. Starbucks is just candy for people with no self respect.

[@Anonymous-ex5uu]

Yurr Whatchamacallit stfu little 9 year old Timmys is the best

[@Anonymous-ex5uu]

no name But it is true nobody cares about her stupid ass opinion

[@cccccody14]

I stopped going to Tim Hortons after they fired me for basically standing up for myself.

[@robertlee1497]

Well...it took a pandemic to do it, but some Tim Hortons are now partially closed due to staff shortages. I wonder how junior's 2 stores are doing?

[@l.r.mckenzie4832]

In BC no one who makes an hourly wage gets paid for their lunch break.

[@ceb9769]

L. R. McKenzie makes sense. Their not working at the time.

[@AloraMay17]

you get 2 payed 15 min breaks that they can take away at anytime in an 8+ hour shift. In a 5-7 hour shift its 1 15min break less than 5 hours none.

[@l.r.mckenzie4832]

GM May I know. I was talking about the lunch break.

[@Tuxy79]

I’m with Tim Hortons on this. I mean wtf did people expect? Something had to give with minimum wage hike.

[@merryfranz261]

We need to remember though - this is one franchise owner (maybe a few more in Ontario, reacting to the increase in minimum wage), but not all. Franchise owners make their own decisions. Boycotting a Timmies in AB or BC does NOT send a message to the owners in Colburg ON!! It only hurts your local business owner.

[@ceb9769]

Merry Franz great point. Too bad the Maxist dogma disseminated throughout society for the last 20years make ppl incapable of seeing individuals when identity group politics reign.

[@IgnoramusSA]

Another fucking schill. Fuck you.

[@ceb9769]

Chicken Death stunning argument. Debate champ?

[@elhefe112875]

Who gives a fuck if boycotting in BC doesn't hurt the Ontario stores....If enough Tim's start losing business, the parent company will have to act....Boycott Across Canada.!!!

[@ceb9769]

Dusty that'll help those workers. Logic much?

[@scottbogfoot]

They've lost my $15 a day. Since early December I've been patronizing another coffee provider, one that gives away their coffee for 4 months of the year, every eighth one is free, they give senior discounts, never screw up my coffee and they have carrot muffins, which Tim's never did have. Yep, best decision ever was to never give time hortons any of my hard earned money ever again. $5400.00 a year in lost sales from just one customer! 😂

[@jesterger]

Ever since they retired the Walnut Crunch Doughnut, TIM HORTON'S HAS BEEN DEAD TO ME!

[@marcmartel3088]

I had lunch once and only once at a Tim Horton... never again. The only sure thing about that brand is that their cups are literally littering the whole environment. It reveals something about the type of costumers they attract...

[@MattMcRB]

Theres a Tim Hortons on every street corner and in a pinch people are going to give up any form of a boycott regardless, no amount of outrage is going to affect Tims unfortunately, I think its widely accepted that McDonalds coffee is better, but there are far fewer McDonalds in Canada, I feel like the only way to really even make Tim Hortons worry even a little bit is for McDonalds to start putting up coffee shops everywhere, and then I think long term we're going to have a McDonalds problem, I don't think the Tim Hortons problem can or will be fixed, but I think Canada is losing its embrace on the brand and we're no longer considering it to be a Canadian institution.

[@sabrinasokal]

Tim Horton's is #4 on the list of coffee favorites in Canada. Even starbucks at 5 bucks a coffee beat them, you must be sleeping to not realize Tim's is becoming irrelevant.

[@Skkorm]

Wanna bet? I stopped going there when I heard about this. It was easy.

[@ceb9769]

Matt McRedbeard Cdn institution. Damn get off the Socialist kool-aid. It's a private enterprise

[@s731s]

Sabrina Sokal as a tim hortons employee... i agree with you 😅

[@s731s]

Curtis Blimkie i think you misunderstood his point. He/she had a wrong choice of words...no need to get triggered 🤗

[@wilhobbs207]

So they don't get paid lunch breaks anymore? I never get paid lunches.

[@skydiesay6019]

Ned the muscle man flanders chill, not everyone can live like us

[@thekandycinema3193]

I've worked two minimum wage jobs and never got paid lunch.

[@theresarayvals6697]

No they dont.Dont forget that it was Tim Hortons that offered to pay these things to employees.Not to mention if they had of been giving proper raises over the years than all of this wouldnt have such an impact all at once.

[@Janey.Canuck]

Where are these "better jobs"? Please reply.

[@Steve-rl2qv]

A Canadian deplorable! :(

[@emilyjanet455]

My best friend works at Tim's and she was so baffled when the Coburg story hit the news. She told me she hasn't been getting paid breaks since last October. She's a shift manager, worked there full time for two years now. Still makes minimum wage. And don't even talk about the shit benefits she gets.

[@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank]

What benefits? My daughter had worked at one for years. No paid lunch or break and no benefits.

[@stephss]

Once Wendy's bought it out, and had the donuts premade in ontario, instead of being freshly baked (like the good old days), only to be 'prepared' in a microwave by their 'baking staff', to save money...that was basically the start of the penny pinching. Maybe it was Tim Hortons aka Burger king now, that abolished the penny after all.

[@craggolly]

Rick says something, cameraman flips over

[@wendyasselstine7768]

I actually heard from a retailer the other day that sells K-cups, she told me that she was unable to get McCafe coffee cups. I told her I preferred them better than Tim's coffee, she informed me that Tim's now purchases a new bean and that McDonalds now actually uses their old bean. Not sure if this is true but McDonalds coffee is so much better than Tim's. Watch out Tim's, if you continue your reckless way it may be costly.

[@lorettalouvros207]

Here here!! Well put Rick!!We’ve actually stopped going to Tim’s!! I’m sickened by this ! Outraged actually! It is hard enough to get by in this day and age especially making minimum wage, but to make it even more difficult?! Are you kidding me!!? These rich, elitist make me sick! When is enough money enough? I mean while we bust our assess making money for you while we make peanuts in wages, you won’t pay our breaks now?!!!!!!! Seriously?!!! All we want is to get a fair wage for an honest day’s work!! I mean what’s next?!, slave labour?!, perhaps it will harken to the time of factory workers being paid 10 or 20 dollars a DAY?!!!!

[@littleripper312]

My friends were forced to work 9-10hours at Tim Hortons and only get paid for 8. It was because they were blackmailed by the employer as they were immigrants and could get sent back.

[@annamariebohus4817]

Love Rick and love this rant! Right on, Rick!!

[@cookiesnruntz]

I live down the street from the one on Burnham. They have signs up they are now closing at 11pm til 5am everynight. They used to stay open all night.

[@marioiacolucci]

Well that sucks

[@AloraMay17]

I worked at tim hortans and they fired me for 'not being able to do my job' because I was 8 months pregnant (I had employee of the month 2 times so its not like I was bad at my job) They worked me after midnight without pay to close shop using you should have been done sooner as an excuse and honestly the standards of food is cringe worthy (we used sugar with maggots in it). I have not spent a cent since working there I hate the company as I did complain several times with nothing coming from it.

[@k_woozei]

Man, the man is nON STOP-

[@crush42mash6]

Need more Rick!

[@basedleaf5062]

oooh that roast at the end

[@scotttaylor5928]

The Grilled Cheese Panini used to be so good but now it’s all fucked with “artisan style” shit

[@brendaoconnor8357]

Please stop the camera tilt

[@Justin-uc8sc]

Crazy how Tim Hortons has only gotten worse since this video

[@vitix5906]

So when a balloon POPS do we blame it on the weakness of its design or the underlying Prick that caused it to burst in the first place?

[@NaturalGallantBodybuilding]

Many years ago, when I worked minimum wage jobs and other jobs, and at NONE OF THEM, did I get paid breaks. I agree with giving staff paid breaks but I never had them.

[@SFhelper]

This is so misinformed it's ludicrous, the staff were previously given paid breaks which were a privilege, not a right. They also got absurd amounts of benefits for what is bottom rung work that could be replaced by automation within literal years. A sudden 20% increase in a large part of your operating expense can't be passed off normally by any business owners, the workers should be glad they didn't get more work while their colleagues got laid off. The Tim Hortons brand has been slowly dying off, though this is not even remotely related to why the brand has been declining. The quality of goods has decreased to accommodate for inflation while the prices increased minimally, leading to something completely different from Tim Hortons 10-15 years ago.

[@HISHAM931]

SFhelper Absurd amounts of benefits? This I want to hear.

[@floydronalds56]

Replaced by automation? Seriously? How? Coin inserted/press the button/double-double in the middle of a raging snowstorm drive thru in Northern NB? Hope I'm around to see that...just for shits n giggles.

[@PierreaSweedieCat]

Good points. McD's and Wal-Mart are both looking into cutting staff. Timbos, the same. You can live on minimum wage. I have. And I own a house. But you have to know how to manage. And mostly these jobs are not meant for long-term living. This is, in Ontario, at least, a ploy by Wynne and the Liberals. There were other things they could have done, but....

[@SFhelper]

Don't quote me as I can't be bothered to read the original facebook comment by the whiny workers atm, but I believe they got some health insurance as well as retirement benefits. This is completely crazy in the context of a min-wage skill level job.

[@SFhelper]

Just google FANUC to look into the speed of development of automation for the manufacturing process, there hasn't been any incentive to automate min wage jobs until now, with unsustainable policy forcing artificial min wages. When you force companies like mcdonalds or in this case, tims, to adapt, they will. In the future, there'll be at most 1 or 2 people in a tim hortons to make sure everything is running, I can see the kiosks replacing most of the cashier work and meal prep being automated.

[@timothyjholloway]

Way to go! I agree 100% and I don't even go to Tim Hortons. They'd better watch out because everyone's watching and that sentiment for their stores, products, and experiences wears real thin when it comes to the Canadian values we've been forced to defend more than ever: fair wages, treatment, and _political equality_ meaning we need to give each other a chance, not treat each other like dirt because our rights have been better established _by law_ Tim Hortons should be ashamed, and the rights of _franchisees_ should be determined based on how they honour or dishonour the Tim Hortons brand. Employee rights should _not_ vary from location to location unless the _government_ says so, so that _Canadians_ can take responsibility as members of their democracy, not have to fight their employers for the benefits they were given upon hire!

[@daltoncote6984]

I love your show !!!

[@NicoleStLouis-is2hc]

People are too selfish to care. Tim Hortons won't lose business.

[@ObsidianBehemoth]

-Could you survive on minimum wage? -No, and I don't recommend trying. -I'm using my opposable thumbs, give me more money dammit!

[@nickg4713]

Congrats on trending

[@mikeneale2459]

I LOVE RICK RANTS! ALWAYS DID!

[@taibhsear71]

Yeah, I can see people giving up Tim's because they "care" about the workers. You can see people being treated like shit by customers and owner alike. No one cares about the plight of minimum wage workers except minimum wage workers and people trying to make money off them.

[@ceb9769]

taibhsear71 They could start caring about themselves. Nobody's going to be your Mother.

[@RP_Williams]

That's not true at all...there's plenty of well paid people (like myself) advocating for higher min wage. History has shown time and again, when the income gap gets too big, society crumbles. Check out the French and Russian revolutions...the income gap was PRECISELY why they happened.

[@ceb9769]

DeathToTheDictators yes, but artificially raising the value of labour lowers demand, increasing demand for automation at the same time raise prices as we see with daycare that ultimately devalues those higher than min eage earners value of their labour. This gov. Interference isn't the answer to what ails us my friend. Ps just saw a autoteller at shoppers

[@RP_Williams]

+Red Pill Life " artificially raising" - we're not 'artificially' raising anything, the RETAIL value of the work these workers produce is worth FAR more than what they're actually getting paid (and we're merely correcting this unfairness). "Interference isn't the answer to what ails us my friend' - actually it IS...we saw the same thing for the first several decades at the outset of industrialization and early capitalism (where machinery and technology took the work of humans, and we had a big surplus of labor...ultimately they installed govt legislation that regulated worker's pay and hours, to address said labor surplus, and we ultimately saw the vast middle class we see today immerge THANKS to said regulations). "Ps just saw a autoteller at shoppers" - sure, and you're going to see plenty more...all this means is the 'shrinking of the work week' (we saw it back in the 1800s, were the work week went form 50-60 to only 40) thanks to automation...we'll likely see the work week shrink from the common '40 hours' to 30 or 20 nowadays, as well).

[@shaykespeeer7040]

Almost all large corporations are doing the same thing. See the problem?

[@shaykespeeer7040]

Errrr, no. Billions in profits. Owners hoarding wealth. Let me guess, you want others to work in poverty, but you wouldn't want to do so yourself? And before you give some blah blah explanation or excuse, keep in mind that the majority of new jobs in Canada are minimum wage or close to it and many, many good paying jobs are disappearing all across Canada. Yours might be next.

[@Jarjarbinks683]

Coffe is for old people too cowardly to just take coke aine

[@hotelbastard7853]

When it comes to being, inprovished, my understanding has been, Tim Hortons provides you a bread bowl of chili?

[@logixredeta-7323]

Man Tim Hortons use to be so good. Now it’s just a place with bad service, bland food, and it just feels like there isn’t much love put into this place anymore.

[@realitycheck2001]

And go where? McDonald’s? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@woodyfive0]

McDonalds coffee is way better

[@karlthelawyer]

Stale coffee. No more 20 minute guarantee. Enough said. Goodbye massive Brazilian consortium.

[@davefalconer7180]

Great job Rick! Glad you did a rant on this ridiculous screw-up on Tim Hortons part. I haven’t been to a Tim’s since the new year. I hope they do the right thing soon… starting to enjoy Starbucks coffee.

[@BumpyHumpyDumpy]

God forbid a business cease to provide a benefit when a minimum wage increase is implemented that provides the exact same dollar value to the employee as that benefit.

[@daneharris3534]

They started going downhill when they ditched the sugar twist donut

[@InvisibleHotdog]

Rick was wrong about the grandmas, it's Taj Mahortons now

[@lifethroughcoraslenses36]

Who's here for school?

[@CandyKira]

Me

[@myoui_mina977]

Mee

[@whynotlin7998]

Money does not come from nowhere, the video keeps mentioning the son of the the franchise owner, but they are not representitive of local Tim Hortons franchisees who had to dump a LOT of time and capital to even start the business and after 3-5 years of hardwork, maybe making $150-200k NET INCOME. Now, let's take the minimum wage hike from $11.40 -> $14 -> $15 next year, that's an increase of $3.40 per employee per hour. Let's say on average, you open from 6am to 10pm (16 hours) and need 5 people at any given time to operate, that's a $3.40 x 5 x 16 x 365 = $99,280 more annually. It's just simple math, who in their right minds would ever open one in the first place?? All that initial cost, time, effort, and risk just to make $50-100k 5 years later??

[@ceb9769]

whynotlin Yes, someone who knows math and understands risk. Cheers Bro

[@ceb9769]

Ned the muscle man flanders wow inciteful commentary to the discussion of economics. PHD?

[@IgnoramusSA]

Schillllllllillings

[@raulikovasin5919]

Mercer is out to lunch on this one. Most hourly workers don't get paid lunch breaks. Businesses can't absorb this type of wage increase without cutting costs somewhere. It's a very competitive business and raising prices drastically will cost them market share resulting in a loss of jobs.

[@MurasakiBunny]

I mean we, as consumers, are more than willing to pay more for our product so that those working the labor to give it to us can be paid more... or are we?

[@KnickKnax90s]

Amen Rick, thank you for this!

[@brandonn6837]

Damm… this video 6 years later aged so well Tim hortons is now a dumpster fire

[@TheAstronomyDude]

such a weird filter; high contrast, high blur, makes everything look dizzy and nauseous

[@wallymarner8797]

consider this folks ... if the government passed a law that increased your mortgage/rent payment wouldnt you try to find a way to compensate for the extra cost???

[@Daniel-xp1jy]

Getting paid breaks is a bonus not something you deserve. You work you get paid. You're not working on your break so you don't get paid. Used to work at Staples and I never got paid breaks.

[@marcocalce4717]

a 9 hour shift is entitled to a 1 hour lunch by labour regulations, this means employees are only paid for 8 hours. in a 9 hour shift. If he's paying them 8 hrs and 20 min, that would equate to more money for his workers. Unless they are not given a full 1 hr lunch, in which case there's more to argue about.

[@SonicPhonic]

Thanks Rick! The way Tim Horton's is far worse than the minimum wage issues: they've brought in foreign workers, and stack them up 6-per room and take that off their pay! Mind you, it is a franchise, but their head office could renegotiate all contracts regarding human rights in the work place.

[@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank]

I heard of managers doing that out in Western Canada. My daughter and a granddaughter have both worked for Tim Hortons. My daughter could tell you things that make you wonder how people even buy from their.

[@bxnnybug_]

rick is my 13th reason

[@rochat]

I gave up on Timmies when they sold to Americans and changed their coffee.

[@crawdawd2036]

I am a canadian, i quit supporting timmies a while ago cuz i know how they treat employees like garbage, been there. VETO TIMMIES

[@vortexnad]

When a company has to suddenly pay out so much more for hourly wages using the current product price set, it equates to financial losses. I get it. So they either have to cut staff or increase prices to make up for the wage increase. Either way it will affect business. Some companies are moving towards a fully automated product: you know....like the sandwich and coffee machines at the hospital.....yum.

[@chaos_charmer]

Most employers handed out notice well before the increases in price were handed out. And paid breaks have been slowly been taken away from employees at store levels for years now. It was a 6 buck gain per employee since every other company typically doesn't pay for lunch breaks. This has been blown out of the water and only half looked into. Not by news outlets but by the people. Employers have to guve their staff notice of these changes 3 months minimum in advance. But this only became an issue jan 1st. Anyone elae see the issue here?

[@iliya3580]

The Tim Hortons beside my home has terrible service and quality... the joy of going to this place has slowly evaporated

[@darkincantation9454]

If you give consumers the choice between paying employees less or paying 5 cents more per cup, which one do you think they'll choose? The question is already answered. There's a reason we're not surrounded by $20/hr earning baristas. The coffee would be more expensive and a rival chain with a similar product would eat the market share.

[@zeusvalentine3638]

what is more sad is that those same Tim Hortons workers are paying tax on their low earnings to fund things like the CBC.

[@kellybowers6647]

Tim Hortons is always open. Their employees work shifts including overnight, on weekends, through the holidays etc. every day of the year but Christmas. They deal with customers who are always rushed and often rude. They are on their feet all day long and for the lowest possible wage legally possible. Plus, they don't earn a second income from tips like wait staff or bartenders. And whether you think the work is "brain surgery" or not, after their long busy tiring shifts, they still need to pay their bills and feed their families. I suggest everyone take some of the responsibility. Rather than raising the minimum wage quite so much, why can't the government reduce income tax for low wage earners. For their part, Tim Hortons head office and the stores could split the cost of a smaller raise with the stores. And they can raise the price a bit on those fancy coffees to make up the difference. In the end, you'll know that the smiling face who prepares your favourite beverage is being treated more fairly.

[@ceb9769]

Kelly Bowers there's an idea. Give ppl their own earned $ back.Trump just did that as well

[@goatedchild6345]

I consume Tim Hortons at least twice a week

[@edweagle]

Always fresh-ly heated Tim Hortons!

[@cedarbobedar7223]

TDL needs to stop bouncing the cost of pay raises down at customers and employees, and let them have the intended effect of taking a sliver of the shareholders' pie and letting the plebs share it. Shareholder interests and deferred responsibility is the problem here.

[@LuxiBelle]

Maybe if Mercer paid his camera guy more than minimum wage he could hold a camera correctly.

[@connoryaps]

INCONCEIVABLE!!!!

[@Anonymous-ex5uu]

I love timmys

[@christinezealand9294]

When they started charging 50 cents for two teaspoons of whipped topping on a cafe mocha... I stopped going there.

[@azharaliahmed]

I opted to go to mcdonalds for a breakfast sandwich yesterday. Their sandwich was actually good and had what seemed like a real egg compared to the sponge thing at Tim Horton’s. Not going back to Tims. You stopped being Canadian a long time ago.

[@hydroking619]

Amen

[@AnotherWittyUsername.]

These store owners will do whatever it takes to save a buck. Just last week a Lethbridge AB store owner caught shit for forcing his Temporary Foreign Workers to sleep inside the store instead of providing suitable accommodations for them.