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May
11
Cashing in on the $0.16 Timbit
Filed Under london, marketing | 5 Comments
By now, you’ve likely heard the story of the woman who was fired because she gave away a $0.16 Timbit. That event happened here in our city of London (where are about 10 Tim Horton’s stores on every block). I’m completely sick of seeing the story everywhere (it’s still one of the most popular stories on Reuters.com) and it seems that I can’t even escape while I enjoy a game of Scrabulous:
Yup, that’s Nicole holding a timbit. Also, you can see the edge of my Scrabulous game. I’m winning. Anyway, I like clever marketing like this. It’s possible that she’s seen this ad because she does indeed have a Facebook profile. Not much on it but she has written a few posts on her wall and joined her own support group. Not to be rude but she may want to spellcheck everything she writes as it is nearly illegible.
Everyone and their timbit-eating-toddler has been weighing in on this issue so I might as well put in my $0.02 worth. Hey, look! My opinions are worth less than a Timbit.
Do I think she should have been fired? Hard to answer without knowing her performance history at this job. Also hard to answer as I don’t know Tim Horton employee policies. I truly can’t answer this question.
Do I think that Tim Horton’s customers should be rude to the employees? Heck, no! I understand that this has been an unfortunate reality at many TH locations in London. The people behind the counter have nothing to do with the decisions that are made in the manager’s office! Why take your anger out on people that have nothing to do with what happened? Contact the store manager or, better yet, the corporate office. Customer service can be emailed at: customer_service@timhortons.com.
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Apr
2
Waterworld: REDUX
Filed Under london | 9 Comments
Snow has been melting like CRAZY for the last couple of days. The photo above was taken from the end of my backyard - as you can see, it WAS a soccer field. Now, it’s a lake. Just last week there were deer prancing in that field! OK, maybe they weren’t prancing, but they did prance when there was snow. They wandered right up to our living room window one morning just 3 weeks ago. Can you believe that there is a developer that wants to plow down all those trees and build a housing development right there? Right where you’re looking? He thinks that he’ll be able to fill in that entire area with clean fill. Personally, I would say that the area is better suited for a beach than a apartment complex.
Reading the paper today, it turns out that a lot of the flooding has happened because the Fanshawe dam has been opened in anticipation of heavy rain tomorrow and Friday. In short…things will get worse before they get better. I’m planning an alternate bus route for tomorrow morning because this morning my bus stop was completely under water.
Credits for these last two photos go to Jesse James Taylor (yes, that’s his real name!).
Sep
26
Furniture Shopping
Filed Under furniture, life, london, money, personal, shopping | 7 Comments
I believe, in the near future, that furniture shopping will be the death of me (and my money).
Scott and I went furniture shopping last night to browse and get an idea of what’s out there and how much it will cost. We went to 5 stores (!!) in 1.5 hours. We call it speed furniture shopping, see how much you can see in a small amount of time. We hit up Bad Boy, Leons, The Brick, Sears Home Store and Teppermans.
We learned that we don’t like any couches out there and that couches are actually pretty expensive. For couches we found the best deals at Teppermans, and found some pretty reasonable prices in the clearance section. Sadly this was our last store and we did not have enough time to look at everything and they even started turning lights off while we were there.
We learned that we both like dark coloured wood for furniture. For example see this kitchen table that we liked, which is on sale for $498 for the table (including a leaf you can add in, ) and I think 4 chairs.
For bedroom furniture we also found a few that we could tolerate, which were dark wood. We also don’t like bulky sets, which is good because it is not practical for us, as we are renting a house for the first bit of married life, and we will expect to move a few times until we settle down. The set below costs $1299 for 6 pieces (headboard, footboard, rails, nightstand, mirror and dresser). The price is in the lower price range, basically the only one we could afford if we bought a full set.
Don’t even get me started on mattresses. We got nowhere with those. I seriously have no idea how to decide what to get, because I know I will have no idea if I will like it or not, unless I am sleeping on it.
Lucky for us the house we are renting has a fridge, stove, dishwasher, washer and dryer. If we had to buy those we would be so poor. Oh wait, we already are..
Aug
3
Lululemon comes to London
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Coinciding nicely with Lululemon being listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (LLL : TSX), this weekend I discovered that delightful red calling card of a future Lululemon storefront in Masonville Mall.
Joy! Bliss! Weight will soon be lost - from the wallet, at least.
I’ve been anticipating Lululemon coming to London for some time now. The brand can be seen all over the Western campus on clothing, book bags, and sometimes - sometimes! - even yoga wear.
Lululemon was once available from downtown Moksha Yoga in London, however last year sometime they stopped carrying it (although they continue to say they do on their website). I’m not sure of the exact reason, although I heard a rumor that it may be related to Lululemon moving their manufacturing off-shore. I emailed the store and Annette tells me that they “have a limited supply of Lululemon clothing still in stock”.
Regardless of where their clothing is manufactured and despite the fact that I don’t go to regular yoga classes, I love Lululemon - it’s great for biking, and they make the coziest sweatshirts I’ve ever worn!
You can sign up for weekly product notifications specific to individual Lululemon stores - my name is already on the list. See you at the Grand Opening!
