OMG, OMG, OMG. BIG NEWS
According to BBC, this is happening:
Canadian fast food restaurant chain Tim Hortons has chosen Glasgow as its first base in the UK.
It plans to open a cafe and bake shop in Argyle Street in early May before rolling out nationwide over the next 12 months.
You can read the full article here, but for all my readers who are in the UK, and especially in Scotland, I thought I’d give you a little bit of a lesson on what you need to know:
- When ordering a coffee, don’t say how many creams/sugars you want. There are special words
- Regular: one cream/one sugar
- Double double: 2 creams/2 sugars
- Triple Triple: 3 creams/3 sugars
- 4 by 4: 4 creams/4 sugars
- If you want milk or sweetener, ya’ll need to say that. For example: I’ll have a double-double with milk, please
- Company policy is to do EXACTLY what the customer asks….so if you ask for an Earl Grey tea double-double, then ya’ll are getting cream, not milk. So if you have Canadians working there at the start, don’t fault them for that. I know it will taste nasty, you know it will taste nasty, but they have been broken by the man and are basically just robots now.
- Timbits may LOOK small, but basically, if you eat 4-5 of them, that’s the same as a doughnut. So getting a 10 pack of Timbits, thinking it’s just a cute little snack = 2 full doughnuts.
- The white powder will get E-V-E-R-Y-W-H-E-R-E. You have been warned
- The hot chocolate/flavoured cappuccinos are a bit thick. If at first, you don’t like them, try getting 1/4 of the cup filled with coffee to cut it down on the sweetness
- It is fully acceptable to say “want to go to Tim’s?” or “Let’s go to Timmy Ho’s”. Feel free to use both.
- For those Scots who will be working in Tim Hortons – my prayers are with you. I’ve been there, I’ve done that, multiple times and it was the same as working for Satan AND Voldemort at the same time while being in a room full of dementors without having a Patronus cast.
Congratulations Scotland on getting your first Tim Hortons cafe!
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Ahhhh!!! I’m so excited for this!!! Glasgow is the place to be 😉
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I’ve only ever driven through Glasgow. A tour I was on got into Glasgow so late at night so we missed our scheduled outing and the next day we had to just pack and leave, so now I have a reason to go back! I can’t tell you how many times I was craving Tim Horton’s on that trip haha
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Awww that’s a shame! Glasgow really is a beautiful city, and made all the better with Tim Hortons! Can’t wait!
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What if I want cream and no sugar? There’s no option for that. I’m going to Dunkin. 😀
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LOL then just you say “coffee with cream”
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🙂 There was one of these near my Mom’s a while back… but it must not have done well because it closed… it’s not there anymore… I never even got a chance to go.
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Oh so sad! But not really surprising. Americans have dunkins and we have tims
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Even Krispy Kreme failed around here. People were excited when it showed up but that quickly faded and they closed… I think there’s a Dunkin obsession around here since it was founded here… about 20 minutes from my house…
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Yeah Krispy Kreme had a short lived run in Canada as well. They opened a store in the town I grew up in, and it lasted maybe 6 months haha. But that is so neat that Dunkin was founded right near you! Awesome!
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I only just figured out how to order at Starbucks… I’m going to print the blogpost and carry it around with me on the off chance we end up in Timmy Ho’s! I can’t wait to let you know how I get on! Exciting!!!
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Awesome! I can’t wait to hear what you think about it! 🙂 It’s not as fancy or complicated as Starbucks – as a former employee of Tim’s I am VERY glad of that haha
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We’ve had a couple Tim Horton’s pop up where I love. I haven’t checked it out yet though.
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Ooooo loves them!! So much better than dunkin
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I’m excited to try this! I feel like it will be an experience
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I love Tim Hortons! And once you know what’s there you can start to customize your drinks just like you would at Starbucks but for at least half the price.
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