Worst Tim Horton's ever

I'm sad to declare, but I think the worst Tim Horton's is in Gibsons.

The main reason is because they hire incompetent people.

Mom and I went there for lunch today. Mom had a Wendy's burger, but I was going to order her a french vanilla cappucino from Tim Horton's, along with my sandwich combo. Before I had even been helped at the front counter, Mom already had her food. This is not because there was a line. Oh no, it just took forever for someone to walk over to the til and take my order. Once they got there, 'Bob - In Training' was unable to put my order in the til, because he was 'In Training' and didn't know how. So 'Timmy' came over and finally entered my order, then slowly proceeded to make my drinks and get my donut.

I figured since I waited so long for my drinks, my sandwich would be just about done. Silly me. No such luck. In fact, as I walked over to the sandwich area, I proceeded to watch for another several minutes 'Sally - In Training' and 'Julio - In Training' argue about making the sandwiches. 'Sally' then yelled at 'Doug - In Training' to come and make the sandwiches because 'Julio' didn't know how and she didn't want to teach him. Eventually 'Doug' came over and slowly prepared to make the sandwiches, while 'Sally' spent the next period of time organizing bacon on wax paper. Why? I have no idea. There was no bacon on my sandwich.

While 'Doug' slowly made my sandwich (as well as those for the lineup of people now behind me), I watched in amazement as 'Julio' spent the entire time trying to shove his hand into a latex glove. Sweaty hands do not go into a latex glove easily (trust me, I wear them all the time in the lab). Seriously, dry your hands and start with a new one. Shouldn't he be working? Oh wait, they don't work at this place, I forgot. And why is everyone 'In Training'? Where are the 'Trained' people?

Finally my sandwich saga was over and I huffed out to Mom to tell her how incredibly moronic everyone at Tim Horton's was. She was wondering what was taking me so long.

However, our story doesn't end here.

Mom drank a few sips of her french vanilla before asking me 'Does this taste right to you?'
One sip and I knew. 'NO!! This is the worst tasting drink I've ever had.'
I went back in and told them there was something wrong with my drink and I wanted a new one. They obliged. I brought it back out to Mom - same problem. Disgusting.

Back in we went, and chanced upon the assistant manager, who actually seemed to have a clue. He smelled the drink and could tell right away that there was a problem. He checked the machine and told us that it was down and he couldn't give us another french vanilla, because something was wrong with all of it. I wondered whether no one else had noticed the problem with the drinks? Were the other customers drinking it? Ew!

Instead, Mom and I got a caramel toffee cappucino. As we headed to the van, we sipped this one and - you guessed it - it was off as well. We dumped it in the garbage and left. That was enough of that!

So, if you plan to go to the Gibsons Tim Hortons, be patient (it is NOT fast food), be cautious (make sure your food isn't bad before you eat it) and be lenient (of the imbeciles employed therein).