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Tim Hortons Mustard on my sandwich / allergic

I was at the tim hortons in sutton around 1045pm sunday june 7/09, and ordered a coffee and a turkey club with mayonaise, salt and pepper... I did not get mayonaise, instead I got honey mustard and I am allergic to mustard... I barely ate half of the sandwich when I realized there was mustard on it... now I have broken out in hives... I am very upset over this and doubt I will ever go back to tim hortons again... I had to take the day off work due to this... I dont usually complain etc... but this is unacceptable ...

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Toronto, CA
Jun 22, 2009 8:31 pm EDT

And way to post your phone number. You want the entire internet of strangers calling, don't you?

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phiit29
Toronto, CA
Jun 22, 2009 8:30 pm EDT

Tim Horton's doesn't guarantee an allergen free environment. Many of their products will routinely come in contact with things that people are allergic too.

If you were that worried about your allergy to mustard, you wouldn't have taken such a risk in eating a sandwich that you didn't make yourself. It can't be that bad of an allergy if it took you more than one bite to realize what happened.

http://www.timhortons.com/ca/en/menu/menu_info.html

Take a Benadryl and quit 'itchin.

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My mother worked as the manager in our family business since she was young. When it was sold, the only places that would call her back despite her decades of experience were fast food restaurants. She went to work as a baker at Tim Horton's. She was paid minimum wage to wake up at 3 AM and reheat frozen balls of dough. Her hours were capped due to "low...

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Tim Hortons Roll up the rim

I would like to complain about the roll up the rim to win contest. It is believed by myself and many family and friends that the cups have been rolled up already. We have been participating in this annual contest for years and it does not take a brain to know that many many of the cups have already been rolled up and checked then rolled back down to look like they have not been checked. I travel through the windsor chatham area and my boyfriend travel to the london area almost daily and it is not one paticular store that we find this happening at it seems to be widespread. It is a topic at work often because many co workers also believe this to be true. When you can roll up the rim with one finger no problem it has been checked already. I have won many times in the past years and this year I have won one coffee and my boyfriend has not one once. We buy coffee several times a day each as I said we are on the road for hours daily and there is something fishy going on.

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Dianna Jean Burns
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Mar 20, 2019 12:40 pm EDT

I buy at least 6 cups of coffee at the same time and never ever got a winning cup, and the rim has already been rolled as it was easy to turn it up. I turned the cup around and had a hard time to roll the rim up so I know it had already been rolled up. Plus I stood in line and watched the staff rolling the rims and was told that the cups was a bad batch. If they where a bad batch they should of been put in managers office to be sent back.

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Debbie J C
, CA
Mar 20, 2019 6:51 pm EDT
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Wow you saw them roll them up? I wish you had got a picture of that. Then we would have positive proof that the staff rolls up the rims before they get to the customer.

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Debbie J C
, CA
Mar 27, 2017 7:22 pm EDT
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I have emailed them several times over the years about this, and the only response I get is a form letter about the dispensers causing it. Funny thing is it only happens to the roll up they rim cups, are the regular cups made differently? Ummm nope they are all made the same, so I asked "so why doesn't this happen to the regular cups that are not roll up the rim"?. I got no answer back, go figure lol.

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Lee_v_Myrim
, US
Mar 26, 2017 3:56 pm EDT

I noticed this myself in Scarborough, Ontario at Birchmount and Ellesmere Tim's a couple of weeks ago.

When I went to roll up the rim it was not as obviously deformed as the one depicted so I did not see the flaw immediately.
As I was about to place my thumb underneath the lip I noticed a neat, short incision in it from the bottom edge to just about the crest of the lip. It was placed right along the seam. Now before a Tim's employee dismisses this as a manufacturing error or "catching on the dispenser", let me reiterate that it was cut from the underside of the lip. Further, the cut did not extend into the inside of the cup (it was ONLY the lip). Lastly, if you have ever held one of these cups, you will realize the seam is in fact a point of overlap and has more integrity than the rest of the cup. As such, it takes some force to unroll it if untampered. This one obviously unrolled effortlessly.

I was immediately suspicious. At a glance it had looked fine. Was I just being paranoid?

To test the theory I attempted to roll it back to a factory-looking state. Sure enough, it rolled neatly back into place. At that point I was certain it had been expertly pre-checked. I mentally retched thinking of the "poo hands" thing that a couple of other people have pointed out.

As soon as I got home I wrote to Tim's Canada to complain...if you have a similar experience, you should do the same. Include as much detail as possible. Try to keep your complaint focused. Please do not make this about getting yourself free things.

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ivybolt1
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Feb 02, 2017 8:16 am EST

I have a new email address so ientered a newone along with a new password but I cant get on to roll uptherim

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Mrharrypalm
, CA
Mar 13, 2016 10:12 pm EDT

Bought a large coffee and removed lid to reveal an suspected rolled up rim.
Manager said it is a result of pulling the cup out of the stack. Please judge if their employees are scamming us yourself...

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hagman99
, CA
Feb 22, 2016 12:02 pm EST
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I have played and rolled up a total of 168 times with not even one winner. What a waste of my time. A TOTAL RIP OFF.

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Cdizzle123
, US
Mar 07, 2016 10:36 am EST

Pre rolled rim - Amherst NY - Don't even bother having this contest if you are going to give me a pre rolled cup that some employee had their dirty, grimy hands all over trying to win their buddy a free donut. I have to drink out of that cup. This is a health code violation if anything. I would never listen to a Tim Hortons employee on here regarding this subject especially if they are getting all defensive. That's the employee with his/her germ infested poo hands all over my cup. I ask for a regular cup from now on. Thanks alot Mr/Mrs poo hands!

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Steve Buckee Kane
, US
Mar 03, 2016 5:59 pm EST

I've been playing roll up the rim online. I played this morning, and then all of a sudden it stopped working. I refreshed the page, and it wanted me to sign in again, but it wouldn't let me sign in. I tried and tried and tried, but no luck

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Porkchop1975
, US
Feb 21, 2016 8:35 am EST

Roll up the rim is a scam. There is someone who is pre-rolling my cups. I have said this for years. What absolute nonsense that employees can not win, really you don't have a friend or neighbor to cash it in for you. Please stop insulting my intelligence.

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3jackie
Livonia, US
Oct 16, 2011 5:30 pm EDT

got coffee got home and it was just cream and water no coffee took it back, and they didnt say a thing

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Tim Hortons Don't need our business

This is ###ed, and most adults with any sence will find it just as stupid

It all started at a set of lights when an SUV went flying past us and sprayed rocks at us, we caught up to the SUV for a couple of minutes just to let them know that...Hey slow the heck down.

As it turns out the SUV turned at the same corner we did on our way to get our daily coffee after work. We were about half a block behind the SUV by now. It turned ahead of us into the boston pizza, and we carried on to the Tim Hortons. We went to the drive through ordered coffee, and while waiting the SUV came tearing into the parking lot, into the managers spot, and a man got out and proceeded to call my husband a punk and asked him if he wanted his A** where his face is.
My husband then asked who then heck he was and the guy then said "Im the owner and we don't need your business so F**k Off". The man refused to tell us his name. We carried on to the window and when at the window we told the young girl there that she could just keep the coffee because we were told that they didn't need our business. When she asked by who we told her it was by the guy in the SUV, we asked her if this was her boss. She confirmed it was her boss and her too wouldn't tell us what his name was.

So not only was my husband threatened with violence from the franchise owner and swore at, but my children were in the vehicle and got to wittness it all.

I've since phoned the regional office to file an official complaint

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chevypride98
sand point, US
Jan 12, 2011 2:13 am EST

wow he must have some major issues if he thinks he can get away with talking to customers like that, why own a business, if u dont need customers business?. I hope you got this guy in trouble

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BigJasonB
Renfrew, CA
Jun 24, 2009 9:53 pm EDT

WOW, now I'm a manager in a store in Ontario, and I couldn't work for a jerk like that, I enjoy my job, and I take pride in my work, and the customers are what makes the store run. He shouldn't have done that, especially in front of your kids. I hope he gets/got in trouble for it.

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Tim Hortons Rudeness

I have never been treated so badly, I went in the store to buy gift cards-large can of coffee, I had coupon for a free donut with the purchase of a medium coffee.The 3 people that were there just became ungluded, that the coupon was not for there store, but they didn't know where only said down the street.Warren Mi is a big City.Well I have been a patron of Tim Horton's for a very long time, but if this is the people you hire I will no longer be a customer. Thank you for your time.

Marlene Adam
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Jul 11, 2009 5:03 am EDT

Not everyone that works at Tim Hortons can list off every single Tim Hortons store in the city.
Tim Hortons stores are owned by separate owners. So owners won't accept a coupon from another owners store.

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just a number
london on, CA
May 26, 2009 5:45 pm EDT

I didni't think someone should be FIRED because of medical probmle but the owners and manger think that they have the right to do what they pleasse.There has been other emplyees that should have been fired but yet still has he job and I get let go for medical reason and dr's note to back it up.And I also hope that store number is1849 is happy with themself.

Just a number

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SadisticSmile
Fredericton, CA
Mar 10, 2009 7:52 pm EDT

I do not understand what your problem is. Some stores are not able to accept certain gift certificates. It's not the employee/store's fault.

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Ordered a breakfast sandwich and was 1 or 2 minutes past 11 am... Hoque, cashier sold it to me even if I was off ime a little bit (at that time I had no idea what time it was and if Hoque had told me it was too late, I would have ordered something else.) Then I got to the counter to be yelled at by the little lady behind it, that it was over to go back to...

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Tim Hortons Dirty product

forign object in food, received at this location. on saturday july 12th 08, at 10:45 in evening.not a great experiance, for sure.have saved the item, foud, and have bad feeling for hortons now, .

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timmykri
Clinton Township, US
Jul 24, 2012 4:06 pm EDT

I work for Tim hortons, and We are required to take the item, bag it, and send it to corporate. It's store policy. Otherwise, we can't do anything for you.

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SadisticSmile
Fredericton, CA
Mar 10, 2009 7:54 pm EDT

They probably wanted to see the cup in order to figure out what had happened.

As for the OP, what was the foreign object?

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tiredofbadservice
Rocky Mountain House, CA
Jan 05, 2009 1:11 pm EST

I too found something in my coffee, it wasn't until I had got to the bottom half that i realized there was something in it. When I took the cup back to show them they immediatly wanted the cup back from me. I refused to give it to them the very next morning I contacted the owner, she too wanted me to bring the cup to her and I wouldn't. The sad thing is, was we heard something when we were waiting for our coffees and didn't put 2 and 2 together until after. We heard one of the girls say "what did you do to that cup"
So they knew something had happened and didn't bother fixing the problem.

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Tim Hortons Customers swearing at employers

I am an employee who's been working for Tim Hortons for the past year and I am a teenager who goes to school still. And i feel that lately customers have been getting impatient and have been swearing at me and throwing money at me. As an aboriginal youth i feel that, that is an issue to 1-5% of the customers. Although it does get busy now and then i dont feel people have the right to throw money or swear at anybody race or age. !Please Stop!
I should make a public Complaint to the franchise b/c this has been going on for over a month

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Herman Munster
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May 05, 2009 12:38 pm EDT

You customers expect us to basically wipe your ###! You people are obnoxious and treat restaurant employees in general like dirt!

The problem is, is that we cater way too much! to society!
I even think customers should have to pay (like you do at a laundromat) to use the washroom.

Also, I'm dead set against drive thrus.

Are people too lazy to walk into the restaurant?

Another opinion of mine is that people are obsessed with the health kick (known to me as the ### kick!).
I work in a restaurant. Therefore, I know what I am talking about.

Most people nowadays, are stupid, impatient and ###ing rude!

Unfortunately that makes the good people look bad!

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Jul 19, 2008 3:06 pm EDT

I feel bad for you people that work there, but if there was quicker service, if you would have people making the coffee for you when you take orders, and smile abit with the customers maybe we wouldn't lose our patience. In the early morning there should be more people working to help get the line going faster for those of us that have to go to work. I went in the other morning and there was not one person waiting to get served and it still took me about 10 minutes to get two coffee, and the person waiting for me counted about ten cars thats would have gone through the drive-through after we would have gone, now tell me that is not a reason to get upset

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My wife got me one of the swap cards that Tim Horton's are advertising. The card you never need to carry money if you have the card. The wife put $40.00 on the card, and on the way to work I stopped off at the Central Ave shop to get a coffee. I was waiting for about 4 minutes, when the server asked for the money, I told her I had $40.00 on the card, she...

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As i'm a regular customer at tim hortons everyday. I'm not happy with my last visit at the store on malden road in lasalle. Wednesday jan 30th at 2:45 I was on my way to work and stopped for a large coffee and a couple of donuts. When I got to the window I had asked the girl (blond hair no name tag) if I could please have the donuts in two separate bags and...

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Tim Hortons reviews first appeared on Complaints Board on Feb 16, 2007. The latest review About my chicken sandwich was posted on Mar 13, 2024. The latest complaint Double charged numerous times on my Tims Mastercard and absolutely no one will help me was resolved on Oct 08, 2023. Tim Hortons has an average consumer rating of 1 stars from 3014 reviews. Tim Hortons has resolved 108 complaints.
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