Tim Hortons Fires Clerk Over Giving Free Timbit

For all we know, this lady was on final warning for giving away free food and this last straw happened under these circumstances. Nevertheless, Tim Hortons gets a Rating 2/10 Timbits from me. Here's the story from WGRZ.com:

Tim Hortons Fires Clerk Over Giving Free Timbit

Posted by: Maria Sisti, Assignment Editor

Created: 5/8/2008 3:56:07 PM
Updated: 5/9/2008 3:32:04 PM

London, Ontario- She was swiftly rehired after being fired over a Timbit, but Nicole Lilliman now says she doesn't want to work at Tim Hortons anymore.

The 27-year-old single mom was fired after giving a free Timbit -- worth 16 cents -- to a baby. Nicole Lilliman was fired yesterday from her Tim Hortons job in London, Ontario for giving one of the 16-cent blobs of fried dough
to a tot who came in with a regular customer.

She says the baby was about 11 months old and she gave her the treat to quiet her since her mom was having a bad day.

Lilliman admits she should have gone to get money from her purse but says it was busy.

She thought little of the incident since Timbits are often doled out to dogs and children.

She'd forgotten about the incident until she was called into the office and told she had been caught on video, giving free food to a child.

A Tim Hortons manager says giving food away for free is against the rules and it doesn't matter if it is a Timbit or a coffee or a doughnut.

By the way, the Timbits given to pets are usually day-old and recycled.

The store's management rehired her at a different outlet down the street, but she says returning to work for Tim Hortons anywhere
will be awkward.

But Lilliman, a mother of four, says she desperately needs a paycheck and will work at Tim Hortons until she can find another job.