WordPress is Best
I’m sorry for all of this back and forth between content management systems everyone!
I’ve been trying to find something that works for me and unfortunately for PHP Fusion, it just didn’t work for me.
I decided to come back to WordPress and really just keep it like this.
I really enjoy writing, and feel like I should probably do more writing and a lot less modifying.
I used to have a bunch of old crap here on this blog so I decided to flush it out, but could never decide on what system to use. They all have their qwirks but I think WordPress is the best and most stable solution for my blog. I really would prefer to keep working with something that I am familiar with rather than learning a new system only to hate it.
Anyways welcome back! I hope you stick around for more of my writing and ranting 
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Tim Hortons in Barrhaven has Lost My Business
It’s time again for another rant about something that I’m sure nobody cares about but me.
Most people that have heard this rant in person have just said “Don’t go to Tim Hortons anymore.”
The fact of the matter is that when the coffee is prepared properly, Tim Hortons coffee can be very satisfying on the morning drive in or when I’m out with friends just looking for a place to unwind and have a chat.
Now let’s get into the reasoning behind why Tim Hortons in Barrhaven have lost my business.
Continuously Running Out of Product
Now full disclosure. I worked at two different Tim Hortons stores in Barrhaven and am aware of information that people otherwise wouldn’t know.
That being said, I know that the staff there fill out production sheets and have to take inventory daily.
Based on these findings, the manager or owner of the shop SHOULD be able to order enough product based on their previous sales.
I’ve been to each and every one of the Tim Hortons this past summer, and they all informed me that they were out of Iced Coffee. In 30 degree heat in the middle of summer, there is no excuse for this.
When I complained to the manager at one of the stores, she said to a staff member “What do you mean we don’t have Iced Coffee? It’s 30 degrees outside and all it is is cold coffee with vanilla flavoring…” Within minutes I had an Iced Coffee in my hand and was on my way.
This can be attributed to lazy staff and like I always say, “When you pay minimum wage, you get minimal effort”.
Burnt Coffee
Every single morning up until today, the wife and I would stop at the Tim Hortons on Fallowfield road. 3320 Fallowfield Road to be exact.
The coffee is always burnt and has a nasty sour taste to it. I’ve thrown out almost every coffee I’ve purchased this week because it was terrible.
Now how can I tell that the coffee is burnt? The taste for one is not that of coffee but that of charred brown sour liquid.
Number two informs me because of what I order.
Typically I ask for three cream and three sugar in my coffee. Even IF the pot is fresh, three cream is enough to bring the heat down. So when I order a coffee and the cup is so hot I can’t even hold it, then something is wrong.
Inability to Stir the Coffee
Being a coffee spot, you’d figure that Tim Hortons employees would be instructed on how to properly stir a coffee so that the coffee doesn’t taste terrible until the bottom of the cup.
In Barrhaven this is simply not the case. Myself and my wife have to constantly ask the staff to stir the damn coffee! This should be common sense, however that is an entirely different rant for a different day.
Social Media Fail
Tim Hortons is on Twitter. Do you think anyone on their Twitter account responds to negative comments or criticisms? NOPE!
I’ve mentioned the store on Fallowfield to their twitter account on several occasions, and not a peep has come out of their account. Not publicly or privately.
For What It’s Worth
Tim Hortons coffee is good elsewhere in the city, but the number of stores that prepare it properly and actually have staff that care are few and far between.
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Thoughts on the Blackberry Playbook
Over the holidays, I was fortunate enough to be able to score one of the 16GB Blackberry Playbooks for a fairly cheap price. I ended up buying the 16GB model for $199.99 at FutureShop while they were still on sale.
First Impressions
My first impression was that for a tablet, the Playbook was pretty small.
I did however really like the rubberized finish that the Playbook has. It feels steady in your hand, and doesn’t feel like it’s going to just slip out of your hand while holding it.
Overall I was cautiously optimistic about my new purchase.
Size Matters
I’m not a huge ebook reader, however I did buy the Steve Jobs biography on the Kobo book store, and have been reading it on my Playbook. The Playbook is really comfortable to hold, as it is about the size of a novel.
The screen size is perfect for the Kobo application, although I did notice that the Kobo application itself has its qwirks on the Playbook. Sometimes when trying to flip the page, the new page will glitch into the previous page making it absolutely impossible to read without restarting the application.
The size of the Blackberry Playbook is actually quite nice for me. It’s definitely not for everyone, but for browsing the web, watching YouTube videos, and Tweeting / Facebooking, it does the job.
The Caveats
There are several issues facing the Blackberry Playbook that really need to be addressed and remedied that I believe are coming in a software update for the Playbook.
Currently the Playbook is lacking the following:
- Nowhere to store contacts. (It can connect with a Blackberry device and display contacts but no native way of storing or reviewing contacts)
- No native calendar application. (When connected to a Blackberry device, you can view the calendar stored on the Blackberry device, however there is no native calendar application)
- No native email client – In 2011 / 2012 it’s just not right for a mobile device to not have a native email client. Especially from a company that literally invented mobile email devices!
- App Store selection – Is absolutely terrible. It looks a lot like the Web OS store. Nothing there outside the normal Angry Birds… There’s not even a Twitter client from the people at Twitter.
In the End
I’m still happy with my purchase, but for people who are looking for a tablet that does it all, this is not the tablet for you. This is a browsing / YouTube / reading tablet and that’s about it. (For Now.)
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