1. The Garneau Safeway location. This is probably the worst of the chain locations that I’ve shopped at. It seems to only offer the absolute minimum in terms of variety. If you want anything remotely out of the mainstream, you’re not going to find it there. I’m trying to find a comparison, and all I can think of (that most people won’t understand) is this: the Garneau location is to Safeway as the Bobcaygeon location is to Tim Horton’s. Bobcaygeon is the awesomely-named town that falls before Kinmount on the drive to my cabin. There is a Tim’s in Bobcaygeon that is a popular stopping point for most people on their way north. This is hands-down the crappiest Tim’s location. Ever. I’d say it’s even worse than the one on Whyte where the biker gangs hang out. They consistently run out of food, and one time – I swear – they ran out of coffee. Coffee! The employees like to sit at the drive-thru window and throw timbits outside. It’s all-around bad, and I’m not the only one who thinks so, Kimm will back me up on this (assuming she even still reads this blog…).
2. Bus Driver Groupies. These are the people who know the bus driver, or just enjoy distracting people while they’re trying to work. They stand in front of the yellow line (because they’re so cool) and when you get on the bus and rudely interrupt their conversation with the driver, they look at you as if to say, “This is my bus, bitch.” Yesterday there was a groupie standing in front of the main doors and people had to squeeze around him just to get on the bus. I wonder where these people fall on the social scale? Somewhere below Bartender Groupies, but above Weatherman Groupies, would be my guess.
3. Edmonton. Just ‘cuz.
3 comments:
1. The Garneau Safeway has the crappiest produce and the highest prices of any grocery store I've been to in 'Ton. However, it did have saffron, and that's more than can be said for the Strathcona Save-On-Foods, which has some of the best produce and lowest prices in the city.
2. Edmonton transit riders also lack the ability to pack themselves efficiently into the bus. How many times have you seen a bus go by at rush hour without stopping because it's "too full", with the standing room at the back end of the bus completely empty? And yet nobody wants to stand behind the rear doors.
3. Edmonton.
4. Edmonton.
-Oz
And yet, you're staying here for your PhD. Silly Oz.
I do still read your blog... and I will definitly back you up on the whole Bobcaygeon Tim Hortons thing... Once I wanted a ham sandwich and some peach juice...they were out of peach juice...and had no ham... another time I tried to order one dozen muffins... i foget the exact kinds and quntities but ordered something like 6 raisin bran and 6 chocolate chip... (this is through the drive-thru by the way) when I pulled up to the window, the lady said "I'm sorry, we only have 4 chocolate chip and 3 rasin bran" I replied that I would like 3 cranberry-lemon and 2 blueberry. She then went to retrieve them...coming back to the window she replies that there is only 2 cranberry-lemon and 1 blueberry left... I then ask her what other kinds there are she lists 5 or 6 kinds I choose 2 of..say.. apple spice...so off she goes again and when she comes back to the window... she says "we only had 1 apple spice so I put in a carrot"
Since this episode I have sworn to never go to the drive-thru in bobcaygeon...
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