{"id":363,"date":"2026-05-25T10:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samupress.ca\/?p=363"},"modified":"2026-05-25T10:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:14:26","slug":"i-can-haz-timbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samupress.ca\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"I can haz timbit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"364\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/samupress.ca\/?attachment_id=364\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samupress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/baby-as-dog.png?fit=307%2C321&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"307,321\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"baby-as-dog\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;baby in dog costume&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;baby as dog&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samupress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/baby-as-dog.png?fit=307%2C321&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samupress.ca\/files\/2008\/05\/baby-as-dog.png?resize=307%2C321\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-364\" alt=\"baby as dog\" width=\"307\" height=\"321\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lfpress.ca\/newsstand\/News\/Local\/2008\/05\/08\/5503536-sun.html\">Timbit for baby costs job<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;They said, &#8216;Remember, Monday you gave out a free Timbit,&#8217; &#8221; she said. &#8220;I had to think, then I was like, &#8216;Oh yeah,&#8217; and I smiled because I thought I&#8217;d get a warning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she was fired for theft and told to sign the accusation before leaving.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was crying. I was like, &#8216;I&#8217;m a single mom with four kids and you are going to put this on my record?&#8217; You should bring all the staff in here and fire them all and yourselves, too. People give out Timbits to dogs in the drive-through all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Timbits, little balls of the hole missing from the doughnut cost about 16\u00a2. The corporation scrambles real fast! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lfpress.ca\/newsstand\/News\/Local\/2008\/05\/08\/5506951.html\">Fired for handing out free Timbit, woman re-hired<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Nicole Lilliman \u2014 canned for offering a free blob of dough to the child of a regular customer earlier this week \u2014 has been offered a job at another store by the company.<\/p>\n<p>A press release sent out this morning blamed an overzealous manager for firing the 27-year-old employee, who has worked at Tim Hortons for three years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately the action of the manager of this location was not appropriate, nor grounds for dismissal,&#8221; said the release. &#8220;With an apology from management, Ms. Lilliman has been rehired by the franchisee.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An almost satisfactory resolution because I hope her previous manager gets a good kick in the shins.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;They said, &#8216;Remember, Monday you gave out a free Timbit,&#8217; &#8221; she said. &#8220;I had to think, then I was like, &#8216;Oh yeah,&#8217; and I smiled because I thought I&#8217;d get a warning.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You gave away a <strong>ball of flour, fat and sugar<\/strong>! Have you seen the<strong> cost of flour recently<\/strong>? Soon it&#8217;ll be <strong>double cups for tea<\/strong> or <strong>two napkins!<\/strong> Where will this end? A <strong>second serving of water? Spoons? Washroom access? Asking customers to not idle their cars in the drive-thru? We have to end this now. You&#8217;re fired!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The solution? Disguise your baby as a sweet adorable dog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timbit for baby costs job &#8220;They said, &#8216;Remember, Monday you gave out a free Timbit,&#8217; &#8221; she said. &#8220;I had to think, then I was like, &#8216;Oh yeah,&#8217; and I smiled because I thought I&#8217;d get a warning.&#8221; Instead, she was fired for theft and told to sign the accusation before leaving. &#8220;I was crying. 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