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Damn, we better hope Steve Jobs doesn't read this story. :D


A coffee enthusiast in St. Andrews, N.B., has learned the customer may not always be right.

After complaining three times about "burnt" decaffeinated coffee at the local Tim Hortons, Jimmy Craig is now banned for life from that outlet and the one in nearby St. Stephen.

"It was like brown, burnt water," said Craig. "I almost, you know, got sick in the sink."

Craig said he voiced his concerns to the store manager and corporate office, then got a meeting with the owner, Edwin Dow.

That's when Dow served Craig with a letter banning him under the province's trespass act.

'I don't see this is a way to treat people. Whatever happened to the customer is always right?'—Jimmy Craig, banned customer
"I was baffled," said Craig. "It didn't make any sense at all. All I wanted to do was bring it to his attention that there was a problem with the consistency of his product.

"I don't see this is a way to treat people. Whatever happened to the customer is always right?"

Dow contends his staff went the extra mile to satisfy Craig, brewing fresh pots of decaf on request.

He said Craig was upsetting his staff and he was tired of his complaints, so he banned him.

Craig has contacted a lawyer to try to get the ban overturned.

Meanwhile, he can only return to the Tim Hortons if he's on the job as a paramedic, responding to a medical emergency.

So he's brewing his own coffee at home, which, he said, is cheaper and always fresh.


Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunsw...tims-bans-customer.html?ref=rss#ixzz0f9BBISHu
 

eawmp1

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Feb 19, 2008
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No coffee for you!!!!

soupnazi.jpg
 

dvince2

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Mar 6, 2007
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Good.
You know that what this *customer* is saying isn't the truth. A company like Tim Hortons wouldn't risk their image to ban a customer who wasn't actually perceived to be a concern.
 

Hmac

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May 30, 2007
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Like many of the posters here on MR, Jimmy Craig seems to be under the impression that he has a right to be a customer of a given business, and that that business has some kind of legal obligation to meet his desires as a customer.

I would certainly hope that his attempt to force this coffee shop to lift his ban will be laughed out of court.
 

MasterDev

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I would certainly hope that his attempt to force this coffee shop to lift his ban will be laughed out of court.

He has no case.

Besides, he's probably one of those bitchy people anyways, who is just trying to cover his own ass by saying what he said. There is def more too it, but only one side really covered here.
 

Mousse

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Apr 7, 2008
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If a company is willing to go through the hassle of legal filing, you know the customer must be a pain in the (_!_) of the highest order. What I don't get is why he even wants coffee from a shop who's coffee is so bad it's like "brown, burnt water?":confused:

"This coffee tastes like crap. Give me another serving.":rolleyes:
 

GSMiller

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Did he complain 3 times during one visit or 3 separate ones? If the latter, why keep going back for more coffee?
 

Darth.Titan

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I concur. If he's so dissatisfied with the product and/or service, why would he want to sue for the right to go back? Surely there is more than one place in Canada to buy coffee?

This guy is nuts,
 

scuderia997

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Jan 31, 2010
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Damn, we better hope Steve Jobs doesn't read this story. :D

Haha. It would be a throwback to apples OG days then. Just Jobs and Woz on the "safe list".


Haha, Canadians. If that was in the US the owner wouldn't have served him papers, he would have escorted him out at gunpoint :-D

I'm sure that would have been better for the company from a PR perspective. :confused:
 
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