Comments on: Loans and Lattes http://tleaves.com/2004/09/27/loans-and-lattes/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: thomas http://tleaves.com/2004/09/27/loans-and-lattes/comment-page-1/#comment-610 thomas Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:39:00 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=199#comment-610 Quote: Think of the most successful financiers you know. Think of stockbrokers, think of floor traders. Is there even one that doesn't drink coffee? Of course not. Coffee is bold. Coffee is strong. Just as currency is the lifeblood of our economy, my friends, so too coffee is the...um, lymph. ______________________________________________ I've been a stockbroker for a good long year and a half and when I tell you that if the guys I work with could have a coffee IV inserted, that is no underestimation. Most of them see Javafit and their faces light up like a crack fiend getting his fix. I'm more of a Dunkin Donuts guy myself; and I kinda still like their donuts too. Quote:
Think of the most successful financiers you know. Think of stockbrokers, think of floor traders. Is there even one that doesn’t drink coffee? Of course not. Coffee is bold. Coffee is strong. Just as currency is the lifeblood of our economy, my friends, so too coffee is the…um, lymph.
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I’ve been a stockbroker for a good long year and a half and when I tell you that if the guys I work with could have a coffee IV inserted, that is no underestimation. Most of them see Javafit and their faces light up like a crack fiend getting his fix.
I’m more of a Dunkin Donuts guy myself; and I kinda still like their donuts too.

]]> By: Sean http://tleaves.com/2004/09/27/loans-and-lattes/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Sean Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:09:27 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=199#comment-609 Coffee Time has better tasting coffee than Tim Hortans for sure. Tim Hortans coffee is rather tastless, and is meant for people who wouldn't normally drink coffee but can handle a bland coffee. It is really for those people who drink double double. Coffee Time donuts do suck, Tim Hortans definately has an edge on them in that department. Coffee Time has better tasting coffee than Tim Hortans for sure. Tim Hortans coffee is rather tastless, and is meant for people who wouldn’t normally drink coffee but can handle a bland coffee. It is really for those people who drink double double. Coffee Time donuts do suck, Tim Hortans definately has an edge on them in that department.

]]> By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2004/09/27/loans-and-lattes/comment-page-1/#comment-608 peterb Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:46:50 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=199#comment-608 (to give a specific example, the Coffee Time on Dundas near Spadina is clean, well-lit, and seems to consistently have fresh donuts.) (to give a specific example, the Coffee Time on Dundas near Spadina is clean, well-lit, and seems to consistently have fresh donuts.)

]]> By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2004/09/27/loans-and-lattes/comment-page-1/#comment-607 peterb Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:44:39 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=199#comment-607 Tim Horton's is now owned by the same conglomerate that owns Wendy's. I can't say for sure they're getting worse, but they're not getting better. Coffee Time is more of a fragmented franchise model. I think the quality of what you get is very much affected by which outlet you go to. I'll own up to their generally being more run down than Tim Horton's, but I call that "character." Tim Horton’s is now owned by the same conglomerate that owns Wendy’s. I can’t say for sure they’re getting worse, but they’re not getting better.

Coffee Time is more of a fragmented franchise model. I think the quality of what you get is very much affected by which outlet you go to. I’ll own up to their generally being more run down than Tim Horton’s, but I call that “character.”

]]> By: Chris Colohan http://tleaves.com/2004/09/27/loans-and-lattes/comment-page-1/#comment-606 Chris Colohan Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:29:23 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=199#comment-606 You've got to be kidding me. Coffee Time has good donuts? Since when? They must have had a corporate revolution or something. When I lived in Toronto you had two choices for donuts -- Coffee Time and Tim Hortons. Coffee Time was the decrepit, run down corner store of donuts, where every donut was guaranteed to be stale and taste primarily of cigarette smoke. Few customers were under 60, and most looked like they were cemented to their stools. Tim's were always shiny, clean, and new looking. Their donuts were truely fresh. Yummy too. Has this changed? You’ve got to be kidding me. Coffee Time has good donuts? Since when? They must have had a corporate revolution or something.

When I lived in Toronto you had two choices for donuts — Coffee Time and Tim Hortons. Coffee Time was the decrepit, run down corner store of donuts, where every donut was guaranteed to be stale and taste primarily of cigarette smoke. Few customers were under 60, and most looked like they were cemented to their stools. Tim’s were always shiny, clean, and new looking. Their donuts were truely fresh. Yummy too.

Has this changed?

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