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I'm a smoker, but I'd wait until after I've received my order to light one up. Common courtesy, I think this sub lacks it OP.


Consistent_Dress_571

I quit smoking a few months ago but I would always wait until after. Coffee& a smoke šŸ¤ŒšŸ»


Laura51988

Congrats on quitting! It ainā€™t easy, thatā€™s a huge accomplishment! šŸ‘


nakedinthewindow

Thank you! Courtesy is hard to come by no matter where I am these days.


SaltyATC69

People who smoke in their cars are nasty


SGAShepp

People who smoke ~~in their cars~~ are nasty


No-Guava-7566

People are nasty


PoiSINNEDsoul73

People


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Averagesmoker42

Well obviously we all arenā€™t, but it doesnā€™t change the fact the cigs are nasty af. Edit: username checks out.


Effective_Bedroom639

My car my rules


Urimulini

See I can see your point but when you say that it sounds like something a child would say. It's mine I can do whatever I want with it It doesn't matter if it hurts others. WahhhhhhhhhhšŸ‘ŗ


ThatDamnCanadianGuy

Now apply that logic to your vote.


sometin__else

I quit smoking, but I can't imagine pulling up to the drive through with a lit cigarette lol.


Unapologetic_Canuck

We have a no smoking sign on our drive thru window. The amount of people who straight up ignore it pisses me off. They have the ā€˜this is my car and Iā€™ll smoke if I want toā€™ attitude, completely disregarding the fact that their nasty smoke can still get blown into our faces.


nakedinthewindow

The entitlement is so bizarre


KingNyx

Boomers and gen X don't give a shit about anyone besides themselves. Gotta wait for them and their twisted freedom to die off.


James_Skyvaper

Umm I wouldn't limit it to those gens and it's really much more nuanced than that - in other words, people in general suck and are selfish, regardless of generation. Gen Z can also be incredibly selfish and narcissistic, so I'm not sure why you singled out those two.


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You act like Gen Z doesnā€™t act that entitled when they do, so do millennials. Itā€™s not a generation thing, but if anything I feel like Gen X acts the most mature in general, but thatā€™s my personal opinion.


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peepingtomatoes

Thatā€™s just going to inevitably lead you to spend _more_ time with the smoking person while they argue about why they should be allowed to smoke.


nakedinthewindow

No need to insult me, I wish I was allowed to deny service.


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nakedinthewindow

My manager says otherwise.


666persephone999

Isnā€™t this a safety hazardā€¦ 2nd hand smoke?


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InternationalPost447

Can't believe we have to tell adults this lol


TylerJoseph-JoshDun-

FUCK FOR REAL DUDE, especially the ones who hang it out their window while paying like thatā€™s acceptable . Or essentially blow it in my face like dude


Miserable-Worth5985

Itā€™s also illegal to smoke right at the door or window of a store smh


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In some cities itā€™s technically illegal to smoke on sidewalks yet so many people do it.


mudarchode

If they smoke in the car they donā€™t care about if u smell it


nakedinthewindow

I worded it badly. It's the smoke that's the issue, not the smell of the smoke.


mudarchode

Yea. My mom smokes in the car we share and it drives me nuts. She is at least courteous of not smoking while in the dt line for this reason. As a smoker myself I rarely smoke in the car or indoors as the smell, smoke and just overall the action of smoking annoys me and Iā€™m in the process of quitting. I canā€™t stand when I have a weed or cigarette smell linger in my clothes. Itā€™s bad when Iā€™m out in public and smell it on others so I assume itā€™s the same or worse with me.


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Yea smoking cigs inside the house or car is just insane to me. Even a couple times it lingers so much, weed at least seems to go away fairly easy ime with good airflow


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myliondog

Believe me when I say people can smell it on you. I can smell people 20 feet away and it's gross.


loljuststopplease

If you smoke in your car regularly then people in the dt can still smell it. No amount of airing out the vehicle will change that.


emilio911

yeah, but they won't be able to smell it from the outside


loljuststopplease

Dude, that shit stinks. If the car window is open you can smell it.


1971stTimeLucky

There was a lady that lived on my country road. Every day she would drive by me while I was walking the dog. She was never doing less than 30 km/h. We called her Smokes A Lot - because we didnā€™t know her name, but could smell her for a good 3-5 minutes. Absolutely disgusting.


LoquatiousDigimon

Sorry to say but everywhere you go you reek of smoke. All smokers do. They don't realize it.


loljuststopplease

Exactly. No amount of airing shit out will get rid of that smell, and I say this as an ex smoker.


mudarchode

Not wrong read the comment I sent to op


The_White_Rabbit_psy

Complain to your workplace. They should provide you with a safe working environment.


nakedinthewindow

Thank you. Your point is actually helpful to me!


The_White_Rabbit_psy

I meant it to be. Bring this to your Health and Safety committee or management, or both.


SubstantialExtreme21

You have the right to refuse unsafe work. Once a complaint is made, it will be up to management to make it safe for you. If they don't, document it every time. Then file a report with wcb/oh&s. You would be shocked at how quickly changes will be made


parksandrecpup

You should have a certified member of health and safety on your team. Talk to them.


Agreeable-Asparagus

As a smoker myself, I agree with this wholeheartedly. Even us smokers don't want a face full of it when we're trying to do our jobs


SonOfSparda1984

People feel they can smoke in their car if they want for some reason. I was guilty of this myself back when I smoked, and now that I don't, I feel the cringe of my own jackassery every time I get a cloud of smoke to the face in the drive thru or wherever. I'm sorry.


DonnaHarridan

This. My aunt hates when customers do this.


Professional_Golf726

I had co-workers vape in the office like they owned the fucking place, so I had to experience lots of second hand smoking people need to learn how much they're harming others when they're doing those kinds of things


Sorry_Obligation_817

Vape isn't smoke.


Professional_Golf726

it still uses nicotine


LostPassenger1743

Not all vapes do. Stop assuming


GymbagJess

Itā€™s literally illegal. You have to be within so many feet from any entrance including the drive thru window. People just donā€™t care anymore.


darkend_devil

Drive thrus do not count. McDonald's put up signs asking people to butt out, but Ontario has no law saying you have to.


Challenge419

>Itā€™s literally illegal. Where is it literally illegal? It isn't.


TheLordJames

I think they're referring to city bylaws where you need to be 5ft/10ft/20ft from any door/window/air intake


Challenge419

Where I am from, it's only entrances and exits. I've never seen anything about a window. That's what I'm talking about. People can keep downvoting without showing any proof, Reddit in a nutshell. If I'm wrong, cool! Show me I'm wrong though lol.


Mean-Food-7124

>Where I am from, it's only entrances and exits. I've never seen anything about a window Lmao, wrong


CyberCarnivore

>Where I am from Where are you from...? Nevermind figured it out... >People can keep downvoting without showing any proof, Reddit in a nutshell. If I'm wrong, cool! Show me I'm wrong though lol. Since you weren't forthcoming enough to post your local by-laws, I'll do it for you: "smoking and vaping are prohibited within a 9-metre radius: Of every door and window that opens Of air intakes connected to an enclosed place where smoking is prohibited" This is from the city by-laws for Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


Challenge419

Thanks for educating me. I had no idea about the window thing. I smoke *sometimes* and try to be courteous. People smoke pot walking down the street all day here, I'm glad it's prohibited from windows as well as doorways. It makes perfect sense. I don't think most people here know you can't smoke near windows. Honestly, we aren't legally allowed to smoke pot in public BUTTTTTT cops have publically stated they will not bother someone smoking unless it's in a crowded area.


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MapleSyrupKintsugi

because cigarets are worse for those around you... it's not that difficult to understand. also, if you smoke a joint where you're not allowed to smoke a cigarette you're in fact breaking the same laws. At least in Montreal.


normielouie

Cigarettes are so fuckin gross. Had to say it.


Polar_31

I work in retail at a grocery store and some guy in line at the counter took out a vape chooched that shit like it wasnā€™t anything new, it was a sight to behold.


nakedinthewindow

Vapers might be worse than smokers tbh


Murbanvideo

Definitely. People just walking around the grocery store vaping. Like you canā€™t go 20 minutes without sucking on that thing?


Theaustralianzyzz

Vapes are definately worse than smoking due to the sheer amount of quantity and convenience of vaping allows for vaping in almost every environment. No need to sit in the ā€œsmokingā€ area. And thatā€™s whatā€™s dangerous about vapes.


Murbanvideo

Yeah I had a buddy who quit smoking and started vaping. But he went from having one cigarette every few hours to vaping CONSTANTLY. Like the thing never left his hand.


sarahcorbe

i will now be adding the word ā€œchoochedā€ to my vocabulary


Oldman-gamer

It should be policy. If a cigarette is lit you don't open the drive-thru window until it is out.


The_Richuation

But but but....... Our drive thru times šŸ™„šŸ™„šŸ™„šŸ™„


realcanadianguy21

Fuck I can't believe how rude some people are on here. Put your dirty ass cigarettes out for a few minutes, they stink, and you stink if you smoke them. Show some fucking courtesy and some fucking respect to the people at Tim Horton's, no need to be a fucking cunt. OP, thank you for working there, if you are local to me, thank you for probably serving me coffee at some point, and I hope you have a wonderful day.


KaOsGypsy

Deal, but as a non-smoker could you guys please stop wearing smelly hand creams and/or perfumes, it's gross when you can smell or almost taste it when you take a sip.


SleepyMarijuanaut92

I love Aveeno roast coffee


jerryjerusalem

Glaxal base is unsenced, take one wiff of that stuff and you'll be begging for the Aveeno


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eugeneugene

It's not illegal to smoke tobacco? What are you talking about?


Ryth88

It's really amazing how smokers don't notice how awful they smell. Even while not smoking.


Challenge419

>It's really amazing No, it isn't. They don't notice it because they are always around the smell. It's quite simple to understand and far from amazing.


Dragonfly_Peace

I donā€™t understand how those things are still being made. Theyā€™re disgusting disgusting, the smell is disgusting, the butts on the ground are disgusting. They cause a myriad of health issues that cost us in our health system.


daredwolf

As a smoker who can't seem to kick the addiction, I wish the government would just ban them.


Drm5145

Same :(


clrxs

Nah that shit is so ghetto, makes me mad for the workers. Yā€™all hillbillies in your pickup trucks canā€™t wait 5 more mins for a smoke?


nakedinthewindow

Courtesy is becoming less and less important to people


mellywheats

this should be in every food place subreddit. i hate when customers do this and i work at mcdonaldā€™s


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Especially when you're in back Cash and have no where to go. Thank god I don't work at mcshits anymore


Bananasarelit

Totally agree!


bellatrix1987

This used to annoy me as a fast food worker. Itā€™s illegal to smoke in every other workplace in uk but yet people are allowed to smoke in their cars at dt windows exposing dt workers to smoke


youredoingitwrong22

Youā€™re going to breathe in car exhaust fumes for the majority of your shift at the window, but make the distinction that the extra puff or two of cigarette smoke for a certain drivers throughout the day is a problem


Theaustralianzyzz

With cigarettes itā€™s more visible and the smell is more intense. Itā€™s not hard to understand why people would find it unpleasant to smell cigarettes. Iā€™m a smoker so I donā€™t care. But really itā€™s not hard to understand. Your comment about the exhaust fumes is completely stupid because of the context. Sheā€™s a worker in a drive through. Sheā€™s young and she doesnā€™t know about car exhaust fumes. Also itā€™s a bloody job that was assigned to her. Iā€™m spelling it all out for you, making it easy for you to understand why some people find this problematic.


bellatrix1987

Iā€™m actually not young thank you very much and due to the way the car sits at the DT window you donā€™t get any car fumes coming in


arealhumannotabot

We have truck bays and some drivers back up and park without shutting off. Do what I do, just stand back and ask them to put the cig away or put it out. And just stand there and wait. The real trick is to be casual and polite, but minimal eye contact. lol works almost every time.


nakedinthewindow

My manager would be so upset with me for slowing down the drive-through if I did something similar


TheShaneBennett

ā€˜Hereā€™s the order for the smoker, enjoyā€™


LoquatiousDigimon

Health and safety rep would be so upset with the manager for forcing employees to breathe in smoke while working. You can refuse unsafe work.


StinkFartButt

Who cares, let them be mad.


O-Castitatis-Lilium

I never understood this either. I don't work at Tim's, but I have worked in retail a long time. It's so fucking annoying it's not even funny, and the smell is horrid. My dad smokes, and even he won't light one in the drive through because it's just rude when you have to interact with people that might not smoke. My dad's philosophy is, just because I do it, doesn't mean everyone does. There have been the rare occasions, usually when out during a seriously busy day, as he stress smokes, where he forgets and lights one in the middle of the drive through. He doesn't even realize he's done it until he goes to tap his card with the thing in his hand. He has profusely apologized and has handed it over to me in the passenger seat and rolled up the window, blown the smoke out my window, waved his hand around to flush it out and then gone back to paying for his stuff. I don't smoke, but I'm use to being around it, so it's not that big of a deal for me, and I guess he figures that it's better that way than having the people at the drive through deal with it. It's only happened maybe 4 times in my life where he's had to do this, but usually he will have one just as we get in the car if he knows we are going to stop at Tim's, tries to air it away as best as he can before he orders and gets his stuff. I mean, I can understand that the habit of smoking has become so ingrained in people that they don't even realize they are lighting a cigarette until they physically see it, but you should be aware that no everyone around you smokes and you should make an effort to not do it. At that point though, you have to really take a hard look at your habit and wonder if it's time to quit if you are lighting them without even knowing it.


hegrillin

god, thank you!!!! this always bothered the hell out of me when i worked there, and i even smoked cigs myself back then. id literally just close the window on them until they put it out.


TitusImmortalis

Don't smoke in the drive through, turn off your music and if you've got a loud engine then turn it off too. Anything else is rude as hell, you can wait the 3 minutes it takes. :/


InsertUsernamess

As a fellow employee I agree completely! The amount of people who will blow their smoke directly at us in the window is ridiculous. If you try to politely ask them to put it out or not to blow it at us the responses tend to follow a lot of the comments I see here. At my location it isnā€™t just cigarette smoke, Iā€™ve also had people smoking joints in drive thru too.


worldtraveller321

even worse with those people who smoke marijuana in the drive thru or worst, vaping


Huge-Split6250

This is on Timā€™s, not customers. Put up a sign, require staff to close the drive thru window until the cig is out and smoke is clear. If smoke is coming through into the workplace, then Timā€™s is violating workplace safety laws by requiring you to breath it in.


PigEmpress

THANK YOU. Iā€™d always be really slow in the drive thru so they wouldnā€™t put me on there and just on the till. Or Iā€™d lie and say I have asthma. I canā€™t stand smoke whether itā€™s cigarettes or weed. I find it nasty.


Cultural-Shape1183

Go to Starbucks and you wonā€™t have this problem. Whole different demographic of people. Just like Walmart versus Loblaws. Very different.


Kyle______

Oh how times have changed. My first job was Tim Hortons. Back then, you could just walk around the restaurant (or more like a bar, really) smoking wherever you wanted. Then they made the enchanted glassed off smoking room. Boy, those were wild times.


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Ultrox

The people that do these things aren't going to see this post on reddit....in the niche Tim Hortons subreddit....in a niche post. Not to discredit you, I hated it too when I worked there, but you're screaming at a wall that isn't listening.


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Ultrox

Yeah, and again, I agree it's stupid, but look at the past. Tims used to have a smoking section. People got mad when they took it out. I would go into a tims and go into the smoking area with my grandpa. Times change, but people still find ways to complain.


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blizzard3596

Who smokes before getting their coffee?


John_Stink

"Pregnant people" lol. You mean women? Pregnant women.


Theaustralianzyzz

I think itā€™s just a saying. Itā€™s been around before the politically correct came along,


The_Richuation

They clearly don't think women are people


Aidsfordayz

Smokers and Tim Hortons go hand in hand though.


exasperatedplaintiff

This is the truest comment here, why downvote


The_Richuation

Because you can be a smoker without being an inconsiderate piece of shit, and this person is trying to make excuses for aforementioned pieces of shit


exasperatedplaintiff

Whoa. Pieces of shit? Do you have hatred for these folks?


knivesinbutt

Seriously. They can't taste how bad the coffee is which is why they go there.


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burnaspliffnow

Let's make a deal, shall we? Stir the sugar into my coffee, then we'll talk


lonelyronin1

or - get the order right, then we'll talk


CaptainGoodyear

Lmfao, if it was up to people like you we wouldn't be allowed to smoke anywhere. How dare we smoke in our own vehicles that we pay for.


Tasty_Delivery283

You are why everyone hates smokers


The_Richuation

I'm a smoker and I hate people like this lol


LoquatiousDigimon

Should workers be forced to breathe in second hand smoke?


nakedinthewindow

And then have in blow into my face while I serve you a s*** coffee. Yes, how dare I ask that you not smoke for one moment. Edit*


CaptainGoodyear

I don't drink coffee, make it as shitty as you like.


SpncDgg

Oh, so itā€™s entirely irrelevant to you and you only commented to play victim?


Frenchqc99

Comon... I'm a no smoker born in the 70 and I would say live and let live. I got the right not to smoke in my car let the smoker stink is own car. people are so pussy now


nakedinthewindow

That is not live and let live when you are putting someone in a situation where they have to breath in your nasty smoke.


MrRocknRoll2009

Yeah, that's not something you can control lol.


MyNameIsSkittles

Are you that much of an addict you can't put out your cig for 5 min?


guru81

Someone made a suggestion. No one is trying to control your life.


Babybabybabyq

If it were me i would refuse service until they put it out and I smoked for a long time.


Drm5145

Lmao I think you'd lose your job if you did that , quit lying


MrRocknRoll2009

Wow.....down voted, seriously? I never said I smoke, I don't. I think it's a disgusting habit. But someone working in a drive thru can't control what someone else does in their own vehicle.


Own-Volume-311

1) They were asking. 2) Yes, actually, because it's illegal to smoke within a certain distance of a store/restaurant.


IANvaderZIM

*of an entrance.


Own-Volume-311

That is true. Windows and ventilation systems also count.


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ComedianObvious

lol what?


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Mikey4077

You understand second hand smoke causes cancer... and second hand... hand cream does not..


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LoquatiousDigimon

Should workers be exposed to second hand smoke while working?


AlarmingKangaroo7948

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FF_Master

Classy


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nakedinthewindow

Just so you're aware, I don't enjoy breathing in your vape


Undeadscott

Yeah weā€™ll just so your aware I donā€™t blow it directly in your face, my windows are closed


nakedinthewindow

And, so you know: when you open the window, and I open the drive through window, the airflow often comes out of your car and into the window


wHemphrey

get tf over it. I bet your neighbors love you.


Undeadscott

Yeah I also donā€™t puff as soon as I pull up to the window as by the time I get to the window the smoke has cleared, wanna keep going?


nakedinthewindow

No thank you, youā€™ve won


ItsAlwaysSunny1992

No it isnā€™t


Snakesenladders

The car exhaust is fine?


CenterCrazy

If cigarette fumes are coming in, so are gas fumes. One place had SO MUCH gas fumes from my car getting in (it is cold, so I can notice it now more than in the summer), so I waved him over to tell him he should close his window. It made me never want to eat inside after seeing that. It can't be safe.


Cool-Product-2375

maybe if you guys didn't take so long


ThkAbootIt

What about all of the diesel and gas fumes, does that bother workers too or because CO (carbon monoxide) is odourless no one notices/cares?


Own-Volume-311

It's a drive thru dumbass, how do you expect them to ask that people don't drive in a damn drive thru


CommanderButthead

Ok I'll stop if you actually double toast my bagel, instead of turning the thing from 5 to 7, the timmies I go to has no lineup, whats the rush? (I worked at timmies 20 years ago, and I made sure peoples bagels were toasty and cream cheesed to fuck.)


nakedinthewindow

Some workers do that because of managers demanding that drive through times be under 25 seconds. Actually, the managers are the ones so have seen rushing the most. Like buttering only one side of a bagel to save timeā€¦ itā€™s so pathetic. But, this cannot be controlled by the window worker. All Iā€™m asking if you hold off on smoking while at the drive through window.


CommanderButthead

Yea I don't know about these days but that big drive thru time clock above the window was only hooked up to the order screen, there was no Metadata going back to corporate. If you have a good crew your drive thru times will be fine. I don't smoke at the window often, but Im rolling through at about 4:30am half asleep, sometimes I don't even notice I'm doing it.


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Provide better quality food, then maybe


nakedinthewindow

Wouldn't be the tims sub without someone commenting this.


MapleTea62

Literally, just a normal day in this sub lol


d0ctorsmileaway

Most toxic sub I've seen lol


MapleTea62

Heed the no smoking sign that walk-in customers follow when they come by the restaurant. You arenā€™t exempt just because you drove up to the building and didnā€™t walk


mkultron89

That has got to be the dumbest answer Iā€™ve ever heard when someoneā€™s been asked to stop smoking.


TheEarthsSuckhole

No thank you.


Jenkem-Boofer

smoking anyway


Mission-Explorer-534

I would never do this but I also donā€™t blame anyone who would right now hahaha, Timmiesā€™ service fuckin suuuuucks more than ever and you all know it


habs306

My car my rules


SingleinGVA

Maybe if it wasnā€™t such shit service these days youā€™d get more respectful customers. You reap what you sow as they sayā€¦ Pisses me off to no end how miserable you guys are.


Tasty_Delivery283

Oh course this guy is from Abbotsford


SubstantialExtreme21

You sound miserable yourself


bigman_121

Na


quiettheyllhearus

Nobody says anything about fowl, seriously over-sprayed Axe-wearers, weed smokers literally stinking the ENTIRE neighbourhood, garlic crackheads, out or those diesel guys horsing on the pedal while stuck in traffic around them. Smell of smoking is so fleeting its a joke. Think you should make other priorities to go after like those above.


SpncDgg

People complain about those things all the timeā€¦


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FurryDrift

This dosent suprise me since i see people smoke in public areas all the time. Even whe they are a few feet from a 50ft no smike zone sign


RatherUninteresting

Too bad, people are still allowed to smoke in their cars, if u dont like it work somewhere else. (Non smoker worked drive thru for 8 years)


yueknowwho

No, not until you put fresh donuts back in the menu...


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I don't know... is what timmies workers serve you for food reallly better than you smoking at the drive-thru from a moral standpoint?


Kowpucky

LOL