-- LONDON, Ont. -- Giving a free Timbit to a baby has cost a single mother of four her job.I thought this was some sort of a gag... but apparently, at Tims, this is a very big deal.
Nicole Lilliman, 27, was fired Wednesday from her Tim Hortons job in this southwestern Ontario city for giving one of the 16-cent blobs of fried dough to a tot who came in with a regular customer.
“I have been fired for giving a baby a Timbit,” Ms. Lilliman said Wednesday.
Giving food away free is against the rules, said Tim Hortons district manager Nicole Mitchell.A Timbit? To a baby?
“Employees aren't allowed to give out free products and that's the bottom line,” she said. “She gave out free product and it doesn't matter if it is a Timbit or a coffee or a doughnut or 10 sandwiches or what.”
There has to be more to this thing... right?
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UPDATE: Just heard Nicole Lilliman interviewed
Apparently someone higher up the food chain has called this woman and offered her a job at another area Tim Hortons. Nicole says this was a personal issue with the district manager, who apparently is also the daughter of the Tims franchisee in question.
She mentioned she makes $9.05 an hour.
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LAST WORD: Via RG in the comments
"Tim Hortons does not have a corporate policy governing the giving away of doughnuts", Douglas said, adding that "franchise owners are free to set their own policies."*
Nicole Lilliman, a single mother of four, has been rehired at another Tim Hortons restaurant after what the chain described as an “overreaction” by a manager.