Anxiety Thing # 1 -Tim Hortons Drivethrus
As I have travelled across this country, the one trait common to all cities and towns is Tim Horton's with their drivethru. It is not that the drivethru promotes laziness by allowing people to get their sugar fix without even having to move out of their vehicles that I find to be anxiety producing. It is not that the drivethru is given preference in service over the walk in customers that I find to be an annoying thing. The annoying thing is that there are, waiting to get into the drivethru, lines of cars and trucks on both sides of the street that, in some cases, effectively block traffic and, in all cases, provide a traffic hazard. I find it difficult to believe that City Councils and the RCMP (or Municipal Police forces) allow this hazard to exist. But I guess it is business providing tax money and the police are big customers of Tim Horton's. Each morning, as I bike to work, I need to go through the maze of trucks that are lined up at one of these outlets (the reason that most of these guys own pickups will probably be the subject of a later annoyance). Traffic is at a standstill because the street is blocked by these sugar craving condom drivers. And it is always anxiety producing! You can see the anxiety and anger in the faces of the drivers who are caught.
