why tim hortons why?

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why do they slap the lid on so the mouth piece is on the seam of the cup so often?
I mean the circumference of the top of the cup is relatively big, why does the lid open up on the seam like every 3rd cup of coffee I buy

there must be some kind of mathematical occultism at work here
 
They do it because they know it annoys people

Eveyone has to have some entertainment
 
Strongbeau said:
The mouthpiece subtends a 20 degree angle. Assuming one seam, the probability that the mouthpiece will be at the seam is 20/360 = 5% of the time. With two seams, the probability is 10% and 1 out of 10 cups will have the mouthpiece at the seam.
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How can you live with yourselves misleading the public. The correct percentage is 5.56%. You also neglegted to mention the variance of the 20 degree angle which has a tolerance of +/- 1 degree due to the different shrinkage rates of plastics. So at a range of 19 to 21 degrees the percentage ranges from 5.28 to 5.83%.
 
F-ing Engineers! ;)

Meister said:
How can you live with yourselves misleading the public. The correct percentage is 5.56%. You also neglegted to mention the variance of the 20 degree angle which has a tolerance of +/- 1 degree due to the different shrinkage rates of plastics. So at a range of 19 to 21 degrees the percentage ranges from 5.28 to 5.83%.
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F*cking Engineers! They can tell you all about *why* the problem is
happening, but ask them to help fix it? Hoo boy!! *grin*
Cheers,
Conquistador
 
The measurements are statistical in nature given the probability of errors over many cups & many lids. Therefore the probabilities above are only accurate 19 times out of 20.

And to make the TERB lawyers happy - TERB assumes no liability for your own personal experience at Tim Horton's.
 
thewheelman said:
Simple... the lids leak at the seam when the drinking hole is not positioned over the seam.
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Bingo. They're supposed to do that to break the vacuum seal and keep the lid from leaking. Unfortunately, most employees (especially in busy Tim Hortons) don't do it.

As an aside, has anyone noticed an increase in the number of cups (Medium especially) that leak through the seam on the bottom? In the past two weeks I've had at least three leak that way. It's to the point that I have them double cup it just to keep them from leaking all over the place.
 
While we're at it,

Why don't they stir your coffee...and give you napkins?:mad:
 
What's with these new lids that only fold back a 1/4 of an inch? You put your lips to it on a full cup and it bubbles up and burns the top of your lip.... and no I don't got Mick Jagger's big ass mother f*uck'n lips. I prefer the ones that have the longer skinny tabs.
 
Get yourself a thermocupwith little holes in the lid. Then you won't spill the coffee on your khaki pants or your shirt in the car, and as an added bonus, most Tim Hortons will give you a nickel off the coffee.

Put the nickel in another cup, and after 4800 cups you have money for a session with an SP.
 
Tim Horton's sucks! I would rather go to Timothy's or Second Cup for a decent cup of java.
 
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