I’m informed by one who works there that Tim Horton’s forbids its employees from defending themselves against physical assault from customers — and that such assault is depressingly common. Defending one’s self from an assailant who might want to buy some donuts is, apparently, a firing offence. I will avoid Tim Horton’s from now on, and urge you to do the same.

(Their coffee is horrible, anyway. That the Tim Horton’s double-double is a hallmark of Canadian culture is a self-inflicted slur upon the country.)