My late father, god bless him, often told me with pride that the British (also read Canadian) did not hand out their medals indiscriminately like the Americans.
In essence, if you were awarded a medal in the Canadian army of World Wars I & II you bloody well earned them.
Flash ahead to 2010 and now you have the Tim Medal Honour - aka- the 'donut gong'.
Now employees of Afghanistan based Tim Hortons can earn military medals for their distinguish service to the cause.
I can just see the citation that will go along with the first medal so earned:
"Confronted by longer lines than usual, Tim Employee X held his ground. In the face of this ever increasing onslaught, he did not retreat, even when it was evident that the Walnut Crunch had run out. He was an inspiration to his fellow employees, who by this time, had fled to the relative safety of the back room leaving Employee entirely alone...."
The only good thing about this development is that my father has been spared from experiencing it.
As I see it...
"Galagher"
