Tim Hortons Fires TwinsWe all know that blood is thicker than water. Well apparently that holds true for coffee as well.

Loretta and Sabrina Rizzo had been serving coffee at a Tim Hortons location on the Queensway in Toronto for around a year an a half. That is until Sabrina was dismissed for having a bad attitude on Easter Monday. Consequently, Loretta was also fired – cause she was Sabrina’s twin sister.

Loretta admits her sister may have a bad attitude, but she can’t understand why she’s being terminated from the coffee shop for being Sabrina’s sister. Loretta says she kept asking her manager why she was being fired but couldn’t get a straight answer. Finally he replied to her “You’re going to be too bitter.”

“I haven’t done anything wrong, There is no reason for me to be fired whatsoever.  I’ve never been fired in my life.” said Loretta: “This is so unacceptable. How can I be fired just because I’m a twin?”


Both sisters were given letters stating their termination, that stated “This memo is your notice that your services are no longer required,” the note reads. “Your last day of employment with our company will be April 17, 2010.” However the memo didn’t give a reason for the firings.

Rizzo tried phoning Tim Hortons’ head office but was told that’s the way the cookie crumbles and they couldn’t do anything for her.

A spokesperson for the coffee giant said follow-up letters explaining the decision for their dismissal were mailed to the sisters Wednesday and they may not have received them yet. Diane Slopek-Weber said she spoke to the store owner but refused to reveal details of the issues surrounding the dismissals.

“I’m not really comfortable” discussing personnel issues publicly, but “they felt it was appropriate to dismiss both of them,” Slopek-Weber said.

Source: The Toronto Sun

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