by Liz Maimone
Around here, Tim Hortons coffee is pretty much a commodity. So I’m sure most of you are familiar with their whole Roll Up the Rim to Win promotion. If not, well, you umm roll up the coffee rim. To win. There’s really not much to it. They give away a few cars, but mostly doughnuts.
Now here, in the land of the free, if your cup says you won a doughnut, you’re about two seconds away from deep-fried deliciousness. But that’s not the case for our sophisticated neighbors to the north. You see, apparently in Canada, you have to be smart to win a doughnut.
Much like the “no purchase necessary” clause we have here, Canadians have a little disclaimer of their own: “Canadian participants must first correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question in order to claim a prize.”
Huh?
Well, supposedly it’s all in an attempt to not qualify as an illegal lottery. Instead of choosing not to require a purchase, they discount luck as a means to winning. By requiring winners to correctly answer a skill-testing question in order to get their prize, winning is somehow no longer random. It’s weird if you ask me. Maybe Canadians should just stick to brewing beer.
So next time you feel like complaining about the good ole’ U-S-of-A, just be happy you don’t have to add, subtract, and multiply your sprinkles before you eat them. I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling awfully patriotic right now. U-S-A! U-S-A! Sorry.
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