Its funny how a Tim's stop used be almost like a reflex. Get in car, hit Tims on the way to wherever. Sometimes just for a coffee, but most of time for a bite to eat as well.
Sometime about 3-4 years ago I said to myself, "WTF"? The food has gotten progressively worse, I can't put my finger on it exactly, but something was going on. The coffee seemed to change flavour as well. Maybe this is in my mind. But then on top of that, the service levels dropped off a cliff, at least from my experience.
I can't remember the last time I visited a Tims.
If I want fast, passably decent food in the morning, I swing through McDonald's for an english muffin and a coffee. At least the bacon looks, feels and tastes like bacon. McD's actually toast their english muffin (not some soft, doughy, grainy, barely warmed english muffin version at Tims).
Most importantly, McDs actually uses a cracked egg, not some kind of processed egg-puck thing.