bun simt
m’a impresionat foarte tare mult* un text pe care l’am gasit azi dimineata pe canada.com. fiind un portal de stiri, continutul s’a schimbat intre timp si textul impreuna cu linkul nu mai sunt “la vedere”. o sa spuneti ca Tim Hortons e un simbol national aici, si ca poate din cauza asta cineva n’a vrut sa se puna rau cu “uriasul”. sau o sa spuneti ca un urias si mai mare, mai de la sud, care a preluat Tim Hortons (Arby’s pentru neinitiati) s’ar fi putut simti lezat. I don’t really care. gestul conteaza.
Apology
canada.com
Published: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
In a story that appeared on Global and on the Internet at globalnational.com and canada.com in 2006 regarding the Tim Hortons location in Afghanistan, we reported that Tim Hortons received a subsidy from the federal government to open the outlet on the military base in Kandahar.
The circumstances were that the Canadian military approached Tim Hortons at the request of Canadian soldiers to provide a taste of home, and Tim Hortons felt it was a public service to do so. Tim Hortons did not receive any kind of subsidy from the Federal government. In fact, Tim Hortons waived all franchise fees, royalties and provided free support and training to its franchisee, the Canadian Forces Service Personnel Agency. This federal agency supports troops and their families.
All profits earned from the Tim Hortons outlet in Afghanistan are reinvested into programs to benefit soldiers and their families.
Global News would like to sincerely apologize to Tim Hortons, and we would like to recognize Tim Horton’s acts of good corporate citizenship including this contribution to the wellbeing of Canadian soldiers.
Stire preluata de aici: CLICKY. Din surse neoficiale am aflat ca o franciza pentru Tim Hortons costa aproximativ un milion de dolari canadieni, fiind printre cele mai scumpe francize din Canada.
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*EDIT: modificat la cererea publicului cititor
September 25th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
iti citesc jurnalul cu mare interes; imi pare insa rau ca te-ai molipsit si tu de expresia ‘foarte tare’….expresie folosita de mass-media inculta din romania;….se pare ca ‘mult’ a disparut definitiv din vocabular; in rest imi place ceea ce scrii, tine-o tot asa:)….
September 26th, 2008 at 5:09 am
Probabil si sistemul de legi te impinge la dezmintiri ca sa nu regreti mai tirziu informatiile eronate. Legea genereaza bun simt … e un “cerc vicios” ! Dar asta e valabil numai la popoarele cu memorie buna!
September 26th, 2008 at 8:28 am
@cristi: multumesc. “foarte tare” in cazul de fata era o locutiune adverbiala de mod (sa ma corecteze gramaticii daca ma insel) – care nu are nici o legatura cu “Foarte tare, frate!” emanata de mircea badea si folosita in prezent de toti cocalarii pentru a exprima admiratia. a fost doar o serie de cuvinte normale, folosite in exprimare pentru ca asa au venit natural. chiar daca nu reusesc 100%, incerc sa evit cliseele verbale.
oricum, s’a modificat!
September 26th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
…Kafka, frate!