What he said.

Anna St.Onge

On 24/05/2013 8:07 PM, Simon Rogers wrote:
> Dear Becker Associates,
> I am a little puzzled by the decision making process behind the letter 
> notifying me of a reimbursement consisting of Tim Hortons gift cards 
> which I received today, over what I would consider a minor calculation 
> error regarding individual memberships and taxes. I think it would 
> have been advisable to follow the Board's suggestion to solicit 
> whether members would have preferred to have this money donated to the 
> AAO, given the recent operating issues faced by the Association. I for 
> one will be donating my Tim Hortons cards to the first homeless 
> denizen of my Toronto borough of Parkdale who next solicits me for 
> spare change, as I find Tim Hortons products to be completely 
> unremarkable in every regard except for the extent to which their 
> packaging manages to clutter the streets with unwanted litter. I would 
> throw the cards in the garbage but that would be wasteful and the Tim 
> Hortons does at least offer temporary shelter to certain less 
> fortunate individuals at strange hours of the night, and I'm told 
> warmth and sugar are some comfort against the elements. Although I am 
> mildly reassured by your statements that such miscalculations will not 
> occur in the future, I am concerned by the thoughtless gesture of 
> atoning for your accounting error by promoting a massive corporate 
> chain operation that poisons its customers with pseudo-food. Surely 
> some other kind of measure could have been undertaken that involved 
> the participation of those directly affected by the miscalculation: 
> namely the individual membership of the AAO. If I had been consulted 
> prior to being reimbursed I would have voted to donate the money to 
> the AAO or accepted a credit towards future membership fees. Instead 
> you have given my money to Tim Hortons, something I have actively 
> avoided doing for years.
> Disappointedly yours,
>
> Simon Rogers
> AAO member
>

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