  A Canadian Ethical Dilemma It's that time of year. The debate remains strong. Two men take turns buying the coffees for each other, every day during their break at work. It's a long-standing Canadian tradition of "I got it. You get it the next time". Each spring the devil creeps into the mix, when Tim Hortons starts urlLink putting prizes under their cup rims . The question is this: "If I buy the coffees this time, and one of us wins a prize, who gets to keep it? " I mean....if it's a donut, or a coffee or something, then good-on-you for winning. But what if it's cash, or a bike, or a plasma TV.....or one of 30 GMC Canyons? If I bought the coffees and you win the truck, then we sell the truck and split the money right? No? What if I bought the coffees and my rim has $1000 under it. Good luck for me, and you'll buy them tomorrow right? Not fair? What if you bought the coffees and after setting them on the work bench we got mixed up as to who's was who's?
What if one of us won? There's lots of stuff about odds of winning, skill testing questions and prize distribution urlLink in here , but nothing to answer our question. Every day, all over this country, men and women are stepping up to Tim Hortons counters with slips of paper in their hands containing the individual cream and sugar combinations for entire offices. Usually, getting the coffee is a sign of camaraderie and solidarity with your fellow worker: I'll get it today, and I trust you to get it tomorrow. But Every Spring, Tim Hortons mixes a double-double of greed and desire into their brew, and it's tearing our country apart. I'm not suggesting that we cancel the contest, but I think we need to start a national discourse, to try and resolve this issue. 
