Canadian Tire is like a hardware store that also has an auto Body Shop section, small appliances like air fryers, toasters, seasonal stuff like hunting crap, yard furniture, a lot of really junky looking things, sprinkled with like as seen on tv type garbage, with super long lines, even longer customer service lines, impossible to find employees, jam packed narrow aisles and a few toy aisles. Then they have disgusting hot dog carts out front and always the worst gardening section filled with dead plants.
Think of a lame hardware store (minus the wood) mixed with a 90s Walmart meets a Biway meets a As seen on tv meets a creepy toy store meets a going out of business auto shop. That’s why we call it Crappy Tire in Canada. They used to give you specific Canadian tire dollars like dollar bills with the Canadian tire mascot on them for years and then they got rid of that. They went to this really awful points system that would give you like one penny for like every hundred dollars you spend. Most people stopped shopping there right after that.
It’s very random and all my friends from outside of Canada who have visited and been into one have all had the same reaction “what the eff is this place?” If you wanna meet all the red hats of your town 🤮, or pay way too much for stuff while you walk through claustrophobia inducing aisles, then go. If not, avoid the panic attacks and sticky floors and shop anywhere else.
Ok your guided tour through the store took me out 😂I fell down the rabbit hole and had to google. Scrolled through the flyer, I could get a log splitter and Ninjacreami all in one stop! I have never seen a log splitter in my life. I cannot even with that cup being called “sip me baby” who ok’d that!!!
Is Canadian Tire like a Target or Walmart or is it an actual tire store?
French Canadian here:
Canadian Tire is like a hardware store that also has an auto Body Shop section, small appliances like air fryers, toasters, seasonal stuff like hunting crap, yard furniture, a lot of really junky looking things, sprinkled with like as seen on tv type garbage, with super long lines, even longer customer service lines, impossible to find employees, jam packed narrow aisles and a few toy aisles. Then they have disgusting hot dog carts out front and always the worst gardening section filled with dead plants.
Think of a lame hardware store (minus the wood) mixed with a 90s Walmart meets a Biway meets a As seen on tv meets a creepy toy store meets a going out of business auto shop. That’s why we call it Crappy Tire in Canada. They used to give you specific Canadian tire dollars like dollar bills with the Canadian tire mascot on them for years and then they got rid of that. They went to this really awful points system that would give you like one penny for like every hundred dollars you spend. Most people stopped shopping there right after that.
It’s very random and all my friends from outside of Canada who have visited and been into one have all had the same reaction “what the eff is this place?” If you wanna meet all the red hats of your town 🤮, or pay way too much for stuff while you walk through claustrophobia inducing aisles, then go. If not, avoid the panic attacks and sticky floors and shop anywhere else.
Ok your guided tour through the store took me out 😂I fell down the rabbit hole and had to google. Scrolled through the flyer, I could get a log splitter and Ninjacreami all in one stop! I have never seen a log splitter in my life. I cannot even with that cup being called “sip me baby” who ok’d that!!!
Bahaha! I don’t hate Canadian Tire but this write up is accurate. 😂