@the.ryanexperience
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@the.ryanexperience My proposal: gather some of the boys and girls, buy Country Style and turn it into what Tim Horton’s was and is supposed to be. #timhortonscanada #toronto #canada🇨🇦 #hospitality #ontario
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Creator rants about brand's downfallfrom @the.ryanexperience
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Overview
The creator delivers a monologue analyzing the decline of the Canadian brand Tim Hortons. He contrasts its past success, built on nostalgia and simple service, with its current state of poor quality, bad customer experience, and a diluted brand identity, ultimately proposing a plan to create a competitor that embodies the original Tim Hortons' values.
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Simple outline
- 1State a bold thesis
- 2Contrast past vs. present
- 3Deliver a scathing takedown
- 4Propose an audacious solution
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Hook analysis
What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook · 45%
The Tim Hortons downfall needs to be studied
Verbal hook · 50%
Tim Hortons is the best case study in how to ruin a brand.
Visual hook · 5%
A close-up shot of the speaker looking directly into the camera with a serious and weary expression, establishing an immediate and personal connection.
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Hook template
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Hook and payoff
The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
A provocative, high-stakes declaration that frames a well-known subject as a case study in failure, compelling the audience to understand the reasoning.
Payoff
A satisfying and empowering call to action that offers a clear path to restoring the lost ideal, leaving the viewer with a sense of hope and shared purpose.
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Narrative framework
The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Ruin & Redemption Manifesto
To deconstruct the failure of a beloved entity by contrasting its idealized past with its disappointing present, culminating in a proactive, almost fantastical proposal for its revival.
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The Nostalgic Baseline
Establish an idealized 'golden age' of the subject, creating an emotional high point and a standard against which the present will be judged.
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The Corrupted Present
Introduce the current, degraded state of the subject, creating a stark and disappointing contrast with the established baseline.
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The Public Verdict
Validate the negative assessment by referencing widespread public sentiment, transforming a personal opinion into a shared cultural grievance.
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The Scathing Takedown
Escalate the critique with specific, visceral, and emotionally charged details that illustrate the depth of the subject's failure.
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The Audacious Proposal
Pivot from criticism to a constructive, forward-looking call to action, proposing a plan to fix the problem or create a superior alternative.
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The Redemption Blueprint
Conclude by outlining the specific principles of the proposed solution, which directly mirror and restore the positive qualities of the 'Nostalgic Baseline,' bringing the narrative full circle.
Themes
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Post caption
My proposal: gather some of the boys and girls, buy Country Style and turn it into what Tim Horton’s was and is supposed to be. #timhortonscanada #toronto #canada🇨🇦 #hospitality #ontario
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title · beginning
The Tim Hortons downfall needs to be studied
Transcript
Tim Hortons is the best case study in how to ruin a brand. They had what was the easiest business model selling Canadian nostalgia, simple food with old grandmas working behind the counter. You would walk in, they would greet you, they would know your name, they would know your order. And it felt like you were back in your hometown. Now you go in and it's like you're walking into Domino's. They have pizza. Canadians in general have a low bar for what they want in terms of customer experience, and they aren't very vocal about it. So when Canadians are getting vocal about something, you no, it is really bad. You go to Tim Hortons now and the staff don't want to be there behind the counter is dirty. They are rude. They are curt. They barely understand you. You barely understand them. It is a horrible experience, and the food makes you have instant lava shits and diarrhea. So here's my proposal. Let's get some of the girls and guys together. Let's go ask dad for some money. Let's raise some funds. Let's buy country style because, frankly, country style is just as bad. Let's transform it into what Canadian should best. Simple food, good food, old grandmas behind working behind the better. A great experience. Simple, no pizza. Let's do it.