The slogan says “RRRoll Up the Rim to Win”-and she did.
Hatel Jagjivan, a second-year U of T Industrial Engineering student, bought a cup of coffee from the Tim Horton’s kiosk in the Medical Science building on Monday and won a 2005 GMC Envoy. How’s that for a little extra kick with your caffeine?
Jagjivan had been at the MedSci building for the office hour of one of her professors-she had a midterm that night and was getting some last-minute advice. Stepping out to grab a cup of coffee, she headed back to the session with Professor John Carter of the department of electrical and computer engineering. Not until the end of her meeting did she check the cup-and what she found was a nice surprise, to say the least.
“She scampered back in to get me to check whether or not she was seeing things,” said Carter. After checking the contest online, Jagjivan finally accepted that she was not the victim of an elaborate scam-she really had won a GMC Envoy worth approximately $29,000. Jagjivan, who said she’s not a regular coffee drinker, only grabbed the coffee to try and stay focused under the pressure of her midterms. Carter jokingly added that he doesn’t think the coffee really did much to focus her attention.
Jagjivan told The Varsity that she had not yet called the Tim Horton’s franchise to inform them of her win, but that she would do so shortly. So what’s she going to do with her new SUV?
“Sell it,” she said bluntly. Jagjivan said she needed the money to pay her tuition and residence fees. Call it the Roll Up the Rim to Win bursary. Get drinking, everyone: only 29 cars left….
