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This one is for our good friends to the south.
Look. We love ya. Should the mystery terrorists ever show up to bomb Canada, we know you've got our back. We appreciate all the good TV programming. And the comuters, too. Sure, there's a lot of talk about the "tensions" between us, who's "angry" about what, but that's all water under the bridge, right?
In that spirit, let's talk about the dollar.
I work in a tea room on the very long waterfront in my home town. We get a lot of tourists, and the other day we had a cruise ship show up from the States. Most Americans come to Canada because it's nice(r?), we're kinda cute in a quaint way, and because, well, it's cheap. And convenient.
Imagine: a boatload of Americans showing up for their "cheap" vacation, only to find that their dollar isn't actually worth more than ours. And, since our prices are higher to accomodate our normally shitty dollar, it's actually more expensive for them here now.
Some tips for Americans travelling to Canada who don't wish to piss us off:
1. Get your money changed, for Chrissakes. Nothing is more insulting than assuming we'll drool over your American nickel, even if we probably will.
2. Don't get pissy when I can't give you American change. Just take the monopoly money and deal.
3. Don't expect a exchange rate if you don't get your money changed. First, I'm not a banker, and I'm not going to whip out a calculator to figure it out every damn time an American co mes through my till who was too lazy to stop at the bank. Second, there's not much of an exchange rate anyways. One women was so vehement that I give her a rate that I finally said, "Fine! Here!" and handed her a penny.
Look. We know our dollar is going back down. We're Canadians, it's not like it goes to our heads. Sure, we might sing our antheme a little louder, but quite frankly, if you go to a hockey game you can still barely hear it. We'll still nod and smile and say thank you when we shouldn't, so please, bear with us until this anomoly reverts itself, and in the meantime, could you please get your money changed? Thank you.
.... ya war-mongering assholes.
Look. We love ya. Should the mystery terrorists ever show up to bomb Canada, we know you've got our back. We appreciate all the good TV programming. And the comuters, too. Sure, there's a lot of talk about the "tensions" between us, who's "angry" about what, but that's all water under the bridge, right?
In that spirit, let's talk about the dollar.
I work in a tea room on the very long waterfront in my home town. We get a lot of tourists, and the other day we had a cruise ship show up from the States. Most Americans come to Canada because it's nice(r?), we're kinda cute in a quaint way, and because, well, it's cheap. And convenient.
Imagine: a boatload of Americans showing up for their "cheap" vacation, only to find that their dollar isn't actually worth more than ours. And, since our prices are higher to accomodate our normally shitty dollar, it's actually more expensive for them here now.
Some tips for Americans travelling to Canada who don't wish to piss us off:
1. Get your money changed, for Chrissakes. Nothing is more insulting than assuming we'll drool over your American nickel, even if we probably will.
2. Don't get pissy when I can't give you American change. Just take the monopoly money and deal.
3. Don't expect a exchange rate if you don't get your money changed. First, I'm not a banker, and I'm not going to whip out a calculator to figure it out every damn time an American co mes through my till who was too lazy to stop at the bank. Second, there's not much of an exchange rate anyways. One women was so vehement that I give her a rate that I finally said, "Fine! Here!" and handed her a penny.
Look. We know our dollar is going back down. We're Canadians, it's not like it goes to our heads. Sure, we might sing our antheme a little louder, but quite frankly, if you go to a hockey game you can still barely hear it. We'll still nod and smile and say thank you when we shouldn't, so please, bear with us until this anomoly reverts itself, and in the meantime, could you please get your money changed? Thank you.
.... ya war-mongering assholes.