A quarter (and some sense) short

[bainsidhe]

I gave him $.32 change and, without words, he held out the nickle. "It's canadian. Give me a new one now." A nickle is a lot of money you know!

He didn't have to be so rude about it, but when I lived in Nebraska I would've asked for an American nickel/quarter/whatever. Why? Because none of the local banks and most businesses refused to accept Canadian coinage. If a store is giving me change, I expect it to be usable change.

[Sapphire Silk]

I think the quarter guy is one of my customers. I gave him $.32 change and, without words, he held out the nickle. "It's canadian. Give me a new one now." A nickle is a lot of money you know!

Well, I can't really blame him in a way. Look at it this way, by taking Canadian coinage he is literally being nickled and dimed to death.

SC: "... Are you suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuur e?"
Me: "Wellllll...Okay, you've cracked the SEKRIT KODE. We can let you stay out back in the stable with the other asses."

And that, children, is how the Golden Rule came into being . . . a SC learned their lesson the hard way and decided to spread the word.

Too funny.

Sorry, I've been in Europe for quite a while... but Canadian currency has never passed the USD, has it? So you'd have been losing money to swap a US quarter for a Canadian quarter.

It goes back and forth. I went to Canada in the late 80's, and the exchange rate for US dollars was VERY favorable . . . to Americans. The rate was about 2:1 in the US dollar's favor. I ended up with slightly more than twice my money in Canadian currency . . . and paid prices that were roughly equivalent numerically. I.e, if it cost $1 US, it cost $1 Can. I made out like a bandit (and spent very freely, came home with very little actual cash).

Occasionally I'll pick up a Canadian coin in change without noticing. I give it to my nieces and nephews to "collect."