The days I wish I had a punching bag...

[ackmeow]

So, I'm not sure what other store's policies on customers and their claims on short changing, but ours is: Err on the side of caution. Don't give those dips anything.

Guess what? Dip decided to claim that I short changed him $2!!!

Ok, Dip. First of all, it's $2. You don't have to argue with me for 30 FREAKING MINUTES about the change, nor do you have to hold up the line.

Oh, and did you know that those bags of skittles you stole to make up for me not giving you $2 is actually worth $4?

Sorry for giving you a hassle, security. Yeah, he- Oh? I still owe you $2? Tell you what. If we're over when we cash off in 15, you can have it. Deal? Deal. Go away.

*Cashes off.*

Oh, we're over by 11. Here's a toonie. Get lost.

*Checks lottery*

Oh hey, lottery is short 11.

Damm.

Yeah, yeah. I know you gloated at me when I gave you the toonie. But, as revenge, should I see you again, not only am I going to say you cheated us out, but I'm going to provide evidence. The security guys of awesome know it too.

Oh, right. Guess what? You're banned for theft as well.

Asshat.

Serves me right for not checking paperwork before I handed the toonie over, but hey. Live and learn.

And bitch.

[Nemesis44UK]

I love the terms, loonie and toonie. It makes me want to live in Canada, just so I can use them

[Slayer]

It's the same for us. I have to count my drawer It's rare for me to be questioned because it's a small store. I have less chances to mess up (lol). Someone accused me of shorting a $10 bill once. Even tho he paid with a $10 *rolls eyes*.

I love the terms, loonie and toonie. It makes me want to live in Canada, just so I can use them

You're welcome to join us

[EricKei]

It makes me want to live in Canada, just so I can use them

Well, you can always come down here to Canada's southernmost outpost, aka New Awwwlinz (the Cajuns originally came from Acadia (Nova Scotia and thereabouts), so we count. That's my story and I'm sticking to it)...We're just warmer and have better food.

...And, while the chance probably reduces every year, there's at least a 1 in 5 chance that any given person you run into understands at least a few words of our wonderfully corrupt dialect of French ^_^ Back in the 70's~80's, I would have said 1 in 5 *fluent* speakers.

[Shalom]

I love the terms, loonie and toonie. It makes me want to live in Canada, just so I can use them

I remember when they were trying to come up with the nickname for the $2 coin. (I think it was introduced while I was living in Buffalo, so I got Toronto and Hamilton radio stations.)

My favourite of the suggestions for the name was to call it a "Doubloon", which is both the name of an old Spanish $2 coin, and a "double loonie". Another suggestion was to put two male deer on it, and call it "Two Bucks" ... that one didn't make much headway. Eventually they settled on "tooney", because it's both short for "two loonies", and a reference to the old WB "looney toons".

Highlight for tasteless joke: I think someone even suggested "The Royal Streaker", because it had Her Majesty on the front, and a bear behind... I hope whoever came up with that was joking. That qualifies as lèse majesté in my book.

[mharbourgirl]

Well, you can always come down here to Canada's southernmost outpost, aka New Awwwlinz (the Cajuns originally came from Acadia (Nova Scotia and thereabouts), so we count. That's my story and I'm sticking to it)...We're just warmer and have better food.

And the rest of us you left behind ain't too happy about that, either. Blueberry Grunt, boiled dinner and lobster-bloody-everything gets old, and 'spicy' is something with a bit of black pepper sprinkled on. I'm sick of wet snow and sub-zero temperatures and that nasty Keith's and that ear-torturing fiddle/bagpipe music.

I've always wanted to visit N'awlins, purely for the food and the music. And the warm. Now if only the Hubster would co-operate.

[Emerald Knight]

Where I work, we can request a till check if a customer persists that they short-changed them. Our Team Leaders and higher can check our floats at any time as well, thanks to a machine that weighs our money for us.

[earl colby pottinger]

I have to disagree. Canada has some great food stuffs.

First there is "Heart Attack in a Bowl" otherwise call Poutine.

Second to clean the palette after the poutine there is that delicate drink called screech. Please note, I don`t mean the bottled stuff found in the store. Real Newfoundland Screech is made from the remainders in old rum barrels.

Then there is Maple Glazed Salmon, and Maple syrup poured onto snow, Maple fudge, Maple cookies, Maple Ice Cream. And how can you forget Maple syrup on pancakes, Maple syrup on flatjacks and Maple syrup on crêpes. What more could you want?

[dalesys]

What more could you want?

Warmth? Sunshine?

[Salted Grump]

We have that too, though it's combined with hordes of mosquitoes the size of cans of spam, 95% humidity, and the occasional Bear walking down the road.

[EricKei]

I've always wanted to visit N'awlins, purely for the food and the music. And the warm. Now if only the Hubster would co-operate.

Well, Mardi Gras season has begun. It's as good an excuse as any. See the thread in the Get Togethers forum. Failing that, Jazz Fest is always fairly awesome, provided you don't mind spending five bucks for a 16oz bottle of water... Music, rent out an apartment in the French Quarter (preferably near Canal) and open the window, or just go hang out at Jackson Square. Free music from the sidewalk buskers!

We have that too, though it's combined with hordes of mosquitoes the size of cans of spam, 95% humidity, and the occasional Bear walking down the road.

Sweet! We have all of those too... Oh yes, and the occasional 1-2 foot-long flying cockroach; the general consensus on those is "Leave a window open, leave the room, shut the door and hope they fly away o_O". The black bears don't come by the real cities often...Then again, we have maybe five "real cities" in the entire *state* >_>

[mharbourgirl]

We have that too, though it's combined with hordes of mosquitoes the size of cans of spam, 95% humidity, and the occasional Bear walking down the road.

Yeah, I moved to NS from the Wet Coast. I miss the FOOD. Not the rain. Not the 320 days a year gods and goddesses-bedamned rain. I traded the rain for 3 ft of snow and sub-zero temperatures that were quite a shock to a person used to being cold and wet, not frostbitten. And summer here is humidity and almost as many mosquitoes and blackflies as Winterpeg. Though, I'm not going back, but oh do I miss Chinatown and Mr. Chin's restaurant where they bring you a bunch of big plates of the most amazing noodles and rice and dumplings and you share 'em around. For cheap. It's almost impossible to get good authentic Chinese cooking, southern or northern.

Sweet! We have all of those too... Oh yes, and the occasional 1-2 foot-long flying cockroach; the general consensus on those is "Leave a window open, leave the room, shut the door and hope they fly away o_O".

Dis be the main reason why I don't try too hard to change the Hubster's mind. I have a horror of cockroaches surpassed only by my severe phobia of spiders. And giant flying roaches? Oh hell to the NAW. My skin is crawling over here, no kidding.

You'd actually go and leave one of those nightmare bugs alone in a room? What if it DOESN'T go out? What if it crawls some place dark and you don't know about it until it lands on your face in the middle of the night?

[EricKei]

Dis be the main reason why I don't try too hard to change the Hubster's mind. I have a horror of cockroaches surpassed only by my severe phobia of spiders. And giant flying roaches? Oh hell to the NAW.

If it makes you feel any better, I haven't seen any that size in nearly a decade. One thing Katrina did do for us was to clear out the nesting grounds of many an annoying insect. Plenty of skeeters and cicadas tho ^_^

What if it DOESN'T go out?

Well, there's a reason our license plates say "Sportsman's Paradise". I'm fairly certain that most residents here either have the skill needed to shoot one of those bastids out of the air, or is related to someone who is

No worries, tho. Just avoid houses/places where people don't pick up their trash/food in a timely manner. Nothing to worry about. Besides, the food here is worth any risk ^_^