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I'm from Vancouver, Canada. Waaaaaay back, the Canadian dollar was up on the American, and the local classic rock dj called a Walmart in Texas to ask if he could buy a bbq with Canadian dollars. The lady on the line's response was basically this. I think I remember it verbatim, but I could be off a bit:
Honey, we only take American dollars here....so why don't you go back to Canadia and exchange your fake money for real ones, come on back and you can get a bbq.
I don't know, I think the radio shock jock got what he deserved.
Yeah. I don't expect to use USD in the middle of nowhere France or Germany when Euros exist. The exchange rate doesn't really matter: the store isn't equipped to take that currency.
Here in Michigan, we don't blink about taking Canadian pennies because they are common and banks take them. In Texas, I wouldn't expect that.
?!? We dont even have Canadian Pennies in Canada.
There used to be.
I still have a jar full.
No idea what to do with them.
I got a Canadian quarter once in the coin return in an old apartment's laundry machines
I mean it was a bit, he got what he was hoping for.
Cause you could never exchange CAD in the US .... sigh.