I hate Canada

[gray_ghost]

I came to this realization today in the laundromat, when I had about the 100th Canadian quarter rejected by the laundry machine since I first moved up here. Why do they do that?!? Why make a quarter that feels almost identical to an American quarter?

I'm saving them in a mason jar. I don't know what I'm going to do once it's full. Maybe Fed Ex it to their Prime Minister with a note: "Enough is enough. On behalf of the entire country, I apologize for Iraq and Anne Coulter and Wal-Mart and the American Revolution. Now could you please stop making quarters?"

When I was living in Iowa as a kid, we had Minnesota to the north of us acting as a filter for all the Canadian money. Occassionally one would sneak through, and everyone would laugh about it. But now, it seems as though every fourth damn quarter I get in change comes from the great white north!

Strong measures need to be taken.

I wonder if there are Canadians bitching about their American quarters being rejected by their laundry machines? I bet their laundry machines are keyed to accept US currency.

Sneaky bastards.

Comments

[gray-ghost.livejournal.com]

With quarters and pocket change - Pullman is pretty relaxed about Canadian money (like they were in Iowa), but it depends also on what business it is.
Some businesses don't.

I haven't tried it yet in Spokane...so I don't know if it's universal or just a small town thing.

Another thing I get a lot of around here is $2 bills and Susan B Anthony coins. This whole area seems to act as some weird nexus for all the strange currency in the country to flock to.

[phendog.livejournal.com]

Spokane it depends. A lot of the smaller shops will say "no, I'm sorry, I can't accept that" when you try to hand them a Canadian coin. Employees of WalMarts and whatnot are usually too apathetic to care.

And, um, I can't speak for all of Canada, but yeah, last time I was there (up near Edmundton), the machines I encountered took both US and Canadian coinage. And didn't give a fair exchange rate either. You're right. They're sneaky bastards.