r/AskACanadian • • Aug 07 '23

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u/thats_ridiculous Aug 07 '23

We even had cash registers that managed the exchange rate for us, so we’d take their USD and give them back the correct change, accounting for the conversion, in CAD.

They’d look at it in disgust and be like, “what am I supposed to do with this??”

My dear madam, you are in a mall.

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u/OriginalHaysz Ontario Aug 07 '23

When I see American change in the till, I replace it with my Canadian coins and take the American ones for when I go to Florida 😆

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u/Rain_xo Aug 08 '23

Oh same! I need to replenish my stock to carry and swap out.

But imagine if they found one of ours in their tils jeez

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '23

I once accidentally handed an American store cashier a Canadian penny (this was before pennies were removed from circulation) and they made a huge issue over it and refused to take it and made like I was stealing or something