I wish people would stop giving me Canadian quarters; not that I don't want the twenty five cents, it's just that you can't use them in parking meters, you can't use them in coin operated vending machines, washing machines or dryers (yes, my building has coin operated laundry...yay...). And try giving a Canadian quarter to your local grocery store...even the bank gave me that look of "what are you trying to sneak by me with this imposter quarter".
I've found it's best to mix them in with "real" quarters and hand them to the toll takers on the mass pike...and drive away quickly! I mean, it is a quarter...at least it's shaped like a quarter...same color as a quarter. And the exchange rate is practically even, American a hair over Canadian? Who cares!! It’s now in America, being circulated like American money...GET OVER IT! TAKE THE DAMN CANADIAN QUARTER AND STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M STEALING FROM YOU!! IT'S TWENTY-FIVE CENTS FOR PETE'S SAKE!! (Or so)
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Oh the days when we were younger and we thought it was great to have a canadian. Other kids were envious. We might even save that coin and spend the others first.
Today, I couldn't agree with you more. I look at my change and say...ow.../o*%$...how can I pawn that off. 9 out of 10 times, my six year old ends up with it in his piggy bank, and the smile he has on his face when I tell him I am giving him a special coin erases any hint of the aggravation factor.
They still work in stores, even with a disgusted grin coming from the clerk, and I have yet to be turned away because of it, but damn it's so true when you need one more quarter for that laundery, or that cold soda on a hot day....sorry
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