legal tender

[asakiyume]

This conversation played out just moments ago at the local supermarket. Nathan, the cashier at the checkout next to the one I was being rung through in, calls out, "Hey Mancuso, what's our policy on foreign coins?"

"That's a quarter," says Mancuso, from further down the checkout row.

"It's a Canadian quarter," says Nathan.

No answer from Mancuso, so Nathan collars Chris, who is walking by.

"Chris, what do we do about Canadian currency?" Chris passes the buck to Doreen, who is my cashier. (Doreen is the first employee who does not look to be a high school student. She's maybe in her late twenties.)

"Doreen, do we accept Canadian coins? We do, right?" Chris asks. Doreen shrugs. "I always do," she says.

Nathan, still looking doubtful, accepts the quarter.

So there you have it! Canadian currency is good to go in our local supermarket.

Probably just coins, though.

Comments

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

That might explain how I ended up with a Croatian coin.

Also, did you see that link I posted in one of your previous entries?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I was just working my way over to saying--but I'll say here instead--that I haven't yet seen your entry. That is, I saw that you posted (and just now another entry, right?) But I haven't yet visited to read.

I don't have the knack of just skimming, so it sometimes takes me [always takes me] time to get to reading your entries. But I'll get there in the end!

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

I actually linked to an entry from last month. I think you were away when I posted it.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Ah--okay; I'll check that first.