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Aug 21, 2011, 11:12 am
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This winter I was on a flight clt to MYR, and there were a bunch of spoiled rich girls who go to the local college for spoiled rich kids. Coming back to school from break from somewhere in the Northeast. It was one of those weeks this winter when weahter was wreaking Havoc in the NE and had played havoc on their travel plans. They of course blamed the airline the whole flight(luckly its a short hop) When getting off the plane one girl said to the other."I'm going to get my money back for this flight because my Mom is going to call the airline"
Aug 21, 2011, 11:41 am
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My dad was like that when he went to the UK for the first time earlier this year. He thought everyone would take USD because of all the tourists. "Why wouldn't they? London has a lot of tourists from the US, why wouldn't they take American money?"
Prior to that trip, the extent of his international travel had been the Mexican Riviera and a bunch of Caribbean Islands that were ports of call on cruises, and those places do usually accept American money so that's where he got the idea that American tourists=USD accepted.
After reminding him that you're not going to find any tourist traps in the US taking pounds, if places in London accepted money from every country where they have tourists from, shops would have to deal with dozens of different currencies, and that dealing with currency exchange is half the "fun" of international travel, he came to his senses.
Of course, it was all a moot point because we used the one currency that's accepted anywhere in the world - plastic.
Prior to that trip, the extent of his international travel had been the Mexican Riviera and a bunch of Caribbean Islands that were ports of call on cruises, and those places do usually accept American money so that's where he got the idea that American tourists=USD accepted.
After reminding him that you're not going to find any tourist traps in the US taking pounds, if places in London accepted money from every country where they have tourists from, shops would have to deal with dozens of different currencies, and that dealing with currency exchange is half the "fun" of international travel, he came to his senses.
Of course, it was all a moot point because we used the one currency that's accepted anywhere in the world - plastic.
Aug 21, 2011, 1:15 pm
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My dad was like that when he went to the UK for the first time earlier this year. He thought everyone would take USD because of all the tourists. "Why wouldn't they? London has a lot of tourists from the US, why wouldn't they take American money?"
Prior to that trip, the extent of his international travel had been the Mexican Riviera and a bunch of Caribbean Islands that were ports of call on cruises, and those places do usually accept American money so that's where he got the idea that American tourists=USD accepted.
After reminding him that you're not going to find any tourist traps in the US taking pounds, if places in London accepted money from every country where they have tourists from, shops would have to deal with dozens of different currencies, and that dealing with currency exchange is half the "fun" of international travel, he came to his senses.
Of course, it was all a moot point because we used the one currency that's accepted anywhere in the world - plastic.
Prior to that trip, the extent of his international travel had been the Mexican Riviera and a bunch of Caribbean Islands that were ports of call on cruises, and those places do usually accept American money so that's where he got the idea that American tourists=USD accepted.
After reminding him that you're not going to find any tourist traps in the US taking pounds, if places in London accepted money from every country where they have tourists from, shops would have to deal with dozens of different currencies, and that dealing with currency exchange is half the "fun" of international travel, he came to his senses.
Of course, it was all a moot point because we used the one currency that's accepted anywhere in the world - plastic.
Aug 21, 2011, 2:14 pm
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Aug 22, 2011, 9:30 am
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Aug 22, 2011, 3:20 pm
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Aug 22, 2011, 3:45 pm
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Aug 22, 2011, 5:15 pm
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Which seems to confirm my theory that GB attempted to conquer the world in search of better food. They hit pay dirt with India.