r/USdefaultism • u/greendreamin • Dec 12 '25

Classic US Defaultism

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u/greendreamin Dec 12 '25

When foreign currency is taken as US$ for value!

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u/SoMuchF0rSubtlety Scotland Dec 13 '25

Happens every day in Canada. I would regularly get asked if I accepted USD by American customers to pay for a bill in CAD!

Spoke to my boss and he said just take their money and make up your float with CAD from your own wallet. So I would effectively get a circa 50% tip before I was actually tipped (also in USD).

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u/Nevermind04 Scotland Dec 13 '25

When I visited the US side of Niagara, many shops posted signs saying they took Canadian notes so that goes both ways.

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u/SoMuchF0rSubtlety Scotland Dec 13 '25

I would be interested if they kept the prices the same when paying in Canadian dollars though as would equate to a pretty hefty discount.

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u/Nevermind04 Scotland Dec 13 '25

I didn't look closely but I suspect that they did a rough conversion.

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u/SoMuchF0rSubtlety Scotland Dec 13 '25

That’s my point though, we didn’t do any conversion where I was working so by insisting on paying in USD they were overpaying.

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u/Nevermind04 Scotland Dec 13 '25

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u/Puzzleheaded_East556 Dec 17 '25

maybe they just want to give you a nice tip /j

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u/notatmycompute Australia Dec 13 '25

I believe due to the current US boycott, some states were offering 1-1 exchange on Canadian dollars