MLAM said:
..people might hate the U.S., but they love "our" money...
There is nothing special about the US dollar for the average person in a developed country. For most people, receiving US dollars means they will have to make a trip to the bank to exchange your money into the local currency, because you are too lazy, cheap, or self important to do it yourself. When the US dollar was $1.30 Canadian, people where willing to make the trip, but now with the dollars so close, they would rather not.
MLAM said:
there is no reason to exchange if you can live with losing 2 to 3 cents on each dollar.
So, because you are American, you feel when traveling in a foreign country, everyone else should be willing to go out of their way to exchange your money for you, because, well, your American and you and your currency is somehow special?
MLAM said:
Only the most anti-American xenophobe (it works both ways you know) or KBear would object.
If people don’t want US dollars they are anti-American? Omg
MLAM said:
But you have to understand that obsessing about what people think of you is a Canadian pass time...
If people don’t want US dollars they are worried about being Canadian. Omg
If you are traveling in a foreign country the attitude that everyone should bow down in front of you because you are American, and you have US dollars, then you should expect attitude back. It has nothing to do with being anti-American.