Converting Canadian money¹⁷

I went down to the lobby of our hotel in Quebec City to do some shopping. I bought lots of things, and it came to $115. I asked the lady, “Do you accept American money?”

She said, “Oh, sure.”

I asked her to convert the total cost from Canadian dollars into American dollars.

She said, “It is $165.”

I said, “How can it be?”

She said, “This is what the register says.”

I was laughing, and she was getting mad at me. She asked me to wait for her supervisor.

I said, “I am ready to wait for your supervisor.”

When he came, the supervisor apologised to me. He said, “She has just joined us. She doesn’t know the difference between Canadian and American money.”

Then, when the supervisor converted the cost, it became $85.

From:Sri Chinmoy,I love shopping, part 3, Agni Press, 1994
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