How does this make you feel, fellow Americans?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

From a Canadian prospective:

1 - We are far worse
2 - Some Canadians do this, and the rest of us are annoyed by it
3 - We are far worse, in fact, the idea that Americans DO smile makes us laugh
4 - Again, we are worse
5 - We are far far worse
6 - Thank god we are not nearly this bad
7 - We are about even
8 - This pisses the hell out of us
9 - We are the same
10 - I've never been IDed in my life
11 - Sadly, it's seeping in over here. uugh.
12 - Sadly, again, we are the same.
13 - Varies by city here, and even within cities, but in the core of our largest cities, we are more euro
14 - tl;dr
15 - People might skin me alive, but, trust me when I say this is true in Canada, but, this #15 only applies to non-catholics, especially protestants with a "protestant work ethic"
16 - We are the same
17 - OMFG. Yes. Okay, so while we might differ on #2, #6, #8, #10, #11, #13, and #15, THIS is perhaps the ONLY true thing keeping our two countries from not uniting into a single one.

Is sales tax included in displayed prices in other countries?

Not here, and remember that while Newfoundland (and ON, NB, NS, etc) currently have 13% total sales tax, at one time Newfoundland had 22%, and it was stacked, meaning it was closer to 23.5

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Remember too that "Sales Tax" and "Value Added Tax" are different things. The end result is the same, but the calculation is different.

Booze however is sold at the advertised price

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Americans - how do you know the price of what you're buying? Do the percentages in your head? Guess a rough figure?

For me, I sometimes have to use my cell calculator. For example, $85 prior to tax equals $100 after tax. This mostly comes in when shopping for groceries, but some items (for example, hot dogs and hot dog buns) do not have any tax, though I always add it in during mental calculations as it's better to spend less than the amount of money you have access to than more.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

A Canadian criticism of America


1. You guys are too loud.
Jeeze, keep it down already, no need to shout at the person sitting next to you, and no need for them to shout back at you. Did your parents never teach you about having an "inside voice"? You know that still qualifies on the Bus or Train right?

2. Read a newspaper or a book ferchrissake.
Canada, Europe, and Mexico are your biggest trading partners, and, the countries that are closest to you culturally and economically. The fact that a huge chunk of your population can not name things like the Capital of Canada, any single State in Mexico (there are plenty to choose from), and can't properly place Paris or London as the capitol of France or England (best is when you guys get em confused) is just sad.

3. You are still to loud.
Look, I know you are angry, but there is such a thing as a "stern voice" that does not require shouting. You can express your anger much better with body language, and eye contact, than you can by screaming at the top of your lungs.

4. Enough with the "Racism" already.
Not only is the amount of racism down there enough to make someone literally ill, but the counter-forces, thanks to this, are in overdrive. Every year, if you watch CNN, you'll learn another dozen words that are somehow, apparently, racist. You'd think they are making this up, but no, the insane racists are.

5. God dang it, keep it down people!
You don't need to shout in to your cell phone, and it's probably a good idea to NOT compare everything you see around you to how things are "back in the states". Take a clue: Americans are not very popular in not very many places, try to be discrete.

6. Stop thinking you guys are somehow "right" and the world is "wrong"
Especially to Republicans. You know what, sometimes people do things differently than you do, and sometimes, surprise surprise, it actually works. Sure the "side effects" will be different from the "side effects" of your own plans and ideas, but you know what, sometimes we like things that we we've built them. We don't need you, in your silly over-personality-driven elections, going on rants about how wrong we are in our country. The world has it's eyes on you - get used to it.

7. Alright, that's enough, out! You are being disruptive.
Lastly, for all your bluster and bravado, you guys really don't seem to understand authority. You kick and scream and yell like an angry Dog barking from behind a closed door, but you guys are unable to be firm without some sort of violence. While a Canadian security guard or police officer could kick you out of a building without ever laying a hand on you, I doubt an American one could do the same. Your bark is worse than your bite, and the only way you can even the score is to get physical. This relates back to everything above: try using your brains more often.