Canadian Things that Confuse Americans | American Reacts

[@ColinSemple]

As soon as you said, he put your credit card down on the table and the waiter comes over and takes it away, every Canadian in the chat cringed

[@ianhillier162]

Damn right. Nobody touches my card but me.

[@upyourglass]

YES!!!!

[@lilcampingirl]

True words! 👏🇨🇦

[@emmyo6678]

True indeed. Never let your card out of sight. Never!🇨🇦

[@andynieuwenhuis7833]

As a retired longhaul truck driver, alot of truck stops have debit machines at the checkout desk/ counter, but they Don't have the portable ones.Most of the time it asks if it credit or debit card.

[@aidanwagar]

I was today years old when I learned that Americans don't have portable debit machines

[@UTU49]

Lol. Ditto.

[@DarkAngel-wh2ji]

Also the fact that they dont have etransfer. Mind blown

[@elliex7200]

Sameeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@jessicaarmstrong5035]

Me too! I was like "Um, how is this a thing?" Aren't Americans supposed to be so much more advanced than Canadians? Wow. My flabbers are gasted.

[@pika_hoglin]

me to

[@melissadouglas9778]

"Needing the Machine?" = Canadians NEVER hand over their Credit or Debit cards to anyone now days. Handing over your card to a server or a fast food cashier is one of the most uncomfortable things to get use to in the US. How do you know that they are not skimming you card?

[@floyd2222]

or returning the incorrect card. I had no idea they do not do this in the states, yet? I haven't travelled since before 2020, so no idea what is de rigueur these days down South.

[@binnydood]

i was in florida, after eating, i asked for the machine, they were like what? you give me your card and i take it.... i was worried my card would even work like that lmao

[@callak_9974]

@@floyd2222 Well, usually the card has your name on it, so that shouldn't really be a worry. Doubt they can make a fake one on premises, and under a couple of minutes at most.

[@GabLeGamer]

The Teller at a toll road the other day asked for my card and took it from my hand, I almost jumped out of my truck to grab it back from her.

[@EmilySmirleGURPS]

@@callak_9974 If they have the equipment and a card blank, it takes seconds, not minutes, to clone your card. You get your original back, but then they have a clone. Scribble the name number date and CCV on it in sharpie and you're golden.

[@iaredoge1971]

To clarify, Hydro refers specifically to hydroelectricity, massive portions of Canada are powered by hydro dams. Not all electrical bills are Hydro bills, but all hydro bills are electrical bills.

[@foobar2653]

I don't think most people differentiate. Ontario's grid owner is called Hydro One despite lots of the power being wind or nuclear.

[@criticalevent]

Nobody on the east coast says hydro bill even though there are many hydro electric dams in the Maritime provinces. They typically say "power bill". Which is a word which appears in the name of 3 of the 4 electricity companies in the provinces.

[@derekross1234]

BC has BC Hydro.

[@loneprimate]

Heh, I'm Canadian, but when I moved from Nova Scotia to Ontario in 1980 and my aunt mentioned "the hydro bill", I assumed that must mean the _water_ bill. :)

[@enygma3d]

Definitely regional. I live down the road from a dam, but nobody in Alberta (or Saskatchewan) I've met, unless they are from Ontario calls the power bill a hydro bill.

[@racerguy6979]

The fact restaurants in states don’t have the machine blows my mind.

[@racerguy6979]

I mean they don’t have Interac or e transfers??? Wow

[@havenless3551]

@@racerguy6979that’s why they use things like Zelle or third party services to send cash instead

[@jklinders]

@@racerguy6979 Interac eats into the precious precious profits of credit card Companies

[@kenlowe-ca]

​ @racerguy6979 "Interac" is possible thanks to our banking system. One of the advantages of historically having nation-wide "Big Banks" rather than the US regional banks.

[@zero604]

Wow, is the US a third world country? Canada has had portable payment machines for decades. Going back to the 90s with the CC impression machines.

[@just_passing_through]

As an Australian I am absolutely flabbergasted by the fact that you don’t swipe your own card. Staff here in Australia never ever touch your card, no matter the industry or business. Not one single person would ever hand their credit card over to another person. WTF? You don’t have chip and pin technology? This is not 1973.

[@_Julie_Bee]

Right? It's the same in Europe, (I'm Canadian) chip tech has been all over forever, no one handles your card either. It's like they want to get their cards skimmed 😅

[@zigmeisterful]

The reason for this is pretty simple really. In America they have countless numbers of independent banks. This makes cooperation on a standardized method of electronic payment between every bank nearly impossible. Unfortunately America will probably never have the same level of electronic payment convenience that most of the rest of the industrialized world has.

[@Mary-JaneG]

​@@zigmeisterfulthere's plenty of small banks /non-banks in Australia. They just partner with one of the major credit card companies (e.g. visa, mastercard, though honestly it's mostly visa by far) for the chip and pin technology, and then most vendors use an EFTPOS system that can handle the major credit card companies. It's not that hard.

[@_Julie_Bee]

@@zigmeisterful we have interac, which links all Banks and also provides e-transfer. that was discussed in the video later. It's free for us, well , they charge the businesses who want to use the system not the clients. The Interac network developed the portable terminals that delivery ppl have, just like servers in restaurants. I actually thought the US used Interac network

[@RandysRides]

You can relax...we don't ever do that. Most of the things said are complete BS, and only apply to a very small minority of the population on the far east coast. We're the exact same as the U.S. but have colder winters. Don't believe clueless reaction videos.

[@kimchrisjohnson]

Wait till he finds out that the machine does the tip math for you too

[@jamesross3480]

Lolol!!!

[@hissibling933]

At the hair salon that I go to, the card machine is also programmed to make comments on what you tip. It doesn't even start at 10% but at 15%. If clck on 15 it says terrific, 20 gives you something like wonderful, 20 tells you that you are great and 25% says that you re absolutely amazing. I can't even find a button that lets you bypass a tipo completely.

[@islandmom12]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@susanmeredith4957]

😂😂😂

[@susanmeredith4957]

Oh no, no e-transfer either? US banking is light years behind.

[@bryophyta9500]

I didn't realize that they take your card in american restaurants. As a Canadian, I thought it was totally normal to bring portable payment processing machines to the table. I've never been to a restaurant where this wasn't the case.

[@leonardopsantos]

They do, and it's ridiculous. I mean... Seriously US?

[@gk7240-u3s]

The joke that only Canadians get: "The world ends tonight at 11pm...11:30 in Newfoundland"

[@cjscatcat]

omg I loved that joke when I was a kid. :-) thx for the reminder lol

[@focusedeye]

Priceless!

[@calmjourneys1721]

Lol

[@kenlowe-ca]

And as an explanation for those non Canadians. Newfoundland is geographically so far east it has a time zone that is 30 minutes ahead of Atlantic Time and 90 minutes ahead of Eastern Time. Saint Johns Newfoundland is about 1/3 of the way to Europe from Toronto.

[@Manydiamonds123]

😂we don’t give our credit card to anyone.😂🇨🇦

[@billyo54]

The US is so behind in technology its hard to believe. I live in a very rural part of Ireland and every retailer has a wireless machine to read your card. We would never EVER give a bank card to anyone.

[@Ashley-lz9jh]

As a Canadian, giving away my card is terrifying. Also, they don’t have debit???? What????

[@ickster23]

There aren't any rural areas in Ireland. I define rural as anywhere where it's a 3+ hour drive to the nearest hamlet.

[@clarissathompson]

That's a relief! This Canadian is going to Ireland in August and you just answered one of my questions, so thanks!!!

[@jiml9856]

It's not that they're behind. They have the tech but choose not to pay for it. Capitalism means the customer often gets far less.

[@billyo54]

​@@ickster23so,you haven't been in my car.😅

[@SpinX522]

As a Canadian I'm still demanding a house hippo. I want one, Canadian scientists get on it.

[@donnapettalia6627]

I want one too.

[@atheenas5443]

Me too!

[@PhoenixHinds]

It always seemed like the perfect pet, didn't it? Bed it down in a bit of lint and you were good to go.

[@jongibbons730]

My wife got one that look so real it's scary!

[@jennthurston364]

As a Canadian I approve this statement.

[@Goldrefinedthrufire]

"Are you going in there to wash up?" ""Well... are you going in there to have a bath?" 😂😅

[@lamplighter1968]

There's a bathroom in your home, on account of the bathtub. Public washrooms have sinks to wash up after doing your business. I guess in the U.S. they have REALLY comfortable toilets 'cause apparently you go in there to rest. Or maybe they have Chesterfields in them....?

[@larosesalome5856]

I feel like if there is no bath, it is not a bathroom…?

[@Krulu2]

Seriously though, HANDING your card over to a COMPLETE stranger and just LETTING them charge you?! WHAT?! All us Commonwealth folks just threw up a bit out of sheer anxiety. I mean, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?! Is that why we hear of these scams and identity theft scenarios where we’re perplexed as to how exactly it happened? Is this why?! Is this how?! Chills. Absolute CHILLS. And yes, I’m Canadian. 😊

[@wrenithilduincats]

I was flabbergasted when I realized that they don't pay at the table. Like why would you let your credit/debit card be taken by someone? Why don't they have the machine?

[@gregmchale5011]

we use to do this in Canada years ago, like in the 1980's. but the USA has always been behind Canada in regards to money transactions...

[@triarb5790]

Totally with chilly cuzzy bros. My lasts are flabbered😂🇦🇺

[@felinefunk]

They bring us the machine. We do not just hand the server a card.

[@elinebrock5660]

That was how it was done before debit cards.

[@kjbowden449]

Food delivery people also bring "the machine " to your door and you tap it

[@ryancraig2795]

If you haven't already just paid online when you ordered

[@damystery123]

@@ryancraig2795 Yeah it was more common for them to bring it to the door before ordering online was common. I remember pizza guys bringing the machine to the door but in the last decade I feel most people just pay online.

[@Shan_Dalamani]

@@damystery123 I pay at the door. When they don't know what their tip is going to be, they are motivated to actually get here on time and don't argue with me if they got lost. Then I determine what the tip will be, depeding on quality of service. Arguing with me over my order, in any way, results in a tip of $0. Their job is not to comment on my order. Questioning how I managed such a large order is none of their business (loyalty points + discount codes); I freeze the leftover pizza and end up with half a freezer of small pizza meals. One guy complained that I'd bought pop with my order and I pointed out that I liked pop with pizza. He lectured me on the price of it, and talked himself right out of a tip.

[@buddy010252]

Even the Taxis have them.

[@dougbrowning82]

@@damystery123 I remember when you actually had to call the pizza store and order by voice. Nobody does that anymore. You even had to mention if you had coupons. Pizza, Chinese, and chicken were the only foods you could get delivered.

[@ImpulzeProductions]

The house hippo was a way of showing kids that not everything you see or hear on tv and the internet is real and to always think about what you're watching/doing. Also as a canadian this video made me insanely happy.

[@gdtestqueen]

It was a genius PSA! Got the point across so well and quickly became ingrained in our minds so deep it’s part of our culture (at least for some age groups).

[@patrickcarden6681]

Except, now everyone wants a House Hippo. I have peanut butter toast crumbs ready.

[@nobrainsnoheadache2434]

i'M GOING TO THE LIBRARY

[@1racerboy1]

Here's another one that will trigger a Canadian core memory like some kind of sleeper agent: "MOM! Aiden cut me in half again!"

[@ImpulzeProductions]

@@1racerboy1 Everybody's got a thing. What's your thing? A classic forsure.

[@Fightingsquidtattoos]

5:42 Jesus Christ what!!! A waiter takes your card out of sight?

[@the_omg3242]

"In America, the waiter takes your card away and later brings it back with the bill" And 2 days later the waiter gets a new Ipad from Amazon and you're disputing the charge with your credit card company. lol.

[@lml4075]

No no no, don’t touch my card. lol never in Canada. 🇨🇦

[@lml4075]

Omg …. America…come out of the dark ages…

[@lml4075]

It is any bank to any bank.

[@lml4075]

Why would you call it a bathroom? Going to have a bath? No it’s a washroom. We know what you’re going to do in there and you better wash your hands when you’re done in the washroom.

[@lml4075]

It’s called a debit machine

[@peterlambert5791]

"Hydro bill" is used in the areas of Canada that heavily rely on hydroelectric dams for their energy supply. Other parts of Canada don't use the term.

[@deltavee2]

And it doesn't matter if there's a middleman retailer with a different name because they're all referred to as "the hydro."

[@caperbye474]

Here we call it the power bill.

[@georgezwick3717]

Quebec has one of the largest hydro damn networks in Canada. So I imagine it’s more common there than elsewhere.

[@nodrogstacey7813]

​@georgezwick3717 it's also VERY common in BC where a large portion of the province is served by BC Hydro

[@bonbonvegabon]

@@georgezwick3717 Ontario as well. We get 82% of our electricity from clean hydro electricity from Niagara Falls

[@rebellalugosi5081]

I didn’t realize a card machine wasn’t a widespread thing. I know when we went to Disney a few years back they didn’t have “tap” technology yet. The cast member said “oh you must be from Canada. We don’t have that here yet.”

[@largol33t12]

Big deal. The tap technology is garbage and has so many problems that I use the chip instead.

[@nobrainsnoheadache2434]

@@largol33t12 be specific with your bullshit

[@urlocalcrypt1d762]

​@@largol33t12it works every time for me

[@ASquareNarwal]

​@@largol33t12lol sounds more like a user error than a tap problem

[@baboonaiih]

​@@largol33t12Canadians have been using tap pay for over a decade

[@maryanne1367]

11:58 in north Alberta or places very cold you plug in your block heater to make sure the car will run. For example, I’ve been at a hotel in Red Deer that has electric plugs at every parking space

[@christophermerlot3366]

It's cold. I'll need my toque today. No Canadian will ever call a winter hat, a beanie. A beanie is a skullcap with a propeller on top worn by British schoolboys in the 1950s as far as I'm concerned.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

That being truth! ** BUT - we ALSO DO have hats (even winter ones - for all of you non-Canadians) that are NOT toques. Toques are a VERY SPECIAL type of winter hat. NOT JUST ANY winter hat can be a toque! BUT NO hat is EVER a "beanie" in Canada. I think the closest would be religious "skull caps" & the people that wear those from either religion would probably be really insulted if anyone called theirs a "beanie."

[@JeremyLevi]

This. A beanie is the hat the chubby kid in The Little Rascals wears.

[@Val.Kyrie.]

I’ve only ever heard the word “beanie” recently and it’s the dumbest thing ever 😂 just call it a toque ffs.

[@sartanawillpay7977]

@@JeremyLevi or Jughead in the Archie comics

[@darlened.1354]

@@Val.Kyrie. Toques' are larger, and have a pompom Beanies are larger than a yamaka, but smaller than a toque without a pompom... A tight knit hat, like a baseball cap without a peak. My son wears his beanie all year round, if not then a baseball cap.. Beanies fit the bean LOL

[@LoriTalbot-du2qt]

We never let our credit cards out of our sight, period!

[@vmitchinson]

Also we never ever disclose our pin number not even to our wives!

[@markstevens1729]

With Apple Pay, my CC is never exposed in any transaction. Haven’t used the physical card (other than online) for years.

[@MrAlan1828]

you still carry a physical card around? Most if not all have adapted using Apple or Google Pay. You have to open the app and open security to use VS your card is in you wallet and anyone can walk up to you and RFID beet and take you money unless you disable the Tap function

[@keithosmond5730]

@@MrAlan1828 Always use a card as I don't want banking data on my phone. eBanking is done from my laptop, which doesn't leave the house.

[@ZeorGaming]

@@MrAlan1828 Not sure if I have even seen a non-rfid blocking wallet in many years

[@bobowon5450]

as a canadian if a waiter took my card and walked away with it i'd be throwing hands. Can't imagine that being the standard

[@kfmarceau]

It used to be standard in Canada

[@nucks4cup75]

Until about 2010 it was the common practice in Canada as well. They used to swipe the cards too. Chips and tap are relatively new

[@JeremyLevi]

@@nucks4cup75 It was common if you were using a credit card, sure. If you were using debit though you had to get your ass up and walk over to the fixed terminal so you could punch in your PIN.

[@wjdietrich]

Well it WAS in Canada too,for a very long time - you always gave your card to a server who then laid the card in a device with a multi layered papers form( with carbon paper in-between the sheets) and the device had a handle that was slid across the papers and card, imprinting your name and card numbers on the several forms. It was brought back to to sign with the cost ( and place for adding a tip).Once signed,you received a copy, the restaurant kept a copy and a copy was sent to the bank with the rest of the restaurant 's receipts and deposits so they could be paid. Then digital deposits arrived but the sever still took your card to the restaurant's terminal.

[@damystery123]

The first time it happened to me I followed the waitress to the terminal because I was so confused lol. She just accepted it so I think she was used to foreigners not understanding them taking the card lol

[@annakwan78]

Canadian here: Was in the US many years ago and I confused the waitstaff so much. She was about to take my credit card, and I said, “Can you bring the machine over?” She looked at me like I had two heads! She pointed to the register at the front of the restaurant. Oh! That’s when I realized that they didn’t have a portable card payment machine. I had to pay at the register, or have the bill brought to me.

[@djsmith2871]

TAP!!!! I was down in the southern US a few years ago at a Starbucks. The barista pushes me the debit / credit machine across the counter, and it has the Tap symbol on its screen. I yell "It's GOT TAP!!" to my sister who has been down there so long she's essentially American, and before I can finish saying it, I wave my card over the machine and it beeps. The barista looks at it puzzled as her register logs the transaction and prints out the receipt. I was stoked, but both she and my sister were bewildered. Like WTF just happened? Pretty sure their heads would have exploded if I had waved my phone over it instead, and it did the same thing.

[@tomatoisagender9446]

wait American card don't have tap

[@debbiesimonjames7865]

Lmao

[@hyunjinsamericano2650]

i had NO idea this would not be a thing in america.. my mind is blown 😭

[@djsmith2871]

@@tomatoisagender9446 5 years ago they didn't, or at least I don't think most did. I got home to Canada and looked it up online, and apparently Starbucks was doing a pilot program at the time at select locations. My location was in a mall.

[@mamakevgaming7093]

@@tomatoisagender9446 they do. i use my phone to make payments at stores all the time.

[@vcjay59]

I love that vendors at farmer markets even have the small square portable 'machines' for tap. So convenient.

[@MrAlan1828]

either pay to rent a machine or go free or pay as you go with Square. I use square, no fees around 2.XX % on each transaction records all transaction, takes everything you decide, best you can get loans to repay 10% each day

[@frankhooper7871]

UK here and even some buskers [street musicians] have them - we tend to call them "card readers".

[@TraceyWhitney]

I use one as a barber

[@islandmom12]

Love this too!

[@aronsurakh1747]

I encountered one of these at a thrift store that made you enter your pin on their phone and ended up changing my whole card the day after cause it felt weird

[@James-uq8kq]

HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS JUST PUT YOUR CARDS ON THE TABLE AND LET THE WAITER TAKE IT!!?!?!?? WHAT??!?! I was so shocked at this. I always thought that America was much more futuristic and efficient then Canada this completely opened my eyes holy...

[@brianbenoit6883]

It's what we do in Canada too when we're not paying cash.

[@frostykrisps]

@@brianbenoit6883every restaurant i’ve been to in canada, i’ve never left a card on the table..

[@tylermabey3828]

@@brianbenoit6883waiters always bring a machine? where do they take your card outside of the us?

[@nemoemanon6679]

No one does this. He just wants lots of comments.

[@unseenthreat5045]

@@nemoemanon6679 Nobody does what? Put their card on the table in America? Yes they do, I travelled once to visit someone and had dinner at a restaurant with them and I was shocked that they just willingly give their credit card to the waiter/waitress. They did that every time we went to a restaurant. Never once have I seen a system like that in my entire life living here in Canada

[@Nati_VR]

15:06 I live near the border and I always hear younger kids say bathroom instead of washroom, and now I’m starting to say bathroom now… so sad 😢

[@davisjtc]

When Tyler learns about "the machine" and Interac "e-transfers" and "tap" payments, I can't help but envision Marty McFly in Back to the Future, "guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it." I daresay for being American, Tyler is a Canadian treasure.

[@ecbftl]

The first time as a Canadian I actually saw someone use a tap card payment was in a Texas fast food place about 2007. It was not yet common in Canada, and I cringed at the possible security risks of an unconfirmed payment process.

[@Val-qm9me]

I just binge watched all the Back to the Future movies... kind of interesting! 😊

[@Gomba13]

@@ecbftlThere is no way you saw a tap transaction in 2007. Wasn’t until the mid 2010s Americans started having chips on their cards.

[@ecbftl]

@@Gomba13 My memory about this happening in a downtown Houston food court is fairly clear, but perhaps I am mistaken. I do know the payment I saw did not require the swipe of the card, or the entry of a code on a terminal. It looked like an RFID card. I checked the history and some US restaurant chains had proof of concept usage of RFID payment cards starting in 2000 for small transactions. I may have seen an early adopter.

[@christubrett6597]

As a Canadian I can confirm the machine and E transfers. We use em constantly. The hydro bill thing applies in provinces that primarily use hydroelectric power generation. As for the washroom thing….. I’ve heard washroom, bathroom, restroom, John, crapper, bog, shitter and water closet used all throughout my lifetime also our meal times are screwed up we eat breakfast and then lunch is sometimes called dinner and the last meal is also sometimes called dinner or supper. We measure things and objects and do construction in feet and inches and we measure long distances in km but if someone asks how far away something is, we won’t tell them the distance, but instead approximately how long it would take to get there. We say we are a metric country but I know that I am 5’8” / 153lbs and couldn’t tell you what that means in Europe speak. Also it’s weird that we travel in kph and buy fuel by the litre but measure fuel economy in mpg still 🙃 Canada is weird yo

[@rolfbjorn9937]

L/100km, I don't know how a Canadian filling their car in liters and driving kilometers would think in MPG, I'm baffled by the lack of logic. Must be the influence of living on the wrong side of the Ottawa river.

[@fred_redstone]

You're also from Quebec, right?

[@d.s.4952]

I lived on the border for a while, shopped in the States because it used to be worth it lol The first time I ever ate in a restaurant, the waitress had to tell me to wait at the table because I started following her. We were both uncomfortable with the situation 😂

[@El-Meowblo]

We definitely do not use MPG in Canada, wtf? Literally never heard anyone use MPG here, ever. Meals are breakfast-lunch-dinner (dinner is sometimes "supper"), and I've personally never heard any different, but it's a big country so who knows.

[@jdlien81]

Some older folks (like over 45, maybe) probably still use the old units because of habit, younger people may know/use both, but in construction imperial/US Customary system is still the norm for sure.

[@chezarctica7386]

Something that never occurred to me before, is that “washroom” is typically used for like public restrooms (and yes restroom is used but it’s a little more fancy or polite) whereas at home, it’s a “bathroom”. I’ve never referred to my own bathroom as a washroom.

[@lindalor9284]

A tour guide in the Netherlands told us how puzzled she was when Americans asked where the bathroom was. She couldn't understand why they would want to bathe at a tourist site.

[@clicker666]

Washroom - could be anywhere, but mostly businesses because there's no bath tub. Bathroom - home, because of tub/shower. Restroom - the only place I've seen restroom is Irving gas stations. (Nova Scotian here)

[@joeyst.laurent1987]

​​@@clicker666 restroom makes absolutely no sense LMFAO it's not like you're resting in there lol

[@clicker666]

@@joeyst.laurent1987 You're taking a rest from driving to use the washroom.

[@joeyst.laurent1987]

@@clicker666 still weird lol

[@PatrickDoylePlus]

We actually don’t swipe cards anymore in Canada, not for at least 8 years. It’s either tap or chip+pin. The swipe is literally only still on there in case we travel outside of the country without chip+pin or tap. It’s also must less common to use cash in Canada than the US in general.

[@AnikMonette]

I really only swipe my card when the chip glitch, witch happened to me today when I bought my fishing permit at Canadian Tire for some random reason...

[@Gomba13]

Just like Anik, I am also here to say that, no, swiping is not still offered to accommodate foreigners: it is still offered in case the chip is damaged. I am worried about new machines with no magnetic strip reader taking over.

[@SunkissedMalice]

CBDC will be our downfall.. js

[@jawstrock2215]

Ya know that is so true. The insert for chip, I kept thinking of it as swipe, but swiping is the magnetic band, that ALWAYS broke and needed multiple to read properly.

[@dancing.with.adagio]

I've had a debit card for at least 15 years, and have never signed a slip in Canada!

[@riffdagg6701]

If you feel safe in America giving your credit card to a complete stranger you go right ahead here in Canada we are not going to do that

[@sparky711choc]

They readily hand over a credit card to a stranger but won't go into a Walmart without an AR-15 by their sides. What a crazy country they are!

[@Moondymon23]

well I mean, we used to do that, right down to signing the merchant copy of the receipt. then there was an era of having to take your card to a counter someplace, and now the blessed handheld machine (a "POS machine" if you will - Point Of Sale).

[@Alex_Plante]

We used to do it until about 15 years ago.

[@michaeldianewynne8414]

We wouldn't hand a credit card to anyone here in Europe either. Machines like the Canadians use have been here for years. Backward USA

[@SteveNimmock]

We use bathroom and washroom interchangeably. We would never use restroom.

[@terrybourcier8935]

Deposit a cheque when you take a picture of it. Tyler, Canadians who receive a cheque can take a picture of the front and back of the check then deposit it in their bank account without the bank ever receiving the actual cheque. I do this every pay day.

[@DesertEskimo21]

I live in rural Midwest, and we can do that.

[@carked5707]

Wow you guys still have cheque books says the rest of the world

[@lexslate2476]

@@carked5707 Old people have to pay for things somehow.

[@ashrowan2143]

​@@carked5707considering that's how anyone who doesn't get direct deposits from the government gets our payments yes yes we do

[@bubba842]

​@@carked5707E transfers have pretty much made cheque books redundant.

[@Wesley-td3he]

I cant believe Americans dont have a portable debt machine? Thats mind blowing!

[@sammcgee189]

I'm a Canadian and I'm shocked you guys don't use etransfer and " the "machine". They both make everything so much easier and safer. With etransfer, if you are buying or selling something on kijiji or whatever, you go to the door, look at it, then pay automatically bank to bank in a couple minutes. Surprised you guys are so behind. I bet people in northern states or Alaska know about plugging in your car . Great show!

[@LiquidBacn]

They don't have Kijiji either! They have Craigslist and possibly other options as well

[@nodrogstacey7813]

E-transer is a function of interac, the Canadian banking transfer/payment system, so Americans would have to duplicate the central processing that interac does and that would mean their banks would have to ALL work together to set up and maintain it. So they get stuck with middlemen apps like Zelle Venmo, Cashapp, and so on, where we just have "Interac E-Transer" ability on all bank accounts

[@kevinmichael8619]

They don't have Interac in the States.

[@TracyGreen-th7vi]

@@nodrogstacey7813is there a fee to use those? Ours is all done through the banks, I’d bet that if your big banks offered it the rest would have no choice but to follow suit

[@JordanVeinotte11]

I travel to the states a lot and it’s so weird/stupid that there like 5 different payment apps (all of which you have to pay to use) E-Transfer for us is free

[@drsauder1]

I think it's funny when Americans say "Why do you call it a washroom? You're not going in there for a shower!" and then call it a "restroom". You're not going in there for a nap, Bubba.

[@majken643]

Meanwhile he calls it a *bath*room 😂

[@BSBSPSensGirl88]

Well…you ARE sitting down…women, at least and men half of the time, haha. I just think it sounds bland and awkward. “Bathroom” or “washroom” it is for this Canadian, haha

[@botcrack]

Should be called the Relief Room.

[@lorrainegunn4111]

​@@majken643 We are not expecting to have a bath in a "bathroom" either are we?

[@Thanos88888]

Hey, we also call it the shitter LOL

[@karenspence8193]

I remember being in a restaurant in Virginia years ago and when my dad asked for cutlery the server had no idea what he was talking about. When he explained we needed knives, forks, etc she exclaimed "OH! Y'all mean silverware!"

[@nicolasimpsonkhullar986]

I just ask for a “roll up” in restaurants now…

[@chris_schenkel]

The land of stupid always disappoints.

[@saraht8198]

I had no idea! I recently used "cutlery" in the US, and when asked to repeat myself I just said "do you need a fork or anything." I thought they just didn't hear me 😮

[@emelyne2232]

Cutlery?? Isnt that like english-english tho??? Here we say ustensils

[@emelyne2232]

Lol "yall" 😁😁😁

[@galaxypeanut]

It’s also hard to fit the word Saskatchewan in the province on the map, u either have to write really small and squishy or in the complete opposite direction of the other ones 🥲

[@kawaiikinomoto728]

as a Canadian, I will never understand how Americans find "washroom" weird but not "bathroom".... you're washing your hands at least (hopefully) in there but you're most certainly not taking a bath in there... well unless its inside a house i guess but not in public ones

[@gizel4376]

in quebec we say the equivalent in french of toilet, and sometime we use bathroom, but only for private ones. let's say in a house we call the room a bathroom, but we always ask for the toilet.

[@kawaiikinomoto728]

@@gizel4376 that makes sense too, thanks for sharing!!

[@debbiesimonjames7865]

Our washrooms are often labeled restrooms in public

[@kawaiikinomoto728]

@@debbiesimonjames7865 are they? maybe i didn't pay enough attention lol ill keep an eye out ahah

[@manonpatry6531]

That is exactly what I was thinking especially when he said why would they call that a washroom? Is there a shower in there? I could’ve replied to him bathroom?… Is there a bath in there? 😂

[@bobvester6448]

I clearly remember in Grade 8, having a test where you had to be able to locate all 50 states on a map, name the States, and their State capitols. This was in Canadian Elementary School.

[@lynmurray4331]

Naming the provinces and their capitals was in about Grade 4.

[@RubyNeumann]

I had to memorize the states and their capitals in Grade 5... Grew up in BC.

[@chrisgraham2904]

Yes, probably grade 4 or 5 in Canada, that we received the blank map of the U.S.A. with the state boundaries drawn on it and you would have to label each state and list the capital city for each state.

[@eh-SB]

YES. Fellow Canadian here. We did this for the USA as well! In Grade 4/5, we had the blank outline of the USA in which we had to draw the borders of the states, label them, and name the capital cities.

[@DougieDDemon]

That's wild, good thing that didn't come my way

[@Clever01010]

Canada was one of the first countries to adopt Pay-at-Table, back in 2010. This EMV technology has allowed for less waiting time for customers, plus higher tips for servers. It cuts down wait time for the customers so they can pay and leave, thus increasing the turnover rate. This convenience positively leads to higher customer satisfaction and retention.

[@tleveque]

Oh boy!!! Do you mean first country in north america? I first saw this in France like in... 1998

[@Clever01010]

@@tleveque nope! ONE OF the first countries. 😏 And ya! France didn't got theirs until 2004 not 1998

[@NickZethof]

Been a lot longer than 2010 lol

[@Clever01010]

@@NickZethof when they became mandatory in every store was 2010. Before that they were optional and not every store had one.

[@TracyKMainwaring]

Definitely remember it before 2010. Often though you’d go up to a pay terminal. It’s been a long time since we just put the card in the folio and they took it away.

[@akaShanks88]

As a Saskatchewanite, what a flipping relief to hear you pronounce our Province's name correctly! So many Canadians from Ontario and eastward always pronounce weirdly.

[@MakennaWilson-hb9pr]

I call them Saskatchewaneses haha, I'm Albertanese

[@Angelicus-p5p]

Portable machines are great. Never let your card out of your sight!

[@Jimalcoatl]

The house hippo ad was basically a fake mini documentary with a message at the end telling kids not to believe everything you see on TV.

[@NedTheUndead]

CCA: don't believe everything you see on TV! kids: haha I would never be THAT dumb! (but mostly I just want a house hippo) those same kids decades later: A lady on youtube said she's the Queen of Canada and that I don't have to pay my hydro bill or mortgage! Yay!

[@st.haborym]

@@NedTheUndead You mean that crazy Filipino lady?

[@hjanfield]

@@NedTheUndead obviously we need a new house hippo ad for the internet age!

[@TRG568]

I believe that one day someone will use science to make a breed of house hippo

[@nobrainsnoheadache2434]

I'm going to the library

[@k3rd1]

Bathrooms are in homes. Washrooms are in public.

[@robertrosicki9290]

I'm in northern Ontario . We use " bathroom " and "washroom" exactly the way you mentioned .

[@rossmacintosh5652]

Exactly why would anyone call a restroom or washroom a bathroom if it doesn't have a bathtub in it? That said, here in Atlantic Canada you can say any of the three and everyone knows you want to do a number one or number two but that you are too 'polite' to mention the bodily function. With a close friend you might say "I need to use the shitter quick!" but never to a stranger.

[@geraldelizabethweeks]

Although, polite people who are just stopping in for a chat, may ask to use your washroom. It is often just a teeny bit more polite. And then you will direct them to a half bath, should you have one. A full bath has a bathtub. And then there is the whole 3 piece and four piece which differs between here and the states too.

[@johnwatters6922]

In Australia a bathroom has a bath in it, a washroom has a sink to wash something and anything else you use the toilet.

[@neilhughes-nelson7708]

@@geraldelizabethweeks the acknowledgement of the term "half bath" invalidates the statement that washrooms are called that because they lack a bath the terms are interchangeable also specifically directing people towards your half bath instead of simply the closest unused bathroom is weird behavior

[@livingbygrace5501]

When I go to the States (we live close to the border) I get anxiety when the waiter takes my card away to process it. I don't like it being out of my sight.

[@MichaelSizer]

I am STUNNED that you don't use portable debit machines and e-transfer!

[@marydavis5234]

Card readers are in the big cash registers in US restaurants , you can pay cash, when using a Credit cards in the restaurants here, Americans actually go to the register and pay there,we ever have the servers take it to the register.

[@frankenberry9670]

I suspect the problem is that there are a lot of banks ( over 4,000) in the US whereas Canada has fewer banks ( 35). Clearing a debit transaction is much simpler with a low number of banks.

[@MrAlan1828]

I'm notsurprised, just look at their subway technology

[@keithosmond5730]

@@frankenberry9670 It should still be pretty easy to scale up. I mean, they make it work for credit cards and PayPal...

[@tracypetit7258]

Wondering where you are from and how sheltered you were growing up. We do have “machines” at restaurants. Bathrooms are also called water closets in other countries.

[@GarettHarnish]

To understand Canada's finanicial system, you have to understand that there are very few banks and all of them are country-wide. I have been so far unable to find even a single bank in the US that has branches and ATM machines in every city. Many decades ago they came up with a cross-bank electronic interchange standard to handle electronic payments and bank machines called Interac. e-Transfer is the latest extension of Interac, which allows money transfer using email and the Interac backend. Interac is also why chip and pin technology is to widespread. They adopted it very early on (and that technology rapidly flowed to Credit Cards as well).

[@DarkYuy]

We have local banks in Canada as well usually referred go as credit unions.

[@LadyVineXIII]

Interac is the word I was thinking of and not using.

[@TxxCxxR]

Yes! But credit unions are even more interesting because even though they are regional dependent, they all work on the same ATM system. So you can use your credit union card to access your money at any other credit union without extra charges.

[@Wildcard65]

E-transfer can also use your mobile number instead of just an email address.

[@sblack53]

You forgot the most important part of Interac: the fees are much lower than Visa and Mastercard.

[@Johnoamondo]

Canadians and Australians just shacking their heads. Where both countries have adopted new technology to go 80% cashless societies

[@Nickelini]

Europeans as well

[@stacymarie2000]

It's not new, been around since I was a kid. America's still use their bank cards, don't they!?

[@Tskiven]

I was having a similar conversation with an american the other day. they were complaining about how little time wawa gives them to gather their change after paying. and I'm like "people pay cash at a convenience store? up north we don't pay cash unless it's an under the table transaction or kijiji." which brings me to another thing american's won't understand. kijiji.

[@andreskanes1348]

I can't remember the lat time I "swiped" my card. My new debit card doesn't even have a magnetic strip on it. Chip and pin or tap is the only way

[@lesliemccormick6527]

In the summer of 2019 friends were camping near Chilliwack, B.C. with their two teen daughters, 14 and 16. They met a nice American family with a teen girl, 15, and a teen boy, 13, at the next campsite, and struck up a friendship. At one point the American couple asked if there were any "safe" places for their kids to go in the area. My friends rattled off a list of a half dozen or so things the youngsters might find interesting. The couple kept asking if any were really safe, what were the safest....safe, safe, Safe. My friends were confused by this, shrugged and said, "all of them". The Americans were surprised that all the Canadian kids were rambbling about on their own or being driven to local amusements (mini golf, for example), dropped off and picked up later, or going hiking on the trails around the campsight, etc. alone, even kids a bit younger. My friends were surprised that they, and other visiting Americans, were so fearful that they felt they had to hover over even older teens. U. S.- culture of fear. Canada- culture of caution.

[@Gomba13]

Yeah, so Americans are traumatized from living in a country where carrying a gun is legal and any hillbilly can get a gun. They just don’t see the link between their constant fear and the fact that anyone could pull out a gun at any moment. Biggest fallacy I ever heard was "but if we couldn’t carry guns, how would we defend ourselves from shooters?" This is why they live in fear.

[@karenarmstrong9889]

Chilliwack resident here. Can confirm you’re more likely to encounter an animal while camping than a dangerous person. It will probably say ‘Sorry’ too!😂

[@CaptPatrick01]

I don't blame them for having that mentality. To paraphrase someone on Twitter who goes to the States to work (that I believe sums it up well): "You'll never know if a random hallway will be a PVP Enabled zone."

[@lesliemccormick6527]

@@CaptPatrick01 But what a horrible and stressful way to live, eh? Smh.

[@Daniel73-23]

To be fair, not every spot in Chilliwack is super-safe. I've lived in Chilliwack for several years and there are spots in downtown Chilliwack, north of the Hiway #1, that wouldn't be too good to hang around after dark. There are addiction and homelessness problems, like most cities, but probably not as bad as Surrey (where I live now) or Vancouver's east side, or even Abbotsford. But South of Highway 1, Sardis side - that's pretty safe, at least it was back in the 90s - 2000s.

[@tblosmanis]

"trauma of trying to spell Saskatchewan"...but also the delight in drawing it.

[@sharrongore373]

It wasn't so much the trauma of spelling "Saskatchewan"; it was the trauma of trying to fit the word into such a narrow space. Our teachers told us to label the map vertically.

[@kenlowe-ca]

@@sharrongore373 flashbacks to that, and the impossibility of "Prince Edward Island" fitting on that little blotch on the paper!

[@WhereHowWhenWhy]

⁠@@kenlowe-caI remember I was devastated when I learnt that I could have just written PEI.

[@DS-md7mz]

Trauma just trying to fit it between the small space lol

[@mouamar7844]

@TylerBucketKZbin This was how I was taught in elementary school. Sam And Sally Kissed At The Church Hall Every Wednesday After Noon! Yes, to squish it in small spaces 💚 Idk if you ever looked up names of small towns not only in Saskatchewan but rest of Canada🤩

[@AxyzGrid]

As a Canadian who has visited the US a few times, I will never forget the first time I had to let someone take my credit card away from me to process a payment. A point of financial security we learn fairly early is to NEVER let someone else take your credit / debit card out of your sight. It felt like giving my waiter a blank cheque book and my bank pin. I've gotten used to the practice when stateside now, but I am never comfortable with it. [Ironically, I use an American Express card]

[@temujanradari1105]

I still remember reaching Australia after spending months in Hawaii - and the feeling that I was back in a real country because they had debit machines again

[@ryanmackenzie6109]

I don't think I could ever do it. I'd have to get cash. The idea of handing over my card info to anyone is terrifying. Only 3 close relatives know any of my bank info/have had my card.

[@AxyzGrid]

@@ryanmackenzie6109 oh don't worry, it's completely safe. After they record your card info out of your view, they return with a receipt for you to sign so this stranger also has a copy of your personal signature. Completely safe. Absolutely impossible for identity theft.

[@88kayleigh]

I would honestly probably just get up and insist on following the waiter to watch them process my card lol. There’s no way I’d let it out of my sight, that’s crazy to me!

[@eddiethepothos2648]

i'd bring cash to any American restaurants then they will never touch my cards

[@katsnboots4709]

You wash your bits in and hands in the washroom, you bathe in a bathroom. I wouldn't want to frequent a place where people bathe in the toilet or sink.

[@claytronic636]

It’s called POS “Point Off Sale” handheld terminal that processes payment. Can insert the card and put in your Pin number or you can tap the card, comes directly out of your account. You can even leave a tip on it. Your card never goes out of your site.

[@johnwatters6922]

In Australia, EFTPOS "electronic funds transfer point of sale", exact same but is used everywhere. I tapped a kerbside parking meter yesterday, cash is rapidly becoming redundant in OZ.

[@TsukiNohime16]

Also sometimes called a “piece of s*it” by the waitstaff when it doesn’t work, lol.

[@indigomizumi]

​@@TsukiNohime16Believe me, I've made the exact same joke.

[@korivex742]

We say 'bathroom' when speaking of a washroom that has a bathtub in it. A 'washroom' just has a sink and toilet.

[@Good-Dog70]

Wow! I never put that together. Awesome! You taught me something I never knew. Thank you.

[@ruby11]

And mainly referring to public washrooms, whereas a single-person in home “powder room” is interchangeable with “washroom”.

[@randyvalgardson774]

Tub OR shower.

[@calmjourneys1721]

Yes exactly

[@richardwagner8498]

ya washroom is the half bath.

[@saramalabar255]

The reason the US doesn't have these financial services is because their banking system is not nationalized. It was very easy for Canada to implement things like tap and e-transfer because our banking system is nationalized. There are so many private banks in the US it could take years before they figure out how to implement these services. As someone who runs a non-profit e-transfers have saved us hundreds of hours (by not printing, signing and mailing cheques) and thousands of dollars in 3rd party fees.

[@isabellelemieux1073]

Now here is a smart response. Thank you for your answer.

[@adamw2785]

Our banking system isn't nationalized, it's all private. e-Transfer services are operated by Interac, a private for-profit organization.

[@thehellyousay]

the bank of canada is the only nationalised bank in canada, and it issues currency, it does not hold accounts or offer services. our banks are all privately owned. the subscription to interac is simply all of them agreeing to use a private networking system.

[@superJ5858]

I think it’s more to do with the fact that the Canadian banking industry is so concentrated. According to stats I could quickly find Canada’s “big 5” banks control 90% of the market. This means that you only need to get 5 banks to agree on something for it to be available to the vast majority of Canadians.

[@criticalevent]

There are no nationalized banks in Canada and Interac service is also currently a private company. What happened is, people got their heads out of their asses back in the 80s and decided one system of transfer between all banks would be both profitable and beneficial to everyone, started a non-profit to put it together and got all banking institutions to join.

[@loneprimate]

My uncle in Montreal used to use a block heater on the Volkswagen bug in the 70s, but I never heard of it back east in the Maritimes.

[@sadee1287]

Well, if you had a garage you probably didn't need it, but if not -- it's a necessity. Even with a block heater, my car groans to start in -40℃ weather.

[@eh-SB]

This is such a wholesome video. As a Canadian, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this 🇨🇦

[@mamakevgaming7093]

as an American I want to deport this guy. He doesn't even know how are shit works and he's trying to decipher Canada. Doesn't even know there is whole parts of the US that speak french as well. He probably assumes English is our national language.

[@julielatour9295]

This was great to watch! Also, when paying in cash we round our cents so if the total is $4.52 you pay $4.50 but if its $4.58 you pay $4.60 but if it's on card then we don't round, pennies no longer exist.

[@nicolasimpsonkhullar986]

I had a Texan friend who made her first trip to Canada and then was amazed at how many people had electric cars, because of all the plugs hanging out of them. 😂

[@barryfortier6377]

Did anyone tell her?

[@nicolasimpsonkhullar986]

@@barryfortier6377 yes, I explained what a block heater was. blink blink blink

[@barryfortier6377]

@@nicolasimpsonkhullar986 Cool.

[@MarnieSchalla]

😂

[@lisad4013]

😂😂

[@Pac0Master]

"Hydro bill" refers primarily to Québec as the main power company is called "Hydro Québec" and as the name suggest, its power primarily comes from Hydro electricity. Hence "Hydro bill"

[@lgodproductions9064]

also BC with BC hydro

[@thechemist3787]

I'm a fresh Canadian and even in french we call that the machine. When we're about to pay the waitress will say: "Je vais aller chercher la machine" meaning "I'm going to get the machine"

[@mrollins4684]

Ha, nice one

[@leftcoastline]

I'm a stale canadian

[@douglasbenson5911]

I had the opposite experience when eating out at restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia. I actually had to sign my check for the meal. I felt like I was back in the 1970's. Same with at retail stores. You still sign your name to finish the transaction. Largest economy in the world, top tech military, all the modern amenities in life but still stuck in the 1970's for retail sales. Oh well, they will catch up eventually.

[@Stefita83]

Yes, is so strange to me too!

[@VeryCherryCherry]

When that huge power outage happened on the east coast of North America back in August of 2003, the CD store i worked for (in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) was able to stay open by taking cash and because they actually had several of the old manual card machines; the ones that used carbon paper to make a copy and went "SHUNK - SHUNK" as you used it. 😅 Weird description, I know. But that's what they sound like. Lol sometimes old tech comes in handy.

[@Stefita83]

@@VeryCherryCherry yeah, I remember that black out! I wonder if businesses today still have those clunky credit card machines... 🤔

[@chapn7]

​@VeryCherryCherry some hotels here will still "chunk chunk" your card, that was a perfect description btw lol, I knew exactly what you're talking about

[@focusedeye]

​​@@VeryCherryCherryReminds me of the decades old jingle: Will that be cash...Chunk, chunk or Chargex?

[@canadiangopnik7007]

I was today years old when I realized portable card readers AREN'T universal, why would you ever just trust someone with your credit/debit card? Same with e-transfer, I am learning so much about how behind America is in the weirdest places, like, I'd expect the paranoid capitalists to take every step to protect their money. Washroom, Restroom, and Bathroom are all used in Canada, but Washroom objectively makes the most sense, Bathroom: doesn't always have a bath, Restroom: not typically used primarily for resting, Washroom: In essentially every scenario where you use the room for it's intended purpose, you will (or at least should) be doing some form of washing, either your hands or body.

[@MrJohnthefarmer]

If you really want to confuse Americans or Canadians, ask them where the water closest is. Tell them you want to let your one eyed trouser snake out for some air.

[@clifforddean232]

Can't even imagine handing over my bank card, how do they override your pin number? Strange and shady.

[@MrJohnthefarmer]

@@clifforddean232 I think they do it the old fashioned way. No pin number, you just sign the slip when the server comes back like we did 20 years ago.

[@Alex_Plante]

I'm Canadian, and I have to admit I have not yet learned how to make an e-transfer using my phone, I have to use my computer, which caused me some embarrassment at my 30-year class reunion last year, when we had to split the cost for a lobster dinner and everyone was using e-transfer on their phones to pay the host for their share of a lobster dinner (this was at a camp out in the woods). I had to promise to pay as soon as I got home to my computer 1000 km away.

[@Trygvar13]

They are almost universal. It's like the metric system. Every country in the world execpt three uses it.

[@urluberlu2777]

They even bring a payment terminal when you have something home delivered - meaning: directly at your door. We usually have technology a tad bit after everyone else, I'm surprised this not a thing in the US!

[@carmium]

Someone's surely said this already, but most Canadian electricity is generated by hydroelectric dams, operated by companies call things like "BC Hydro."

[@helenevoyer5317]

And Hydro Québec.

[@crystalmarryatt1018]

In NS we have NS Power and we say either "power bill or electric bill"

[@carmium]

@@crystalmarryatt1018 I say "most" based on other comments. Do you in NS burn oil or gas?

[@someguyoutthere110]

In Alberta it's still a 'gas bill'

[@carmium]

@@someguyoutthere110 For electricity??

[@webbiess6]

Some canadians even have their card on their phone, which you can just tap on the machine and it processes the payment automatically. Plugging in your car at night is done is most parts of Canada. Plugging it in also prevents the battery dying overnight. The term washroom is used pretty interchangeably with bathroom and restroom in Canada. What each individual term is used for in a scenario is more regional, like in BC, you use bathroom more for your small bathrooms, usually in the house. Places in public are using washroom and sometimes restroom. Hydro bill is used in Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec, as those places are powered mostly by hydro electricity. Other provinces/territories use the term electric bill. In British Columbia our government electricity company is called "BCHydro".

[@SunshineAspirations]

Manitoba has Hydro, not electric bills as you state above.

[@jennygreer7499]

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is the power co in NL too, so it's the "hydro company" and "hydro bill"

[@Gomba13]

I don’t think we say "hydro" because it’s hydroelectricity. I think we say it because that word stem tends to be part of the power utility’s name, e.g., Hydro-Quebec. Pretty sure there are even people who will say they pay the hydro bill without having any concept of what hydroelectricity is.

[@alexchamberland1262]

​@@Gomba13 But the companies are called that because it's hydroelectricity...

[@jawstrock2215]

plugging in car depends on your brand and year of the car. Newer car made for Canada, doesn't need it much at all.

[@jonocossey1]

The pouch we put our loonies and toonies in is ALWAYS an old crown royal bag

[@wizardsuth]

I used to get those from customers on my paper route. Of course I had no idea what they were for originally, or that people might assume I got them from my parents.

[@cherylbroome8022]

Great answer

[@judyd6576]

We always used the Crown Royal bag for carrying our marbles at recess.

[@nomadtherwalker9130]

Sorry, but Crown Royal bags are for my D&D dice.

[@eaglepep1]

An empty Texas Mickey will hold more than a Crown Royal bag 🤣😂🤣😂

[@spikechuong951]

They bring the portable payment machines out for easy card payment at drive-thrus too. Even small business owners can get them to accept debit and credit payment from a sales booth or stand at a convention. They are so convenient, most stores keep extra portable payment machines near the tills. A second payment line can be formed, or someone with mobility issues can pay easier

[@vizar1337]

E Transfer is where you send money from your bank account via phone number or email. The recieving party opens the link that they recieve which takes you to a window where you sign in to your online bank account and recieve the transfer into your desired account. Typically there is a password that is required for the transfer, unless you have "auto deposit" set up. When someone has "autodeposit", if you send an e-transfer to them, it say " is registered for auto deposit, and won't need a password to recieve the funds. Do you wish to proceed?"

[@ShiftyApparition]

"Are any of these gonna completely stump me?" He asks before immediately being stumped by the machine.

[@lisabourque5076]

He's rarely completely stumped anymore because he's been doing thus a while

[@chrissaldon6083]

An e-transfer is an email or text of funds. You get the text or email from someone and you can deposit it to your bank account

[@domithedummy]

Yeah! DIdn't know Americans didn't have that.

[@krippkeeper]

​@@domithedummy Nobody else in world has it because it's a term used by interact which is a Canadian company. You can e transfer money in states though several different companies.

[@jaylocked9072]

It's basically our version of venmo but instead you pay for the service through your banking account fees unless you have a free chqing / savings as opposed to paying venmo a fee.

[@christinevr7698]

I actually paid for my used car that way; e-transfer to the dealership. Easy peasy!

[@edlevonschaf]

@@krippkeeper, actually many countries have something similar. I spent a year in New Zealand and paid rent by direct transfer (same thing, effectively). This was years before Canada got it.

[@smavtmb2196]

The term Hydro Bill makes complete sense, because in Canada approximately 60% of our electricity comes from hydro-electric dams.

[@auroraborealis1208]

Unless your in Alberta or Saskatchewan

[@smavtmb2196]

@@auroraborealis1208 Agree Looked it up. Apparently Alberta use to get about half their power from Hydro, but now only 3-5% 81% of electricity in Saskatchewan is produced from fossil fuels. Only 19% from renewable energy.

[@natsud.uzumaki3266]

In Québec, its like 99% of our electricity that come from hydro-electric dams

[@larrynelson4909]

Only in Ontario is it called a hydro bill. but Ontario is the center of the universe so...

[@woods2424]

@@natsud.uzumaki3266 its about 87% in bc

[@JeffManseau]

Most of our electricity is hydroelectric so most (maybe all I'm not sure) provinces have a state-owned company with "hydro" in their name to highlight that fact (BC Hydro, Manitoba Hydro, HydroOne, HydroQuebec, etc) so many people colloquially call the electricity bill the "hydro bill" because that's what our electricity provider is called.

[@cathy7861]

I was born and raised in Canada. Loonies and Toonies: - Loonies called as such for the Loon (a bird) on the front; - Toonie has a polar bear on the front and called as such because of the $2 value.

[@Gord2205]

I still think we should have called it the doubloon. Double the value of the loon(ie) but with a pirate vibe. lol

[@AudreeAdam]

@@Gord2205omg, it would be awesome!

[@DarrenCarlyle-u1f]

Nice. I love that. They were going to put the Moon on the toonie. We would have called it a Moonie.​@@Gord2205

[@Stewey1972]

The Toonie also has TWO polar bears (moon & baby).

[@YeahNo]

Sometimes we get them in Australia. Not often.

[@marc-andreleger7701]

For one of your question: A bathroom for us is representative to a room in a house that have a sink, a toilet and a bath/shower (either one of them). A restroom or washroom is more representative of the room with toilets and sinks (with no shower/bath) in a public place (ex. restaurant, shopping mall, etc)

[@zierlyn]

Exactly. Bathrooms are specific to rooms where one would bathe or shower. Signs in public places say "Restrooms." As for washroom... yeah, that's common language in Canada.

[@paulkelly4202]

Canada has both restroom and washroom signs Neither is more prominent than the other Bathroom is in your house mostly

[@UTU49]

I sloppily use the 3 terms interchangeably. I would guess that I'm not alone.

[@quiglca]

Exactly, was just coming on here to say that at home, I say bathroom but when I'm in public it's always washroom. And yes, the signs in public places say washrooms.

[@NikiP-mm7wq]

On the topic of e-transfers and the ‘machine’, I’d throw in the term ‘Interac’. It allows Canadians to use their own bank funds to pay for items instead of using credit in stores and restaurants.

[@tonylloy327]

Hey!! You correctly called it 'Interac' and not 'Interact'...or, what is too often said..."Inneract"! 😂

[@jasonstevens2060]

That's just debit and they do actually have that

[@patrickinottawa27]

@@jasonstevens2060 Interac is the name of the secure electronic network banks use for their banking machines, debit card purchases, e-transfers, and if you have a debit card with the VISA logo, it functions as a credit card, that debits your bank account.

[@jessebrook1688]

Interac runs the communication system that sends all of our card and money transactions. They're pretty much the only ones that do worldwide. The fact that they haven't created an e-transfer system for the US is probably due to individual states having more independence, as in Canada, the federal government can call the shots for something that important.

[@rosee_poppy]

15:48 correct, most signs say "washrooms" but a lot of people still call it the "bathroom" at home or something.

[@Kaziklu]

My father and I were in a Bar in Buffalo and we both realized that we didn't have any American Cash as we both are used to using our Debt Cards. We both instinctively asked if they took interac.. and then said debit... the waitress said yes. I was very confused when I had to go with her to the machine... and it only did VISA or Mastercard but didn't allow for a Bank Card to be used... they new what VISA debit was but didn't understand Debit as in a straight bank card. We quickly realized the mistake went got cash, apologized for the mix up. The Americans didn't understand that we use our bank cards. I never use a credit card to pay for things really. Bathroom is a room with a Bathtub... Washroom is a room with a sink and a toilet.

[@TMGMedia73]

So the US doesn't use debit/bank cards at all for retail transactions?? It's strictly cash or credit? I haven't been to the US since the 90's and was planning on going there in the near future and I want to be prepared. You'd think that a country like the US would be more advanced when it comes to technology.

[@jonahdick1862]

They don’t have bank cards? So like everything is either paid for with cash or with credit?..

[@Kaziklu]

@@TMGMedia73 I'm sure they do to some extent but in Canada all the Major Banks are connected to the Interac system because we have a strong well regulated banking system. The US has a crazy lightly regulated system with at one point 100s if not 1000s of different banks. (looked it up.. they had 4,700 different banks as of the end of 2022) As such their is not a single unifying network for them all. Because of that you have Visa Debit which is a Visa Card attached to your bank account. (Which we have started to see in Canada) As VISA or Mastercard is accepted in a vast majority of places having a Debit card there usually means Visa Debit. (Fun fact of the Top 30 Banks in the US include the American arms of RBC, BMO and TD)

[@mikey6214]

C’mon, it wasn’t that long ago and we had to hand our card over.....or am I that old.

[@LiqdPT]

In the US, debit cards (that are also used in ATMs) are also backed by either visa or mastercard, so they can be run as debit (which works as you imagine) or credit (which runs thru the crecit card system, and then takes the money straiht out of your account, but takes a couple days)

[@dudedumont]

We only TAP on the machine. No pin. That putting the card on the table thing has been obsolete for years here. The machine is almost like a mini ATM machine. Tap, choose tips % and there you go! And E-transfers are powered by Interac connecting all banks. Free, esay, instant. You can transfer any amount to any email address and the recipient accepts the funds and there you go! Straight into your Checking account in seconds!

[@jason221145]

so long as the final price is under whatever your bank sets it to (usually 100 dollars) and for the e-transfers as long as you are somewhere with WI-FI available since i have had several times where the money doesnt show up for a few hours or in some cases the next day

[@Kate.g.]

You can go over 100$, after COVID many place 200-250$, interac transfert is life texto or e-mail maximum 2 min and that it 😆 Even here, restaurant delivery people have wireless interac machines

[@CandyDettweiler-bf8cf]

You can not etransfer more than $3000.00 at a time. We just had a new furnace put in, and I wasn't allowed to transfer more than $3000. It took 2 transfers.

[@justylex]

Well, if your tap does not work, it will still prompt you to swipe or enter card in chip reader and will require your PIN, so best that you have it memorized

[@callak_9974]

@@jason221145 Just gotta talk to the bank to change the maximum limit for tapping the card.

[@the_MrFloof]

Hold on......... In the US, you give the waiter your credit card? What the actual fuck? 🤣

[@nutz13_]

Block heaters are also used so you don't blow the frost plugs out in your engine when you first start after a cold night

[@ronthered138]

Visiting my daughter in New York City, we had a nice meal in a restaraunt, and I asked the server to bring "the machine". She asked me what I meant, and my daughter just jumped in and told me to give her my credit card. I only use my credit card for large purchases, and use tap-and-pay for smaller stuff, like paying for a meal. I almost freaked out when she took my credit card AWAY and my daughter again told me what was going on. She agreed with me that the Canadian use of "the machine" was much simpler but they did not use it much in America. Everything that I had seen in America was so advanced and up-to-date that I was seriously flummoxed by this atavism. I keep "cash" for an emergency, but mostly stopped paying with cash during Covid.

[@davidbutton3500]

The American banking system is so fragmented and broken, that they cannot cooperate enough to make these types of systems work. Even when Chip and Pin is used, its sporadic and not uniform. Any Canadian who has tried to pay for gas at a pump in the US, knows the pain of paying for things with debit and credit.

[@ronthered138]

@@davidbutton3500 Yes, especially at a gas station. In Canada you use your debit card to pay for up to so many dollars worth of fuel. You are only charged for the fuel that you put in. No need to go inside and prepay and then go back for your change.

[@mariearrington3591]

Americans think we in Canada are so backward but you all don’t even have e-transfers. We can transfer money between accounts just using our email. You all use PayPal, venmo etc , so bloody inconvenient. Lol

[@ronthered138]

@@mariearrington3591 Well, the middlemen are skimming a bit off the top, so there's that.

[@focusedeye]

​@@mariearrington3591As a senior Canadian, I've been using E-Tranfers for some online purchases for at least 6 years. My bank does charge CAD$1.50 per transaction. Isn't that charge standard among Canadian banks.

[@peterzimmer9549]

Never let your charge card leave your sight…ever! There is no good reason for another person to handle your card.

[@gdscott8276]

Plugging your car in: My dad was in Florida and as he came out of the gas station, a little kid asked if his car was electric because the plug was hanging out of the grille. My dad still chuckles over that one.

[@sheilakaiser2726]

I live in Halifax and have never needed to plug in a car now when we lived in Edmonton that’s another story!

[@wizardsuth]

@@sheilakaiser2726 If you don't have a block heater or a heated garage in Edmonton you're not going to be driving anywhere for a few months each year.

[@gilliesiut2332]

@@sheilakaiser2726I’m in southern Ontario. It’s not essential but it stop me from having to run my car for 15 minutes to warm up. It usually takes about 5 or the amount of time it takes to clear the snow then I can get into the car with nice warm air blowing

[@amethystleopard]

If you live in Moncton, you won't be driving for awhile, (maybe more than 1 day) if you don't plug in overnight. It gets as cold as -35C, there.

[@brianwhiteman7268]

Also helps keep the battery from freezing. Happened to me a few times. And always on a work day.

[@bertiesark]

up here in Canada most cars come with the engine heaters that come with them when you buy them and all you do is plug them in when you go inside it helps so your gas does not freeze overnight

[@Wunderbred66]

It's not about frozen gas, the block heater is in the block not the gas tank hence it's name "Block Heater". Gasoline has a low greezing point and not a concern. It's about the oil in the block not getting too thick. It It's too cold the vehicle will barely turn over and not start.

[@X3r0.]

17:39 in BC, canada , our power is mostly hydro electricity. Hydro bill.

[@oblivilion8342]

I think generally (at least where I live in Canada) when people use “bathroom” it’s for somewhere private like at your house but “washroom” is for somewhere public like at a mall or something.

[@SystemBot]

Agreed. And washroom makes more sense to wash hands probably. Washroom or toilet are easiest to say, then bathroom. Never restroom though because it's harder and takes more effort to say.

[@St3ph3rs]

“The machine” can even come to your house 😂

[@karimajor1165]

True... Pizza 73

[@TRAILLER]

YES!!! I discovered that during the lockdown. I had IT and my pantry was "empty" so I had ordered pizza. I guiltily was holding bills covered in viral matter, then the delivery guy got "The Machine" out of his back holster. I didn't even had to touch the numpad. and I now had four days of pizza.

[@WJCTechyman]

@@karimajor1165 The first place I remember seeing a portable debit machine was our Pizza Hut used it on delivery. Now, every restaurant in our town that has delivery has one like Dominos, Little Caesar's, Harveys, New Orleans Pizza (a South Western Ontario pizza chain), Boston Pizza etc.

[@sandywatson]

In the UK, staff don't ask if we'll need the machine, it's just brought to you if you're paying by card and you tap your card (or phone) on the machine.

[@terrymcfarland298]

When I moved back to the States from a long time in Canada and was talking to my GP about a referral to a ‘Physio’ he started getting agitated and finally interrupted me -‘physio, physio, what is a physio’? He lives 20 miles from the Canadian border and had never heard Physiotherapist for PT!

[@theguy_4k276]

Watching you decode Canadian culture is literal comedic therapy for me 🙏

[@questioner1596]

The "hydro" bill refers to electricity because many regions generate electricity with dams, so the power company is called something like Manitoba Hydro or London Hydro.

[@zierlyn]

Indeed. The term for electricity generated by using water (typically to turn turbines) is called hydroelectricity. Hence, hydro.

[@JorgenVonStein]

The term doesn’t really exist in western Canada as dams are not the primary source of power.

[@KatiesTheName]

​​@@JorgenVonStein BC Hydro would like a word 😂 Pretty sure there's well over 60 hydro dams here from BC Hydro alone then there's all the private one's like Fortis and Nelson. Almost the entire province is run by hydro

[@JorgenVonStein]

@@KatiesTheName I stand corrected.

[@KatiesTheName]

@@JorgenVonStein yeah over %90 of our power is hydro I believe. Some of the best lakes to swim in are BC Hydro reservoirs. 😊

[@Pac0Master]

Yes, the "machine" is typically the default ways to make payments at restaurants the bill and taxes are already calculated, then you can add in tips on top Paying at a restaurant is essentially the same experience as paying for any other services, such as grocery stores or whatever. It prints the final bill and you can leave. Unlike the US where you often have to handwrite tip/gratuities and likely sign your bills before leaving.

[@AndrewHaverson]

For those unaware, the block heater is a heater for the engine oil as it can try to resemble molasses in cold weather.

[@TripReviews]

May I add yes and not often used in southern Ontario, northern Ontario yes and some motels/hotels have outlets at the parking pots so you can plug your car in.

[@rossmacintosh5652]

While most Americans might not know about them, they are very common in cold states like Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, and Alaska.

[@hhiippiittyy]

@@rossmacintosh5652 Minnesota is colder than where +80% of Canadians actually live. I find myself reminding/informing Canadian internet "Americans don't know cold" gatekeepers sometimes. Also, with the humidity, summer Southern Ontario is functionally hotter than most of California.

[@rickbateman2401]

@@hhiippiittyy honestly that number is probably closer to 25 or 30 percent, not 80. About 10 or 12 million people live in the GTHA in southern Ontario and the BC lower mainland and would definitely have more mild winters than most of Minnesota. If you get further from the lakes in Ontario or go inland or north in BC, winters get a lot more wintery.

[@thegreatergrief]

The entirety of Manitoba couldn’t function without block heaters most years.

[@frostedsiren]

E-transfer is an extension of the Canadian interac system which allows you to (originally) e-mail transfer funds. This is separate from direct deposit which is somewhere between a wire transfer and an e-transfer. It can also be done by text for most banks in Canada

[@Gomba13]

Direct deposit is not "somewhere in between." It is not the same at all. For a direct deposit, you need the payee’s bank information, because you are sending them money by instructing the bank to send funds without the payee’s participation. Direct deposit also sends financial data back to the payer for their bookkeeping. Whereas in an e-transfer, it is the payee that instructs their own bank to deposit funds that originate in someone else’s account.

[@emelyne2232]

Ohhh i thought it was electronic lolll, it works too no?? Lolll

[@gargoyles9999]

We believe in FREEDOM in America! And that means Pay Pal taking a cut of our Money!

[@doudoune8035]

"Hydro bill" comes from the fact that for many canadians, the electricity is provided by hydroelectric dams, hence the infamous "hydro bill". Edit: It's mostly in Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador.

[@factsdontlie4342]

Yeah that one is very regional. Growing up in Alberta I never heard anyone say hydro. It's just electric bill out here.

[@purplehazel2323]

When I first heard hydro bill.I'm like what the hell are you talking about.

[@Doug_Morgan]

@@factsdontlie4342 Yes or just power bill.

[@wendyball1084]

Hydro Bill comes from B.C. Hydro, the electric company, well at least in B.C it is lol. The rest of the country idk

[@stephaniecarriere5109]

@@wendyball1084 There is Hydro-Quebec also.

[@SueMeighan]

My dad had a block heater in a couple of our vehicles. We live in Toronto. Our winters were much much colder back when I was a kid, than they are now. We also got a lot more snow back then as well, than we do now.