Monday, April 26, 2004

canadians are slackers


interaction between myself and the new security guard outside my building on friday night...7:02pm...fyi, the guy sounds like he was born and raised in america:

guy (holding open the door): have a good weekend!

me: you too.

guy: hey, are you canadian?

me: nope. (smiling...questioning look 'why?')

guy: oh, you just look canadian.

me: really? (now i'm curious) do canadians look different than americans?

guy: yeah, they dress differently.

me: really? (thinking 'well, it's casually friday and i'm dressed like a slacker in jeans, sneakers and a ponytail...so i guess all canadians are slobs.')

guy: yeah, you just look canadian.

me: okay? is that an insult?

guy: so you're american?

me: yeah.

guy: no, it's not an insult. i love americans. they're great. it's so great to be an american. america is the best place.

me: um, yeah. have a good weekend.

and then i ran off. i don't think i look canadian. but then again, i don't know how canadians look different than americans. maybe i'm proud to look canadian. lots of cool people are canadians, aren't they?

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