Time and counterfeiting
Hello all,
So term has started, and it is going to be a doozy. Some of the things I have on my plate include: 4 classes, writing my thesis proposal, building back up my fitness/ankle functionality, and taxes for two countries.
So clearly my dear readers, my posts will be few and far between, and more likely to be quick anecdotes then long thought out and/or photograph filled posts. I apologize in advance!
To stall the withdrawal (that I know you are all frantically trying to alleviate by resorting to other drug like substances as we speak) I want to share with you what I learned this week!
I got an on campus job this week (frankly I am only allowed to get an on campus job on my visa) as a cashier in some of the cafes. There aren't many differences between being a cashier in the states and one in Canada, though technology has gotten better in the intervening years (no punch card - I just swipe my student card using a time logging interface in the register!). the one difference is how to determine counterfeit bills. In America, you generally feel the bill (if it is pure paper, it will definitely feel different), or use one of the built in security features (Canada has pretty much the same ones), but the conclusive way is the pen with color changing ink. Canada doesn't seem to have a pen, and frankly I think the bills feel fake to begin with - they certainly feel like paper (and are soon to feel like plastic). their conclusive way, is to rub the bill on paper - if it is real the color (remember, they are all colored differently and brightly!) will come off . . . . which kind of makes me wonder if the inside of my wallet will be multicolored after a while.
So term has started, and it is going to be a doozy. Some of the things I have on my plate include: 4 classes, writing my thesis proposal, building back up my fitness/ankle functionality, and taxes for two countries.
So clearly my dear readers, my posts will be few and far between, and more likely to be quick anecdotes then long thought out and/or photograph filled posts. I apologize in advance!
To stall the withdrawal (that I know you are all frantically trying to alleviate by resorting to other drug like substances as we speak) I want to share with you what I learned this week!
I got an on campus job this week (frankly I am only allowed to get an on campus job on my visa) as a cashier in some of the cafes. There aren't many differences between being a cashier in the states and one in Canada, though technology has gotten better in the intervening years (no punch card - I just swipe my student card using a time logging interface in the register!). the one difference is how to determine counterfeit bills. In America, you generally feel the bill (if it is pure paper, it will definitely feel different), or use one of the built in security features (Canada has pretty much the same ones), but the conclusive way is the pen with color changing ink. Canada doesn't seem to have a pen, and frankly I think the bills feel fake to begin with - they certainly feel like paper (and are soon to feel like plastic). their conclusive way, is to rub the bill on paper - if it is real the color (remember, they are all colored differently and brightly!) will come off . . . . which kind of makes me wonder if the inside of my wallet will be multicolored after a while.