Comments on: Stupid Tourist Questions Contest

By: andy

andy — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:58:54 +0000

i worked at the gulf station at bridge and victoria in the early 80’s and always was asked if we took canadian moneybut the best one was if i leave here now can i eat breakfast in toronto then lunch in montreal and the dinner in vancouver well i said yes yes and gave them directions to the airport

By: Julie-Anne

Julie-Anne — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:10:23 +0000

While working in tourism last year, i was waiting at the light at the Niagara Falls parkway, when an adorable little girl with an accent asked me:
“I saw the colored falls last night, do you know where I can go taste the cotton candy falls.?”

I was so impressed by her imagination that I smiled and told her: “I am not sure about that, but when you and your parents get to the tourist booth, maybe you could ask them and they might find it for you.

And you know what, had I been her age and full of awe, I probably would have thought of something as funny as that being that I am a big fan of everything made of candy.

So, has anyone seen the cotton candy falls last night ?!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:54:30 +0000

Some of the children from my church went to Oswego, New York for a three-day music workshop. We were the only group from Canada, so we made a bunch of American friends. We exchanged MSNs the day we left.
When I got home, I added all of the MSNs that I had recieved from everyone else. One of the people who was on the second that I added them was a girl named Lindsey.
We said hi, and got started into a conversation.
Then she said-and I almost fell out of my chair laughing:
“Have you and your friends ever gone over the Falls for fun?”

Then it happened again a few weeks ago. I was talking in a joint conversation with some people that my friend knew from a vacation to the States and they asked us:
“Have you guys ever gone over the waterfall? When is it open for jumps over?”

By: Lindsay Victoria

Lindsay Victoria — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:40:34 +0000

My friends and I were going up elevator 2 at the Skylon, when a tourist asked us where the nicest hotel to stay was. We answered with: “Well sir, they’re all pretty nice.”
Then he said: “Well, I want to have a good view of the Falls.”
Then as we were getting off the elevator he said:
“One more thing, ladies. Could you tell me where the Skylon Tower is?”

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:57:01 +0000

I am not in the Tourism industry, but where I work is on the lakefront in Vineland. We eat lunch outside the shop and often have lost tourists stop to ask for directions. Our most common question is “what ocean is this?” (referring to Lake Ontario)or with the Toronto skyline in the distance, “Is that Canada over there?”, “how do we get there?”. We have been asked “how much further until we see snow?”, usually in July, but the best yet has got to be a couple from Texas who asked if any “foreigners” sneak ashore at night on this unguarded beach.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:21:08 +0000

Just thought of another one
How much does it cost to view the falls?

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:17:07 +0000

I worked in a foreign exchange booth on the Queenston-Lewiston bridge and got plenty of dumb questions lol

One American asked me how much did it cost to get into Canada and were children a different price.

Another American was exchanging Canadian for US dollars. I gave them back an American $1.00 coin, he handed it back to me and said no I don’t want Canadian I want American money. I said that is American, it is your American dollar coin. They never knew they had one, had never seen one before.

Lots of times they would come into the booth asking directions to some street somewhere in Ontario, like we know how to get to everywhere. Have they not heard of Mapquest before leaving home lol

Have you ever had an American ask you if you know so and so from some Canadian City, I’m not sure if they think everyone knows everyone in Canada or what…..

I have so many stories after so many years in tourisim…I’ll think of some more and come back and post lol

Have you ever watched the Rick Mercier special on Americans………I love that one, brings back lots of memories

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:06:56 +0000

I worked in a souvenir shop on Clifton Hill. I was telling a customer that it was the Canadian Thanksgiving Long Weekend. They were puzzled, and thought about it for a moment and then asked me if we celebrated Christmas at the same time Americans did…….Duh lol

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:48:13 +0000

I work in a hotel that has fireplaces in the rooms. I always get asked if they need to bring wood with them or if it is provided. Ya we are going to make you lug wood up to the 15th floor. Fireplaces are electric and/or gas.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:03:31 +0000

Sherree:
I had a similar conversation once in the middle of August. These tourist had just crossed the border and had their winter jackets and hats on when they got out of the car. They even had ski’s on the roof of the car and I had a good laugh.