I used to work in a national park in Alberta, Canada. Now granted the vast majority of tourists had never been in Canada before and you expect some degree of silliness in the questions you get asked. But sometimes the questions would absolutely floor me, things that should have been obvious if the asker possessed a single speck of common sense. I'm used to hearing what Canadians get asked, but I'd like to know what others have heard in their countries. Here is an example from my time as a clerk in a ski shop:
A gentleman paid with US$ and when I had given him back his change he asked me what it was. So I told him it was his change after the exchange rate. "What am I supposed to do with this?" I told him he could spend it during his time in Canada. At which point he asked me, "I'm going to Vancouver, is that in Canada?"
2007-02-04 01:13:01 · 19 answers · asked by fleurpixie 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
LOL. re the elk. Absolutely there were a lot of questons about them. For those who don't know towns in the Rockies in Alberta have lots of wildlife about them, the most abundant within Banff and Jasper are elk. I had one lady, sadly American again, ask me, "There were all of these deerlike animals around town when we arrived yesterday, but I don't see any right now, where do you guys pen them up at night?"
2007-02-04 01:31:19 · update #1
I agree! This Q is just for fun, not sure what negative nessie is giving thumbs down.....
2007-02-04 06:22:37 · update #2
An American asked me if I knew where Salisbury Cathedral was; "... it's kind of a big church" - we were standing right outside it. (for anyone who's not been there, it's VERY big).
A friend of mine was asked, in Kenya, if he spoke "African". When he said, "no, I speak Swahili," the tourist (sorry, another American) asked him how he knew what he was saying.
I assumed this Q was just for fun - which pratt is handing out down-thumbs? Have you had sense of humour by-pass?
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2007-02-04 01:21:26 · answer #1 · answered by abetterfate 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If a tourist asked me anything, I didn't know it. I don't see any out here in the middle of nowhere and the only other place I go where there are strangers is Walmart.
2016-05-24 02:46:26 · answer #2 · answered by Alison 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chuckle***
I would expect the most stupid questions asked by tourists there were related to bears or elk :-)
When I went to the Banff national park, it was my first visit to Canada. I had no idea that the prices in shops in Canada do not include the tax. So i must have been the turist asking a stupid question when I asked someone why are they always overcharging me :-D
2007-02-04 01:21:33 · answer #3 · answered by M 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know what you mean. I work at a toll booth in Alabama and it's on the way to the beach..Its a nice 4 lane ROAD but during spring break a group of Blond young girls looked and me and asked " Is this the interstate?" I almost fell out.
2007-02-04 01:19:14 · answer #4 · answered by little3nikki 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh that's a good one.
I lived in Roswell N.M. (USA) for awhile. Roswell is well known for a supposedly space craft (UFO) crash in the 40's. Our biggest tourist attraction is the Alien Museum on Main Street. Main street is full of tourist trying to get a glimpse of the unknown. One time, a couple of tourist stopped me and ask if I was a native of Roswell. And then he and his wife ask me if I have seen any actual aliens. I wanted to tell them of course, but they only come out at night. Instead, I kept my manners and told him, "no, the only rumor of aliens was back in the 40's."
2007-02-04 01:26:23 · answer #5 · answered by Vida 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A friend of mine (non-Cherokee) who was along during a visit asked a lady who was working behind a counter at a shop on the Qualla Boundary (for those who don't know, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians' main trust land)
wait...
"What kind of Indian are you?"
Being Cherokee myself, I looked at the lady and she looked at me and we just snickered.
2007-02-04 01:29:35 · answer #6 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not told to me, but heard on a radio programme about this very topic.
American tourists in Stratford on Avon asking where they could go to watch William Shakespeare writing his books!
Is Edinburgh open on wednesdays?
Don't people ever think before they open their mouths?
2007-02-04 01:20:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A friend of mine was behind an American couple on a long-distance coach ride between two American cities. As they passed an enormous field of sheep, the woman turned to her other half and asked 'Gee, Herb - are they buffalo?'.
2007-02-04 01:20:14 · answer #8 · answered by EvilEdd 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
this happened to a friend of mine who worked at a 12th century castle near me -- an american tourist came up to him and said " The castles great an all but why'd they build it so close to the motorway?"
2007-02-04 02:25:54 · answer #9 · answered by green 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well me being the tourist...(I was visiting my daughter)...got lost in the big city and couldnt find the main road out of the city to get to her suburb...you wouldnt believe it, I stopped many people and asked about directions to get on my way....trouble was...EVERY person I asked was also a tourist !!.....(I had to pay a cab driver to lead me out to the highway)....hahaha...
2007-02-04 01:20:51 · answer #10 · answered by ozzy chik... 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋