No Canada for Häagen Dazs

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Canada is not a small place. We may not have the world’s highest population but, I can assure you, we are here. Why then, do so many businesses, companies, corporations and etc. skip Canada? I can see Australia, Mexico, and assorted other countries in Europe, South America and Africa and so on. Not Canada.

This especially bugs me when it is a US business selling to Canadians. Or, any business which sells to Canadians and includes many other countries but just didn’t get around to adding Canada. As if we are some tiny, little place, hardly a dot on the map at all.

Is it because we are polite? Often polite, nice people finish last because no one bothers to actually count them. The polite people could actually win the entire race but go unnoticed until someone louder claims to be there first.

Today it’s Häagen Dazs . I bought the ice cream at the grocery store today. Thought I would look for the site and send a note about my favourite ice cream flavour. Well, I would have done that but, it seems Canada does not exist on any of their sites. It does say pick your country, right there at the top. My country just isn’t there. Not even on the US site (but Mexico is). I’m glad enough to see Mexico and other countries get noticed and included. However, Canada is bigger than they are. Maybe no one has noticed.

One funny thing I noticed… on the US site where you can search for locations from over 900 shops in more than 50 countries… you can only search using US postal codes. How does that work for you?

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Happy America Day Too

Why don’t they call it that? Seems much better than Independence Day. So Happy America Day to all of you south of the Canadian border and north of Mexico. That about covers it, except for the odd bit that stick out like Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and Puerto Rico.

Anyway, Happy Day to the World. I’m sure that will be a blanket coveration.

CNN.com – Wilma


CNN.com – Wilma?rockets toward southwest Florida – Oct 24, 2005 : “Hurricane Wilma strengthened as it picked up forward speed across the Gulf of Mexico with landfall expected along Florida’s southwest coast early Monday, forecasters said.”

Beware Canadian snowbirds.

My Mom has planned to leave for her place in the sun in two weeks. Will it still be there?