I’m on the plane to LA from Ft. Lauderdale and was separated from sitting with #####…so to the left of me an Australian and to the right of me a Montrealian. For the first three hours I spent my time talking to them…which I normally don’t do. Normally I would keep myself to myself; reading, writing and working while flying.
The Australian is in route back to Sydney from a business trip. He works for Qantas airline and was in Montreal (funny enough), Atlanta and Florida. He was meeting with companies he gets parts from for the Military division of Qantas.
We spoke about Rugby, Golf, Vegemite, the discovery channel, Places to visit in Australia and Australian seafood.
The Montrealian guy is traveling with his wife to visit their son in Los Angeles (Tarzana). He was in the wholesale business and also had pharmacies in Montreal. He passed his wholesale biz onto his other son who buys products from toy companies in the US and China and then sells them to stores in Montreal. Stores similar to our Big Lots and 99¢ stores but they are not named or owned by the same companies.
He told me that right now the Canadian dollar is worth more than the American dollar (pretty crazy huh). We also talked about salads, vegetarian food, the Writer’s Guild strike (his son’s a writer) and about the music industry and how it’s now advantageous to go for it on your own.
Funny…didn’t think I would, but I enjoyed having random conversation with complete strangers…from Vegemite to the wholesale biz. Almost time to land.
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Odd, I had a similar experience with a Canadian businessman. He was buying a SUV from the dealership where I work at, and we had a nice conversation on how Canadian currency is up (the main reason for his purchase) and about international experiences adding to the flavor of life.
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