22 “Culture Shocks” Encountered By This American Woman Who Moved To Australia

i once asked (on BP?) why you put on a price without taxes and someone told me, so you can compare prices without the changing taxes in the differnt states.. but if a product costs 5$ with taxes and 6$ with taxes in a different state, i don't gaf that the taxes are different? it is just more expensive in state b? wth?

Not just Australia. True of pretty much everywhere EXCEPT America.

Also situation in many countries except US...

Yep, still pretty common, even in places where the weather is not great, like the UK, because the cost of running a tumble dryer is excessive.

She is probably talking about soft drinks aka soda coz tap water refills are free in Australia.

I still can't believe that I cannot make direct transfers to anyone's US bank account from my US bank account, but it's true.

Been the same in the UK for many years now. Bring your own bags or pay for them, your choice.

Yeah, too big, too much in the USA.

Australians are next level casual about everything.

They have cameras. They'll catch you. I wish I pay at the pump but here in UK, my local gas station requires me to fill up and then go in and pay. Never seen anybody do a runner.

Health food section HA HA HA, doesn't have as much sugar as in the USA.

Well... You have to pay for what you order ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's a no. The yeah is to say we heard what your saying and the nah is to disagree with what you said. I am terrible with this and say it all the time. But also for another reason, indecisiveness lol.

This is the only Australian reference i know! (They’re flip flops ;) )

People used to call flip flops thongs in the U.S., too.

AKA flip-flops in the mainland US, slippers in Hawai'i, & jandals in New Zealand. :)

They were always thongs when I was a kid- flip flops is a more "recent" name for the same things.

Seriously..... why is this still funny????....decades people, decades!!!.......

FLip FlOps

They’re called thongs in the US too. They were called that long BEFORE the underwear came on the scene.

Theres a brand of flip flops called Thongs

Back at the dawn of time when I was a kid (in the US), that's what we called those cheap, rubber flip-flops that you could buy for like 10 cents at Woolworths.

We called them thongs in the 80's in the US...

hee hee hee thongs in America=underwear. Thong in the UK=piece of leather that you attach pendants too hee he hee

Please they are either single or double pluggers!!!

Thong = wedgie panties, thongs = flip flops

We grew up calling flip-flops "thongs".

We called them thongs in the midwest region of the US too.

They used to be called thongs in America too. I called them that in the 70s when I was a kid.

Chanclas o chancletas in Puerto Rico

I want to shake Aussies when I hear this. They are flip flops, because they go flip flop on your feet 🤦

Many people don't realise that US Target has absolutely no affiliation with Australian Target in any way.

Had to Google it! "It's Australia's Secret Umami Bomb. That's right. It's salt—made out of chicken."

Just like in Pennsylvania. Only recently is beer available in some supermarkets. Not in 7 eleven, CVS or gas stations.

Business at the front, party in the back. I personally think mullets look bloody awful. But each to their own.

Looks round for a weedy bloke in glasses. ;-)

You're likely to get your face rearranged if you try that anywhere other than Australia ;-)

Shout = turn. Same as British English.

i never understood the american tampons with the thingy :D