Sher & Jer with Opera House & Harbour Bridge
More things that blew my mind!
Turning light switches down to turn them on. Toilets with no visible sign of a refill bowl (and bathrooms with a drain in the middle of the floor) that allows you to drain a full tube or sink in about two milliseconds. 240-volt systems (nice for warming water for teapots though) - not good on hair dryers brought from the US (with an adapter) that doesn't change the voltage. Not having one-dollar bills, but having $2 dollar coins that were smaller than their one-dollar coins. Not having pennies or quarters, but having 20-cent pieces that look like half dollars and half dollars that look like silver dollars with scalloped edges. Having nickels that look like dimes and dimes that look like quarters. Not paying tax on food (and a lot of other stuff). Sticker shock (even with the exchange rate) for certain things like petrol and meals. People who are pleasantly shocked when you try and tip them. Realizing that a weather forecast of 30 degrees is actually warm. And that a FAIR weather forecast means that have NO CLUE what the weather will be.
Labels: Australia
posted by bulletbow at 11:10 PM
3 Comments:
G'day, how ya goin', You mean to say that your light switches turn on by switching up? domestic bathrooms have a visible "Cistern", refill bowl, and in recently built homes the floor drain is a feature.
The 240v VS 110v is an issue we won't get into, same with the coinage and banknotes.
Not tipping in our service industries accounts for the cost of some things you have mentioned elsewhere, our people in these jobs are evidently paid at a rate that doesn't need to be supplemented by tipping.
Peter ~ I did notice some tip JARS in a lot of cafe's that the service staff split at the end of the day. ~ jb///
Sounds like a bit of culture shock.
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