Contrite Reflections after 1 week back
Did I mention the Australians have eliminated the penny? When your grocerybill is $19.78, next item is "Round-up $.02" Total: $19.80. (They round down as well.) That's advanced.
The GST (state tax) is included in the price of every item. It's like the entire country is run by Brooklyn bodega managers!
After every transaction or interaction, no matter how lucrative or problematic for the Australian you are transacting with, the response is "No worries."
Example: "Can I give you $1000AUD?"
"No worries, mate. Not a problem."
Lest you think this is irony: The same affirmative response is given when things are actually a problem.
Watery domestic beer (Fosters is NOT widely available, Victoria Bitters is) starts at $12-15 a six-pack, while overstock, unmarketed "Clean Skin" wines begin at $3.99. I literally saw a single bottle of the yellow piss water commonly known as MGD for $2.99 in the same Bottleshop that had a clean skin Syrah for $3.99.
Australia makes being declasse extremely pricey.
The GST (state tax) is included in the price of every item. It's like the entire country is run by Brooklyn bodega managers!
After every transaction or interaction, no matter how lucrative or problematic for the Australian you are transacting with, the response is "No worries."
Example: "Can I give you $1000AUD?"
"No worries, mate. Not a problem."
Lest you think this is irony: The same affirmative response is given when things are actually a problem.
Watery domestic beer (Fosters is NOT widely available, Victoria Bitters is) starts at $12-15 a six-pack, while overstock, unmarketed "Clean Skin" wines begin at $3.99. I literally saw a single bottle of the yellow piss water commonly known as MGD for $2.99 in the same Bottleshop that had a clean skin Syrah for $3.99.
Australia makes being declasse extremely pricey.
posted by tobin at 12:36 PM
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