@@MickFoyle mine isn't either. I am guessing the loo (which is a Caroma) is original from when the unit was built in 1978; when the dual flush was invented by Caroma in 1980.
We still have a single flush in our ensuite as only the main toilet needs to be dual flush to pass rental rules in my state. My first house I bought (built in 1937) still had a ‘Crapper’ brand outhouse - no inside toilet then or now 😂
I worked at a Cafe that had a tipping jar. If a homeless person came into the shop they would use the money to give them a free coffee or meal. I live in Oz btw😊
90% of our toilets are dual flush, even in houses. We recycle most of our rubbish including food scraps, green waste, plastics, paper, glass, metal etc. No need for a garbage disposal.
Switches on Aussie power outlets are used all the time. The reason we have them is to protect you from arcing which could electrocute you. The Aussie power grid is delivered to your home at up to 250 volts and a decent amperage so the amount of juice available at the wall is considerably higher than the 110 volt American standard. See, in Australia everything really is trying to kill you, even our power outlets 😊 Use the switches if you're in Australia, dude.
Correct! I've known of several Americans that have plugged their puny 110 Volt appliance into one of our outlets and ended up frying their unit. A good dose of 240 Volts will give you one hell of a giddy-up! Hence, the switches.
Absolutely! Being from NZ we would use them every single time we plug something in so we don't get electrocuted. Saves power too (in a country where power is so expensive!) My American hubby plugged in his razor while in NZ & it was fried immediately 😅 Even though I've lived in the US for years I still get so nervous anytime I plug things in here without that safety switch!
Dual flush toilets were great during the prolonged drought. To save even more water, the saying at the time was “If it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down”.
Houses are much dearer than the States, over there you get so much more house for the price. I cannot believe you can get houses over there for under $250k! You wouldn't even get a 1br flat (apartment) for that!!
Huntsmen are the coolest spiders. One came to the wall by my door right at eye level, and held up his leg. There were 3 tiny bright orange ticks stuck to it. He stayed perfectly still and let me pull them off with my fingernails. Thanks mate for eating all those white tips and funnelwebs to keep me safe.
Huntsmens don't even have the brain capacity to display such actions. A huntsmen doesn't even see us as a living thing but, moving furniture. If it's used to having you move around it, it will become less frightened but it doesn't know of our existence at all. Why are you lying?
Turning off at the wall saves the standby power, it adds up$. Turning the off button on the device does not stop power to the device, those red light need power. If there is a problem with the device you don't pull the cord out, just turn the power off and be safe.
The above 2 answers are great. Why do you want to spend $$ on red lights or a clock on a microwave? Safety is huge too. I liove the USA, travel there when I can. To answer the server question, some Restaurants/ cafes open 6am to 2pm then 5pm to 10pm. Small towns or lack of foot traffic. I would accept a tip as a bistro waitress in late 1980s. But no way did I expect them or refuse them. I worked 5pm to 11pm twice week. An evening meal with great, polite service gets a 10% tip now from us. Aussies are good bullshit detectors, so that smile to get tip in USA is a bit too much for us. Regards Tassie Joy
And every new build or upgrade must have dual flush. Given we live in the driest continent, those half flushes water save can be the difference between a dam and a mud hole.
Yep, just about every house has one. They’re so prevalent I’m shocked these days when I see a single-flush. Another secret is a button that only flushes when you’re actually holding it down. You can regulate the water yourself, then.
As someone who used to work in the service industry there is a difference between someone tipping, because they think it's expected of them, and someone tipping because they genuinely just want to reward your hard work or excellent service. I would be bemused at the former, and grateful for the latter.
I feel like it's a normal thing in ever country except America tbh. I could be wrong tho. I don't understand how people live without that feature, it's so convenient
@@A_TPan American (TechnologyConnections) has seemingly insisted it’s just as easy to unplug it, while complaining about how bad their plugs are). They’ve obviously never stood on one of ours!
We also have power boards and appliances that have switches too. But with all this talk about switches and safety I’m curious to know does it make a difference if a kid stuck something metal in there. I never thought to put metal in the power points as a kid but with so many warnings and mentions on movies and tv shows is there any truth to it and is that way we have the switch. Like a mass curios child protection mechanism because we cannot be trusted if visiting a non child proof house.
Turning the power points off reduces the chances of house fires, also why do you shove garbage in the sink? Are you too lazy to take the two steps to the bin. The reason we don't tip is because we pay them more than $2 an hour.
also there's less wear'n'tear from physically having to pull the cable out and then plug it back in when you want to use it again. It's just far easier, safer, quicker, and convenient
I worked in hospitality for 5+ years and have been tipped maybe 3 times. I will always accept a tip personally but it is not expected and is followed by thanking the customer a lot. Also my pay rate is about $30 an hour and that's the minimum wage for a casual employee (which is most hospo workers), my age group (not a kid) and level of experience. you definitely don't need 2 jobs as there is so much work available in this field that you can shop around until you find a place willing to give you the hours that you would like.
@@isabellewyatt6802you got a tip because you impressed them. We have done it when a group of noisy customers were demanding yet made us feel like we were the only ones in the restaurant.
If I was still working as a server/bartender today, the average hourly rate is $31with an average shift being 8-12 hours. That means I would be earning roughly $248 - $372 (before tax) per shift. The average wage for servers in America is $11 plus reliance on the kindness of strangers to actually earn a decent living. I think I prefer our system of actually paying your workers properly.
*Having a separate on / off switch for each socket is safer. *The Google-looking transport card used in NSW is called an Opal Card. In Qld there’s a similar tap on / off public transport system called a Go Card. *Mandatory tipping is a rort! It’s the business avoiding paying decent wages but instead passing their financial responsibilities onto the customer … we don’t want it here! (It’s still a choice here to reward excellent service, if wanted, ie “keep the change”). *Almost every toilet here (both public and private) has a half flush / full flush … except perhaps in the case of really old heritage buildings / homes.
1 water. We’re an arid country. Saving water is good. Fun fact: Sydney has a desalination plant that isn’t used and costs a few million to keep ticking over. We haven’t needed it but it’s there if we do need it. 2 things like coffee makers, rice cookers and such will keep on warm. My rice cooker doesn’t turn off, it is cooking or keeping warm. The wall switch is crucial. Also, our power is 240V. Enough to kill you almost every time. I don’t want to be always pulling the plugs out. If they wear and break you’ll get a shock.
Actually, you’re incorrect, we run 220V that oscillates between 180V to 240V. However the human body can only safely withstand 30V Our current however, and is double that of the United States which is probably why it’s also double the price.
@@lillibitjohnson7293 Are you butthurt simply because I told you something true? I am a qualified electrician; Who just happens to live in Adelaide Australia, and was born in Townsville Australia….. so I think champ, that yes I should feel better to educate children like yourself. If you’re an adult, then may any God/divine being that may exist; help us all.
@@DisabledAussiePrepper you could have, just as an example, made your own comment discussing that you’re an electrician and how our electrical system works instead of commenting on my simple comment. Nothing I said was wrong so I’m not sure why you felt the need. It’s strange AF
Food waste disposal units are banned in Australia. Actually they're banned in most countries. "Under the Water Services Regulations 2013, food waste disposal units must not be installed on any facility discharging to our wastewater system".
@@JohnSmith-ci7qofrom a fed gov website - "... Under the Water Services Regulations 2013, food waste disposal units must not be installed on any facility discharging to our wastewater system. This is because food waste disposal units significantly increase the load on our wastewater treatment plants..."
@@cbjones2212the Water Services Regulations 2013 is a WA piece of legislation. Federal governments do not regulate plumbing and wastewater. Also, if you read it, and follow the references,it only applies to *industrial* food waste. It doesn’t define the word industrial, but a fair reading would say domestic waste isn’t industrial. I have had one installed outside WA since 2013, and they’re still sold everywhere except WA. Both the Water Corporation and Stores in WA seem to be using this piece of legislation to say they are banned in WA but unless there’s another piece of legislation that defines industrial waste particularly widely they appear to be legally incorrect.
Yeah, the actual legislation (it is WA only) doesn’t actually say that, they say banned from section 91, which is industrial waste. So they’re seemingly making an argument that domestic waste is industrial waste. I doubt that is legally sound.
The switch on the power point actually does something with regards to safety. In the US you can plug in a 10A/110v appliance and barely make a spark. If we plug in a 10A appliance at 220v and it's switched on, it is likely to cause a large spark as it is drawing twice the power as the US. It's a fire hazard reduction, as the switch makes an instantaneous electrical connection, whereas the prongs might make poor contact while you are inserting and wiggling them, taking take longer to make a secure connection. Also you can ensure appliances like hairdryers and toasters won't kill you if it accidentally falls in water when switched off. We also have RCD residual current switches at the switchboard to detect and protect against electrocution.
As a young kid in the UK I'm pretty sure I thought Sydney was the capital but soon learnt it was Canberra. What I didn't realise until much later was that the ACT existed.
Welcome to the ren rabbit hole! Mate I have not seen another artist with so much talent as this dude, he raps, sings, plays just about any stringed instrument and piano. He gets into characters so well. I think if you are an actor you’re next reaction should be to Jenny and screeches tale in full
I live in a town called Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tablelands Nth QLD, and it is one of the few places in Australia where Tree Kangaroos live. I get lots of possums on my roof at night and they can make a racket, It seems like they a playing a game of footy up there. But at times the tree kangaroos get on my roof and the sound they make is like a big heavy man walking on the roof! It must be to feet tail, feet tail, action of their walking that make it sound like a man walking on the tin roof. When we first moved here, and I first heard them on the roof, it really freaked me out, but now I love it. I have seen one up in one of the trees in our yard but as they are nocturnal they are hard to spot.
@@person2463 To be honest, I don't drink, I have never been in the pub, so I don't know. However I wouldn't be surprised, this was a logging town, and the trees were massive, so a long bar out of one piece of timber wouldn't have been hard.
The switches at the wall do not turn the device/machine on….they allow power to be transported to that particular outlet, then you turn your lamp, etc on in the usual way. It saves on electricity and is also safer.
I come from Brisbane, whenever i hung the clothes on the line, they were dry within 1 hour. I bought a dryer before my daughter was born 29 years ago, it still works. I only used it to dry nappies i urgently needed at times when the wet season was happening. We do not like to waste electricity and clothes dryers do not make your clothes smell as nice as the sunshine.
We had a dryer In Brisbane 40 years ago but it was used like 3x a year in very rainy periods. I would get lazy and use it for the last 10 years for sheets when in an apartment so I didn’t have to go downstairs to hang them out etc. But in Hobart almost no one seems to have a clothes line, I guess because things take way longer to dry and anything cold feels damp so they never ‘feel’ dry 11 months of the year.
We even have a show here called "Planet America". I wonder why they called it that. You are one of the exceptions and citizenship is in the mail. Enjoy. Thanks for the laughs, Ryan.
When all the outlets on, even if nothing is plugged in, you can still get trickle charge. This means small amounts of electricity can still flow. That's why we have individual switches.
People always say this is the reason, but isn't it so you're not plugging a device into a live outlet and risking frying the electronics? Lots of things spark when you plug them in if you don't turn off the outlet first.
Garbage disposals waste too much water. In a country with so many & lengthy droughts… we don’t have the water to waste. It’s why we invented the dual flush toilets.
or a bush turkey, taking a running jump from up the road, and flapping frantically and noisily until it lands on the garage roof, sounding like a clumsy cat burglar with hobnailed boots on...
@@infin8ee ......You shouldn't have to pay more for good work ethics. Tipping culture is terrible and we do not want it in Australia. All my family have exceptional work ethics, and become team leaders even if they don't really want to, yet they don't expect to be paid more for having something that everyone should have, which is good work ethics. I raised my family to be professional in everything they do, and to have good work ethics.
@@dethvyper3136 I think it’s more like… you tip when people go above and beyond, not just when the service is good. Even then, you don’t HAVE to tip and the amount of Australians employed anywhere expecting a tip ever would be negligible, but that’s when you’d be most likely to receive one. Writing it into law, creating a culture where tipping is expected though is a surefire way to see wages reduced in the long term. No thank you.
By the time we go to bed at night, all power points (except the fridge) have been turned off. TV, electric recliner etc. We turn off the washing machine after the last load of the day, the power point for the oven is only turned on when we use the oven. Kettle and toaster only turned on when in use.
@@lillibitjohnson7293I’m in my first home of three in Australia that doesn’t have one. Grew up with one, installed two others over the years in my home, most recently a few years ago. But back to renting while building. Composting has become more popular so their popularity is down, but they were all the rage 10-25 years ago. WA’s water corporation insists they are banned there, but the legislation they reference for their claim only seems to support a ban for industrial food waste.
To clarify, the tap on is for credit card payments. I don't think they've set up NFC for opal, but I do love the credit card option so I'm not hunting for a damn card.
They haven't just gone out of fashion. They are banned. "Under the Water Services Regulations 2013, food waste disposal units must not be installed on any facility discharging to our wastewater system".
I'm an Aussie who works in hospitality. In regards to tipping it really just depends on the place. My workplace has a tip jar that gets split evenly between all employeers who worked that day including the staff that worked back in the back. Some other places don't like to take tips and some others use the tips they collect to either contribute in funding the buisness or the owner takes it. However, I wouldn't be surprised if many American tourist get "funny looks" form Aussie servers just because the server might think the American may not know they don't have to tip or think it's just a habit they can't break
I preferred it in the 90s when you would tip individuals and not throw it all in a tip jar to be split. It encouraged serving staff to go above and beyond 😉
Using garbage disposal units isn’t good for the environment, they use a lot of water, produce methane, and makes an inbalance in the outlet areas that produces too much nitrogen which causes something etc. I’m not an expert clearly. Our power points have switches for several reasons but it’s mostly safety, our electricity is stronger than yours. (because electricity can arc while you plug something in, using the switch prevents that). Happy arvo Ry
I took my hair straightener to the US with a US adapter, and it didn't heat up to more than luke warm, hence I had fizzy hair for 2 weeks 😅. Also, we have to conserve water due to our weather conditions. I was amazed to see toilet bowls filled to the brim with water, I thought there must have been a blockage 😅😲. As for garbage disposal, no thanks, the noise would put me off, as I can just open a under sink cupboard bin and put my scraps in that, it takes 2 secs 👍🤗
I've lived in a lot of houses through-out my life and even the oldest ones have had half-flush option on the toilet. The ONLY toilet I've ever seen without the option was my great grandfather's dug-out toilet - it had no water, you pooped through a wood seat hole and later removed a tin to use the waste as fertilizer. It was _ancient_ and we kids were never allowed to use it. XD You can tip, but it's VERY rare that people do so because it's not necessary, and really I've only seen tipping in actual dinner restaurants, not at cafes or the like. Usually only if there was a big group that spent a few hours in the place. Drives me crazy to go cook some toast and find the switch turned off (Mum does it all the time) but the kettle is never turned off (my bros use that 24/7 XD ).
I can remember as a 5 year old sitting on our dunny on a station (very very big farm if you don't know what a station is) listening to the sand goannas down below - not good!
A few reasons why outlets have a switch: 1) Safety so power isn't running while plugging in (sometimes they spark when being plugged in) 15% power is still running to outlet if nothing is plugged in. Saves power bill. 3) turn off when not in use so avoid overheating appliance without having to unplug.
Tipping depends on the circumstances. Often in cafes, you pay at the counter when you order, so the only interaction after that is the handover or delivery of food, and perhaps the removal of plates and utensils. In a restaurant, it may be more common to tip, especially if there is a large group at the table, and all the orders arrived promptly, correctly and with pleasant interaction with the waitstaff.
Ryan, just letting you know the woman commenting on the snake is a British migrant. I’m just informing you of this so that you can tell the difference between English and Australian accents. It is a little harder to pick up on the Kiwi accent, but once you have your ear attuned you will hear the difference.
garbage disposals pollute and waste water a lot of countries wont use them . We have a council run system where households separate their green waste and food scraps into a seperate bin so instead of going into landfill the council collects it and turns it into compost for use on public parks, gardens, sporting fileds etc. In places were that service isnt available some people will do it themselves and turn it into compost for their own gardens. The local council in my area supplies every household with biodegradable bags, kitchen tidy bins and a green, yellow and red wheelie bin so seperating green waste, recyclable materials like glass, cardboard, plastic etc from landfill garbage isnt that hard to do,. It also helps the council because they are are not filling up their landfill sites as quickly, once the recyclable materials and green waste have been removed whats left is only a fraction of what was being sent to be buried..
You can tip if you want to, it's just done differently, most places will have a tip jar at the register and people will offload their loose change (or 'shrapnel'), or throw in a note if they want to show their appreciation, and it gets shared among the staff.
I have never seen a toilet with only one button. Not in restaurants, shopping centres or in office building. I was taught that half flush is for urine, full flush is for doodoos
They were invented in 1980 so lots of us middle aged people have. 40 odd years is a good lifespan for a toilet so there’s very few around now. The last time I saw one it was an overhead cistern with a cord to flush in a very old home. Before that the last time was *everywhere in the 80’s and early to mid 90’s*.
@@peter65zzfdfh ah, I was late to the party being born in 87. I will never know what it was like to be forced to make the most important choice ever: Try to save water by using the half flush, but you might clog the toilet if doing a number 2 Not clogging the toilet by using full flush, but also using a lot more water.... Maybe I just need to dig a poop hole in the bush past the back fence for number 2s lol
I am an Australian retired electrician. I would never plug anything into an outlet or unplugging anything without turning the switch off first. That is despite the fact that the power circuits are protected with safety switches. The nominal voltage here is 240 Volts. Twice your voltage but half the current so smaller wire sizes.
I feel like it’s funny talking to other Australians about Raygun but on an international level… Yeah, not quite as funny, just embarrassing. And a shame given there are some amazing dancers who missed out on the opportunity of a lifetime. The way olympic qualifiers work is just… I don’t know, it’s just crazy that the “olympic” level for some sport can be relatively low because of existing loopholes-that thankfully MOST people don’t exploit.
I hope the world knows we're not impressed. You're right there are a lot of people who are fantastic dancers who deserved the opportunity more than her.
6:16 All new toilets have had to be dual flush for decades. I can’t remember seeing one that wasn’t. When I leave the cafe I work in at night, we always check that all of the appliances are off by just checking the bank of power outlets
Tipping is like non existent here, gst (goods and services tax) is included in the price you pay I didn’t know about tipping until I went to America with my school when I was 15 and we had to have lessons to learn how. Sometimes there will be a tip jar near the cashier but not often at all.
I’m a Aussie 🇦🇺, all our power points have the on/off switch, it’s illegal not to have the switch, our power supply is 240volts not the 110v USA has, so if we get zapped at the power point we more than likely will die, Americans will get a shock. But it does mean that we can use electric kettles for boiling water, and from what I’ve seen on fb you Americans don’t really know about electric kettles, your 110v takes forever to boil a kettle so you guys microwave the cup of water. I have a smart kettle so I can turn it on and off with my phone & wifi (Kogan kettle) so in the mornings it’s set to turn on at 6am, it’s great, gotta make sure it’s got water in it the night before. I think it’s law all new buildings, houses everything have to have dual flush toilets. Suburbs on the outer fringe can have kangaroos come in and eat the lawns now that the suburbs are spreading into their territory. We generally don’t tip here in oz, there might be a glass jar to put lose change in which is on the counter top,but I’ve never tipped anywhere and I won’t, it’s not really in our culture. I know somebody that every night they go around the house and turnoff all the switches at the power point, they say it saves money.
Technically you can get outlets that are ‘auto switched’ now. I haven’t seen one actually installed in the wild, but basically they’re off until til the plug is basically fully inserted. Or if the outlet is 10A or less and not readily accessible eg in a ceiling space (though those usually go back to another switch remotely, it appears to not be required.)
Tipping - you may round up to the nearest dollar - leaving the change as a tip or there may be a loose change tip jar at the register where people may toss in their change - usually the silver coins.
you don't NEED to tip. If you do it's unexpected and appreciated. Have worked hospitality for many years and 1 place every month all tips were shared between all staff members, regularly received between 55 - 75 bucks.
25 yrs ago, driving through central Queensland, 2 friends and I watched a 10 + metre long snake slide across the road and into the grass.....it was a freaking dinosaur
Most cafes have a tip jar on the bench near the cash register but most people put the coins you get back in your change in there because who wants to carry those about rather than some sort of actual tip. Many other places like bakeries etc and pubs will have a donation box for a local charity instead.
We have electric kettles, plus we use them for to charge phones, tv so so much. We turn the power point off to stop the power being constantly on. Reduce power bill and risk of fire
The benifits to having powerpoint switchews is that you can have something plugged in but not using power. It's also safer for plugging in and removal.
His blender must be totally different to our blenders - put ya feet in one and you’d loose a few tootsies lol. I’m going to google American blender right now lol *Nup, all I found for American foot blenders under a desk - were foot massagers and spas 🤔 I couldn’t find blenders at all for under desks 🤷♀️
We don’t have waste disposal units in our sinks, where I live food scraps go into the green waster bin along with grass clippings and other garden waste and the council collects it and takes it to a facility that turns it into compost to be used in the city’s parks and gardens. Much better than polluting waterways.
Tipping at high end restaurants - if you really enjoyed your meal a round up to say the nearest $10 or a 10% tip. Some baristas will have a loose change tip jar, too. That's about it for tips, although tipping a pizza delivery driver is also considered good form if you pay cash. Public transport can use dedicated cards or an NFC compatible device (eg phones and smart watches). Half flush for P is a great water saving device. They've been here for over 4 decades and standard for about 3. Toilets also hold far less water in the bowl than US ones, so be ready to face that. On the upside at least our cubicles are secure so no one can peek through the sides. Underneath and over is still possible for some toilets with far greater effort, although I think this is in case of emergency stuff. Fully enclosed toilets usually have emergency call buttons for help. Switches for power points is safer than letting your kids poke a fork in there.
I've told you several times the socket thing is basically all of Europe. And in the 90s when toaster's turned on when plugged in, you could just switch it on when needed. Now the toaster's are online and talk shit to you when using the wrong bread... 😊. But the on off is a crazy important thing that is something you needed for decades.
The half flush toilet was an Australian invention invented in late 1970’s early 1980’s it became popular around the world because of its water saving technology. They are compulsorily in Australia homes.
Not sure when they became compulsory rather than just popular but NSW isn’t even making them compulsory for places that are being rented out until March 2025 (probably was already required in at least some other states eg QLD for rentals). It’s probably been nearly impossible to buy one without for 20 years but I think that’s just due to demand. They’ve had to be labeled with water use labels for a long time so just that is a competitive disadvantage if you don’t have dual flush.
Individual on/off switches cuts the power to the cord, for safer removal. The lamp switches are used, but the this is live electricity, so turning the power off before remove the cord is much safer.
in Australia anywhere if you are only doing short shifts is 1, either that's what the worker chose or 2, their work is sub par so only get short shifts, good workers are given as many hours as they want!
Not so. My daughter only get 8 to 10 hours / week & she’s one of the hardest workers, gets compliments all the time. It’s the bosses / regional managers who for some reason prefer paying more people to work fewer hours. Maybe accounting is cheaper than super?
@@judithstrachan9399because longer shifts get breaks, paid if you work enough hours. Short shifts aren’t the same thing as low hours, low total hours is because they want more staff on roster to handle unexpected or periodic shortages, so unless you demand more hours you will not get them unless they are short staffed. Paperwork in many places is basically automated and no more effort to have multiple staff than one.
The snake is only a python and keeps the rats away. The benefits of switching off the power is that whatever is plugged in isn't live. Also, those items that are on standby mode use electricity. If the switch is off, they can't. Your voltage is 110. Ours is 240 and definitely kills you. Tipping is very rare here and a bit demeaning. Taxis are the only time I may tip is if they have been particularly kind to me (the only time I take them now is to get home from the hospital). People are psid a normal wage - minimum of $24.10 per hour. The person who wrote they need two jobs was saying only if they were part time jobs. If someone world full time they get a reasonable wage. Those kangaroos are used to people. Only males attack and only if in season - the males come into season and not the females. The kangaroos were attacked by dogs and just fought back. These kangaroos are smaller grey kangaroos, not the giant big reds.
Food scraps go in the GREEN home garden waste bin for composting and use on shire garden scaped road median strips, parks and commercial area land scaping. You can also put in dirty or taped stuck cardboard that cannot be recycled and dirty pizza packs, tissues and kitchen roll paper towels and all food scraps or scraped out containers of old food. Emptied either once or twice a week. Also there are change or tip cups on the counter for customers to drop coins in, if wanting to, that is collected and shared between staff.
Living in Kununurra you could get these adorable olive pythons. I would go outside and one would be dangling from the gutter with nextdoor's cat slapping it 😂 they can get very long. Raygun short was hilarious 😂😂😂
All the toilets here have the half flush button because we are a very dry country and suffer terrible droughts so we save water where we can. 😊 benefits from having the power on/off buttons is to save people from getting electrocuted. I’m so terrified to use the power in America because it’s always on. It also saves power. We would never attempt to plug in something with the power switch on. We definitely use these switches. And the tipping thing, no one expects a tip and Aussies don’t tip. We know the waiter is fully paid to serve you. Some restaurants will have a tip jar on the counter because people will drop their change in rather than have a pocket full of coins.😊
2:30 "i keep my feet inside a blender down here and i accidentally just turned it on".
This is why we have switches on our power points Ryan!
That still doesn't explain why he keeps his feet in it!
Omg, I legit cackled at this 😂
Every single toilet in Australia is dual flush. Everyone. Millions. It was invented here 😂
@@MickFoyle mine isn't either. I am guessing the loo (which is a Caroma) is original from when the unit was built in 1978; when the dual flush was invented by Caroma in 1980.
We still have a single flush in our ensuite as only the main toilet needs to be dual flush to pass rental rules in my state.
My first house I bought (built in 1937) still had a ‘Crapper’ brand outhouse - no inside toilet then or now 😂
Yeah, my family home had no double flush toilets
The old ones we put bricks in the warmer tank to save H2O
I worked at a Cafe that had a tipping jar. If a homeless person came into the shop they would use the money to give them a free coffee or meal. I live in Oz btw😊
Best - most honourable - possible use for tips.
❤Lovely Idea👍
Wow Ryan you are a scary guy. Capital is Canberra
90% of our toilets are dual flush, even in houses.
We recycle most of our rubbish including food scraps, green waste, plastics, paper, glass, metal etc. No need for a garbage disposal.
Garbage disposals are disgusting. We recycle our food scraps not flush them into the water supply
Our sewers aren't as big as US and don't constantly flow so garbage disposals would coz blockages every other day.
Or we just chuck the food scraps. Let's be honest.
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Or we are responsible and compost our food scraps.
Our chooks get most of our food scraps and the compost gets the rest.
hahaha. fair enough. but you poop in the water supply don't you!?
Switches on Aussie power outlets are used all the time. The reason we have them is to protect you from arcing which could electrocute you. The Aussie power grid is delivered to your home at up to 250 volts and a decent amperage so the amount of juice available at the wall is considerably higher than the 110 volt American standard. See, in Australia everything really is trying to kill you, even our power outlets 😊 Use the switches if you're in Australia, dude.
Correct! I've known of several Americans that have plugged their puny 110 Volt appliance into one of our outlets and ended up frying their unit. A good dose of 240 Volts will give you one hell of a giddy-up! Hence, the switches.
nice 😂comment
thats why electric kettles dont work as well in the US
😂😂😂
Absolutely! Being from NZ we would use them every single time we plug something in so we don't get electrocuted. Saves power too (in a country where power is so expensive!) My American hubby plugged in his razor while in NZ & it was fried immediately 😅 Even though I've lived in the US for years I still get so nervous anytime I plug things in here without that safety switch!
Dual flush toilets were great during the prolonged drought. To save even more water, the saying at the time was “If it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down”.
still is if you live outside the major centres!
One of the best things about an outlet you can turn off, is that when nothing is plugged in to it , it's not just an open outlet
"Houses are cheaper there I bet." I bet they fucking aren't 🤣
Honest to god. $500 a week for a 3 bed when 3 years ago I was in a 3 bed for $290 a week 😂😂
@@tasmaeverett7255 literally.
Houses are much dearer than the States, over there you get so much more house for the price. I cannot believe you can get houses over there for under $250k! You wouldn't even get a 1br flat (apartment) for that!!
@@WylieKiote Theres houses in Australia for under 70,000, just depends where, just like the US.
Huntsmen are the coolest spiders. One came to the wall by my door right at eye level, and held up his leg. There were 3 tiny bright orange ticks stuck to it. He stayed perfectly still and let me pull them off with my fingernails. Thanks mate for eating all those white tips and funnelwebs to keep me safe.
That's beautiful 🥰
Huntsmens don't even have the brain capacity to display such actions. A huntsmen doesn't even see us as a living thing but, moving furniture.
If it's used to having you move around it, it will become less frightened but it doesn't know of our existence at all.
Why are you lying?
Are you kidding ? I know our aussie humour is all about pulling someone's leg...but pulling a huntsman leg😂❤
Turning off at the wall saves the standby power, it adds up$. Turning the off button on the device does not stop power to the device, those red light need power. If there is a problem with the device you don't pull the cord out, just turn the power off and be safe.
Plus our power supply is 240 volts so it is mainly a safety feature to reduce the chance of electrocution.
Both of these things is EXACTLY why it exists. Tru blu
The above 2 answers are great. Why do you want to spend $$ on red lights or a clock on a microwave? Safety is huge too. I liove the USA, travel there when I can. To answer the server question, some Restaurants/ cafes open 6am to 2pm then 5pm to 10pm. Small towns or lack of foot traffic. I would accept a tip as a bistro waitress in late 1980s. But no way did I expect them or refuse them. I worked 5pm to 11pm twice week. An evening meal with great, polite service gets a 10% tip now from us. Aussies are good bullshit detectors, so that smile to get tip in USA is a bit too much for us. Regards Tassie Joy
The first dual flush toilet was designed and sold by sanitary-ware company Caroma in Australia in 1980.
And every new build or upgrade must have dual flush. Given we live in the driest continent, those half flushes water save can be the difference between a dam and a mud hole.
Pretty much every house in Australia has dual flush toilets. There was a big push to install them during our last major drought.
Yep, just about every house has one. They’re so prevalent I’m shocked these days when I see a single-flush.
Another secret is a button that only flushes when you’re actually holding it down. You can regulate the water yourself, then.
@@christinesavage4837I also remember in the 80's... Politicians saying we don't have enough water for mass immigration but look at us now 🤷♀️
As someone who used to work in the service industry there is a difference between someone tipping, because they think it's expected of them, and someone tipping because they genuinely just want to reward your hard work or excellent service. I would be bemused at the former, and grateful for the latter.
Power outlets with multiple switches means you can switch one thing off at a time and save power
I feel like it's a normal thing in ever country except America tbh. I could be wrong tho.
I don't understand how people live without that feature, it's so convenient
@@A_TPan American (TechnologyConnections) has seemingly insisted it’s just as easy to unplug it, while complaining about how bad their plugs are). They’ve obviously never stood on one of ours!
and it also puts you at less risk of electric shock, and power surges to special appliances.
G'day Ryan. The power outlet on off switch is bizarre? We think NOT having an on off switch is very bizarre and dangerous
We also have power boards and appliances that have switches too. But with all this talk about switches and safety I’m curious to know does it make a difference if a kid stuck something metal in there. I never thought to put metal in the power points as a kid but with so many warnings and mentions on movies and tv shows is there any truth to it and is that way we have the switch. Like a mass curios child protection mechanism because we cannot be trusted if visiting a non child proof house.
Turning the power points off reduces the chances of house fires, also why do you shove garbage in the sink? Are you too lazy to take the two steps to the bin. The reason we don't tip is because we pay them more than $2 an hour.
Said well ❤❤❤❤
also there's less wear'n'tear from physically having to pull the cable out and then plug it back in when you want to use it again. It's just far easier, safer, quicker, and convenient
It also helps to not have a live point in every wall with kids running around.
I worked in hospitality for 5+ years and have been tipped maybe 3 times. I will always accept a tip personally but it is not expected and is followed by thanking the customer a lot. Also my pay rate is about $30 an hour and that's the minimum wage for a casual employee (which is most hospo workers), my age group (not a kid) and level of experience. you definitely don't need 2 jobs as there is so much work available in this field that you can shop around until you find a place willing to give you the hours that you would like.
@@isabellewyatt6802you got a tip because you impressed them. We have done it when a group of noisy customers were demanding yet made us feel like we were the only ones in the restaurant.
A big thing about power outlets is that when nothing is plugged in you don’t have a live socket that small children can poke things into.
If I was still working as a server/bartender today, the average hourly rate is $31with an average shift being 8-12 hours. That means I would be earning roughly $248 - $372 (before tax) per shift. The average wage for servers in America is $11 plus reliance on the kindness of strangers to actually earn a decent living. I think I prefer our system of actually paying your workers properly.
Not if you are on the Carer Payment. Modern slavery.
@@johannavanklaveren66 The Carer payment and the hourly rate for a server/bartender are two completely different things.
*Having a separate on / off switch for each socket is safer.
*The Google-looking transport card used in NSW is called an Opal Card. In Qld there’s a similar tap on / off public transport system called a Go Card.
*Mandatory tipping is a rort! It’s the business avoiding paying decent wages but instead passing their financial responsibilities onto the customer … we don’t want it here! (It’s still a choice here to reward excellent service, if wanted, ie “keep the change”).
*Almost every toilet here (both public and private) has a half flush / full flush … except perhaps in the case of really old heritage buildings / homes.
1 water. We’re an arid country. Saving water is good. Fun fact: Sydney has a desalination plant that isn’t used and costs a few million to keep ticking over. We haven’t needed it but it’s there if we do need it.
2 things like coffee makers, rice cookers and such will keep on warm. My rice cooker doesn’t turn off, it is cooking or keeping warm. The wall switch is crucial.
Also, our power is 240V. Enough to kill you almost every time. I don’t want to be always pulling the plugs out. If they wear and break you’ll get a shock.
Our electricity network runs on 240 volts . USA is 110 volts. The switches reduce fire hazards and saves money on electricity bills.
Actually, you’re incorrect, we run 220V that oscillates between 180V to 240V. However the human body can only safely withstand 30V Our current however, and is double that of the United States which is probably why it’s also double the price.
@@DisabledAussiePrepper did that make you feel better?
@@lillibitjohnson7293 Are you butthurt simply because I told you something true? I am a qualified electrician; Who just happens to live in Adelaide Australia, and was born in Townsville Australia….. so I think champ, that yes I should feel better to educate children like yourself. If you’re an adult, then may any God/divine being that may exist; help us all.
@@DisabledAussiePrepper you could have, just as an example, made your own comment discussing that you’re an electrician and how our electrical system works instead of commenting on my simple comment. Nothing I said was wrong so I’m not sure why you felt the need. It’s strange AF
@@lillibitjohnson7293 Glad that you admit that it is “simple”
Food waste disposal units are banned in Australia. Actually they're banned in most countries. "Under the Water Services Regulations 2013, food waste disposal units must not be installed on any facility discharging to our wastewater system".
Not banned in Australia just Western Australia. Brisbane even gives a rebate of $200 for installing one .
@@JohnSmith-ci7qofrom a fed gov website -
"... Under the Water Services Regulations 2013, food waste disposal units must not be installed on any facility discharging to our wastewater system. This is because food waste disposal units significantly increase the load on our wastewater treatment plants..."
@@cbjones2212the Water Services Regulations 2013 is a WA piece of legislation. Federal governments do not regulate plumbing and wastewater. Also, if you read it, and follow the references,it only applies to *industrial* food waste. It doesn’t define the word industrial, but a fair reading would say domestic waste isn’t industrial. I have had one installed outside WA since 2013, and they’re still sold everywhere except WA.
Both the Water Corporation and Stores in WA seem to be using this piece of legislation to say they are banned in WA but unless there’s another piece of legislation that defines industrial waste particularly widely they appear to be legally incorrect.
Yeah, the actual legislation (it is WA only) doesn’t actually say that, they say banned from section 91, which is industrial waste. So they’re seemingly making an argument that domestic waste is industrial waste. I doubt that is legally sound.
5:30 if that confounds you, a 5 point power board, each with their own switch, would keep you awake at night.
The switch on the power point actually does something with regards to safety. In the US you can plug in a 10A/110v appliance and barely make a spark. If we plug in a 10A appliance at 220v and it's switched on, it is likely to cause a large spark as it is drawing twice the power as the US. It's a fire hazard reduction, as the switch makes an instantaneous electrical connection, whereas the prongs might make poor contact while you are inserting and wiggling them, taking take longer to make a secure connection. Also you can ensure appliances like hairdryers and toasters won't kill you if it accidentally falls in water when switched off. We also have RCD residual current switches at the switchboard to detect and protect against electrocution.
The on and off switch is so useful. There's so many appliances you don't need to constant to be turn on.
As your token Canberran, I'm glad most Americans have no idea we exist.
As a young kid in the UK I'm pretty sure I thought Sydney was the capital but soon learnt it was Canberra. What I didn't realise until much later was that the ACT existed.
Ahhh... the YES voters🤦♀️
@@Keyrose-my3xr Yes, funny about that, eh? Voting "YES" by the most educated people in the country? What does that say about the rest of you?
@jacquelinewhite6556 I'm of Aboriginal descent, and most of us voted No. Does educated mean out of touch bc if so... then... yes, you are.
@@Keyrose-my3xr👏👏👍🇦🇺
Puts head in hands -- "of course it was the one person that is obviously not from America" LOL 😆
I read your comment exactly as he said it... 😂
It always is 😂
All toilets have the half flush
I wonder if it's in the building code Aus-wide, but I'd honestly be freaked out if the toilet didn't have the half-flush
You might still find a really old single flush one somewhere.
@@smalltime0yes it's in building codes
Yep you must have them. I don't think you would be able to find a loo without it, certainly not new.
@@infin8ee I have seen a few without them before, normally at rural sporting grounds that have not been updated for over 50 years though.
Love the person that said Perth as the capital of Australia.
Of all the state capitals to pick, it's the most wrong.
The benefits of it is saving on power, cutting down costs on your bill… also safety
No need for a garbage disposal, give it to the wildlife, or use as mulch for the garden. Simple!
Yes, I have a dog food bowl outside for meat scraps and veg scraps go on the compost heap. I don't have a pet but the meat scraps soon disappear!
We have a ‘fogo’ bin where we place all bio food scrapes in this bin and we have it go in a green bin every week that is turned into fertiliser etc
Welcome to the ren rabbit hole! Mate I have not seen another artist with so much talent as this dude, he raps, sings, plays just about any stringed instrument and piano. He gets into characters so well. I think if you are an actor you’re next reaction should be to Jenny and screeches tale in full
Ooops must have commented in the wrong spot
I live in a town called Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tablelands Nth QLD, and it is one of the few places in Australia where Tree Kangaroos live. I get lots of possums on my roof at night and they can make a racket, It seems like they a playing a game of footy up there. But at times the tree kangaroos get on my roof and the sound they make is like a big heavy man walking on the roof! It must be to feet tail, feet tail, action of their walking that make it sound like a man walking on the tin roof. When we first moved here, and I first heard them on the roof, it really freaked me out, but now I love it. I have seen one up in one of the trees in our yard but as they are nocturnal they are hard to spot.
Does the pub still have the bar made out of a single piece of timber???
@@person2463 To be honest, I don't drink, I have never been in the pub, so I don't know. However I wouldn't be surprised, this was a logging town, and the trees were massive, so a long bar out of one piece of timber wouldn't have been hard.
The switches at the wall do not turn the device/machine on….they allow power to be transported to that particular outlet, then you turn your lamp, etc on in the usual way. It saves on electricity and is also safer.
No scary giant pythons down where I live. Just deadly tiger snakes every now and then.
Tasmania 😉
I come from Brisbane, whenever i hung the clothes on the line, they were dry within 1 hour. I bought a dryer before my daughter was born 29 years ago, it still works. I only used it to dry nappies i urgently needed at times when the wet season was happening.
We do not like to waste electricity and clothes dryers do not make your clothes smell as nice as the sunshine.
We had a dryer In Brisbane 40 years ago but it was used like 3x a year in very rainy periods. I would get lazy and use it for the last 10 years for sheets when in an apartment so I didn’t have to go downstairs to hang them out etc. But in Hobart almost no one seems to have a clothes line, I guess because things take way longer to dry and anything cold feels damp so they never ‘feel’ dry 11 months of the year.
We even have a show here called "Planet America". I wonder why they called it that. You are one of the exceptions and citizenship is in the mail. Enjoy. Thanks for the laughs, Ryan.
When all the outlets on, even if nothing is plugged in, you can still get trickle charge. This means small amounts of electricity can still flow. That's why we have individual switches.
People always say this is the reason, but isn't it so you're not plugging a device into a live outlet and risking frying the electronics? Lots of things spark when you plug them in if you don't turn off the outlet first.
We use chickens as our food disposals unit
Garbage disposals waste too much water. In a country with so many & lengthy droughts… we don’t have the water to waste. It’s why we invented the dual flush toilets.
Kangaroo on road is more ASMR than possum on tin roof, I'll give you that.
Especially when they start up the mating call
or a bush turkey, taking a running jump from up the road, and flapping frantically and noisily until it lands on the garage roof, sounding like a clumsy cat burglar with hobnailed boots on...
Tipping is not expected
You can if you want too but only for good service . As it should be!
@@infin8ee ......You shouldn't have to pay more for good work ethics. Tipping culture is terrible and we do not want it in Australia. All my family have exceptional work ethics, and become team leaders even if they don't really want to, yet they don't expect to be paid more for having something that everyone should have, which is good work ethics. I raised my family to be professional in everything they do, and to have good work ethics.
Keep the change is common when paying cash
@@dethvyper3136 I think it’s more like… you tip when people go above and beyond, not just when the service is good. Even then, you don’t HAVE to tip and the amount of Australians employed anywhere expecting a tip ever would be negligible, but that’s when you’d be most likely to receive one. Writing it into law, creating a culture where tipping is expected though is a surefire way to see wages reduced in the long term. No thank you.
By the time we go to bed at night, all power points (except the fridge) have been turned off. TV, electric recliner etc. We turn off the washing machine after the last load of the day, the power point for the oven is only turned on when we use the oven. Kettle and toaster only turned on when in use.
We don’t have garbage disposals, we compost for our gardens
We do just W.A for some reason banned them
@@JohnSmith-ci7qo we are allowed to buy them if we want them but not many homes have them. They aren’t a priority even in billionaires homes.
@@lillibitjohnson7293I’m in my first home of three in Australia that doesn’t have one. Grew up with one, installed two others over the years in my home, most recently a few years ago. But back to renting while building. Composting has become more popular so their popularity is down, but they were all the rage 10-25 years ago. WA’s water corporation insists they are banned there, but the legislation they reference for their claim only seems to support a ban for industrial food waste.
Not only do we use Opal cards on public transport in New South Wales, but we also "tap on" with our phones. I think it`s kinda cool. 😎👍
It’s the same in QLD but we have Go cards and at the moment all public transport is $0.50 until February.
@@jencooper3371Sure makes me want a Brisbane holiday!
We "tap on" with our phones in Melbourne too. Yeah it's bloody myki but after 12 years it finally kinda works. Kinda.
@@ndazza On ya, mate!👍
To clarify, the tap on is for credit card payments. I don't think they've set up NFC for opal, but I do love the credit card option so I'm not hunting for a damn card.
Garbage disposal units were common in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s. They have gone out of fashion now but they are still available.
I had one years ago and they are a waste of sink space😅
They haven't just gone out of fashion. They are banned. "Under the Water Services Regulations 2013, food waste disposal units must not be installed on any facility discharging to our wastewater system".
You cannot recycle the water with food in it
@@mindi2050 Only in W.A in Qld for example Brisbane council gives a $200 rebate for installing one.
@@mindi2050 they’re banned in WA 😊 Water Services Regulation 2013 is a WA law 😊 👍
We don't have enough potable water to waste flushing food through a garbage disposal
Raygun isn't a real person. It's actually Chris Lilley as a new character, cleverly promoting his forthcoming TV series.
Where is Raygun???😎
Chris Lilley actually breaks really well!
@@OzzieJayne Ah! That’s the clever bit. He knew it would gain more attention if he didn’t do the expected.
I'm an Aussie who works in hospitality. In regards to tipping it really just depends on the place. My workplace has a tip jar that gets split evenly between all employeers who worked that day including the staff that worked back in the back. Some other places don't like to take tips and some others use the tips they collect to either contribute in funding the buisness or the owner takes it. However, I wouldn't be surprised if many American tourist get "funny looks" form Aussie servers just because the server might think the American may not know they don't have to tip or think it's just a habit they can't break
I preferred it in the 90s when you would tip individuals and not throw it all in a tip jar to be split. It encouraged serving staff to go above and beyond 😉
Using garbage disposal units isn’t good for the environment, they use a lot of water, produce methane, and makes an inbalance in the outlet areas that produces too much nitrogen which causes something etc. I’m not an expert clearly. Our power points have switches for several reasons but it’s mostly safety, our electricity is stronger than yours. (because electricity can arc while you plug something in, using the switch prevents that). Happy arvo Ry
Well said.
@@judithstrachan9399yes
I took my hair straightener to the US with a US adapter, and it didn't heat up to more than luke warm, hence I had fizzy hair for 2 weeks 😅. Also, we have to conserve water due to our weather conditions. I was amazed to see toilet bowls filled to the brim with water, I thought there must have been a blockage 😅😲. As for garbage disposal, no thanks, the noise would put me off, as I can just open a under sink cupboard bin and put my scraps in that, it takes 2 secs 👍🤗
Pretty sure the dog would have attacked the kangaroo first. Kangaroos don't randomly attack dogs.
Rubbish big males will arrack anything
I've lived in a lot of houses through-out my life and even the oldest ones have had half-flush option on the toilet. The ONLY toilet I've ever seen without the option was my great grandfather's dug-out toilet - it had no water, you pooped through a wood seat hole and later removed a tin to use the waste as fertilizer. It was _ancient_ and we kids were never allowed to use it. XD
You can tip, but it's VERY rare that people do so because it's not necessary, and really I've only seen tipping in actual dinner restaurants, not at cafes or the like. Usually only if there was a big group that spent a few hours in the place.
Drives me crazy to go cook some toast and find the switch turned off (Mum does it all the time) but the kettle is never turned off (my bros use that 24/7 XD ).
I have an old house and I save water too, by putting in a brick in the cistern ... works like a charm.
😂
I can remember as a 5 year old sitting on our dunny on a station (very very big farm if you don't know what a station is) listening to the sand goannas down below - not good!
Ours was watching out for the snakes, Mum insisted on having a garden right up to the dunnie.
A few reasons why outlets have a switch:
1) Safety so power isn't running while plugging in (sometimes they spark when being plugged in)
15% power is still running to outlet if nothing is plugged in.
Saves power bill.
3) turn off when not in use so avoid overheating appliance without having to unplug.
We have 240v going through power points. I suppose it's turn off or natural selection.
Thanks
Tipping depends on the circumstances. Often in cafes, you pay at the counter when you order, so the only interaction after that is the handover or delivery of food, and perhaps the removal of plates and utensils.
In a restaurant, it may be more common to tip, especially if there is a large group at the table, and all the orders arrived promptly, correctly and with pleasant interaction with the waitstaff.
No we don't tip
@@julianskinner3697
I do tip occasionally.
Ryan, just letting you know the woman commenting on the snake is a British migrant. I’m just informing you of this so that you can tell the difference between English and Australian accents. It is a little harder to pick up on the Kiwi accent, but once you have your ear attuned you will hear the difference.
garbage disposals pollute and waste water a lot of countries wont use them . We have a council run system where households separate their green waste and food scraps into a seperate bin so instead of going into landfill the council collects it and turns it into compost for use on public parks, gardens, sporting fileds etc. In places were that service isnt available some people will do it themselves and turn it into compost for their own gardens. The local council in my area supplies every household with biodegradable bags, kitchen tidy bins and a green, yellow and red wheelie bin so seperating green waste, recyclable materials like glass, cardboard, plastic etc from landfill garbage isnt that hard to do,. It also helps the council because they are are not filling up their landfill sites as quickly, once the recyclable materials and green waste have been removed whats left is only a fraction of what was being sent to be buried..
we have switches on a power points because we run a different voltage on our electrical equipment to USA
You can tip if you want to, it's just done differently, most places will have a tip jar at the register and people will offload their loose change (or 'shrapnel'), or throw in a note if they want to show their appreciation, and it gets shared among the staff.
8:30 Huntsmen mosh pit.
HAHA Ryan, the last clip with the 'relatable' looking town is Cooma, in NSW, right near the Snowy Mountains.
I have never seen a toilet with only one button. Not in restaurants, shopping centres or in office building. I was taught that half flush is for urine, full flush is for doodoos
They were invented in 1980 so lots of us middle aged people have. 40 odd years is a good lifespan for a toilet so there’s very few around now. The last time I saw one it was an overhead cistern with a cord to flush in a very old home. Before that the last time was *everywhere in the 80’s and early to mid 90’s*.
@@peter65zzfdfh ah, I was late to the party being born in 87. I will never know what it was like to be forced to make the most important choice ever:
Try to save water by using the half flush, but you might clog the toilet if doing a number 2
Not clogging the toilet by using full flush, but also using a lot more water....
Maybe I just need to dig a poop hole in the bush past the back fence for number 2s lol
I am an Australian retired electrician. I would never plug anything into an outlet or unplugging anything without turning the switch off first. That is despite the fact that the power circuits are protected with safety switches. The nominal voltage here is 240 Volts. Twice your voltage but half the current so smaller wire sizes.
Some restaurants owners don’t allow tipping to prevent envy amongst the staff.
As an Aussie raygun just humiliated Australia,bit was so embarrassing for us.
I didn't watch much of the Olympics, but still managed to overload on Cringe. Only watched three seconds. Good grief.
I feel like it’s funny talking to other Australians about Raygun but on an international level… Yeah, not quite as funny, just embarrassing. And a shame given there are some amazing dancers who missed out on the opportunity of a lifetime. The way olympic qualifiers work is just… I don’t know, it’s just crazy that the “olympic” level for some sport can be relatively low because of existing loopholes-that thankfully MOST people don’t exploit.
I hope the world knows we're not impressed. You're right there are a lot of people who are fantastic dancers who deserved the opportunity more than her.
6:16 All new toilets have had to be dual flush for decades. I can’t remember seeing one that wasn’t.
When I leave the cafe I work in at night, we always check that all of the appliances are off by just checking the bank of power outlets
5:09 I have that type of power switch.
The middle switch operates the fan and heater while the other switches are normally power outlets.
Tipping is like non existent here, gst (goods and services tax) is included in the price you pay I didn’t know about tipping until I went to America with my school when I was 15 and we had to have lessons to learn how. Sometimes there will be a tip jar near the cashier but not often at all.
I’m a Aussie 🇦🇺, all our power points have the on/off switch, it’s illegal not to have the switch, our power supply is 240volts not the 110v USA has, so if we get zapped at the power point we more than likely will die, Americans will get a shock. But it does mean that we can use electric kettles for boiling water, and from what I’ve seen on fb you Americans don’t really know about electric kettles, your 110v takes forever to boil a kettle so you guys microwave the cup of water. I have a smart kettle so I can turn it on and off with my phone & wifi (Kogan kettle) so in the mornings it’s set to turn on at 6am, it’s great, gotta make sure it’s got water in it the night before. I think it’s law all new buildings, houses everything have to have dual flush toilets. Suburbs on the outer fringe can have kangaroos come in and eat the lawns now that the suburbs are spreading into their territory. We generally don’t tip here in oz, there might be a glass jar to put lose change in which is on the counter top,but I’ve never tipped anywhere and I won’t, it’s not really in our culture. I know somebody that every night they go around the house and turnoff all the switches at the power point, they say it saves money.
Technically you can get outlets that are ‘auto switched’ now. I haven’t seen one actually installed in the wild, but basically they’re off until til the plug is basically fully inserted. Or if the outlet is 10A or less and not readily accessible eg in a ceiling space (though those usually go back to another switch remotely, it appears to not be required.)
You don't tip an individual at a restaurant, but in the times of cash you put extra in the bill and it gets shared evenly to the staff.
its so funny to watch as an aussie, like most of this is so normal for me
Tipping - you may round up to the nearest dollar - leaving the change as a tip or there may be a loose change tip jar at the register where people may toss in their change - usually the silver coins.
Nope, house's aren't cheap anywhere you go!😂
you don't NEED to tip. If you do it's unexpected and appreciated. Have worked hospitality for many years and 1 place every month all tips were shared between all staff members, regularly received between 55 - 75 bucks.
My mates dog was killed by a kangaroo in our local river, the dog started it and the kangaroo finished it.
25 yrs ago, driving through central Queensland, 2 friends and I watched a 10 + metre long snake slide across the road and into the grass.....it was a freaking dinosaur
Most cafes have a tip jar on the bench near the cash register but most people put the coins you get back in your change in there because who wants to carry those about rather than some sort of actual tip.
Many other places like bakeries etc and pubs will have a donation box for a local charity instead.
I love how the old guy walking his dog stops to chat to the kangaroo.
' you fullas from round here?'.
Also with tipping, if there’s a tip jar on the counter you can put your change in it, it’s more of a donation than a percentage
We have electric kettles, plus we use them for to charge phones, tv so so much. We turn the power point off to stop the power being constantly on. Reduce power bill and risk of fire
The benifits to having powerpoint switchews is that you can have something plugged in but not using power. It's also safer for plugging in and removal.
You have your feet in a blender??? 🤣
yeah, thats what I heard too. Now that's a situation where it is more than handy to have switches at the wall outlet :)
Isn't that your kids bedroom? 😮
His blender must be totally different to our blenders - put ya feet in one and you’d loose a few tootsies lol. I’m going to google American blender right now lol
*Nup, all I found for American foot blenders under a desk - were foot massagers and spas 🤔
I couldn’t find blenders at all for under desks 🤷♀️
And if he has, there'll be no break dancing for him afterwards!!
@@Masque54
Stop it😂 you made me ‘tummy hurt laugh’
😂😂😂 😂😂
As an Aussie, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a working toilet that can’t half flush in person 😅
Every toilet is like that here in Australia.
We use switches on power points all the time. It stops power when turned off.
We don’t have waste disposal units in our sinks, where I live food scraps go into the green waster bin along with grass clippings and other garden waste and the council collects it and takes it to a facility that turns it into compost to be used in the city’s parks and gardens. Much better than polluting waterways.
I love your reaction when the girl said Canberra! Priceless and so aware lol 👍
Tipping at high end restaurants - if you really enjoyed your meal a round up to say the nearest $10 or a 10% tip. Some baristas will have a loose change tip jar, too. That's about it for tips, although tipping a pizza delivery driver is also considered good form if you pay cash.
Public transport can use dedicated cards or an NFC compatible device (eg phones and smart watches).
Half flush for P is a great water saving device. They've been here for over 4 decades and standard for about 3. Toilets also hold far less water in the bowl than US ones, so be ready to face that. On the upside at least our cubicles are secure so no one can peek through the sides. Underneath and over is still possible for some toilets with far greater effort, although I think this is in case of emergency stuff. Fully enclosed toilets usually have emergency call buttons for help.
Switches for power points is safer than letting your kids poke a fork in there.
I've told you several times the socket thing is basically all of Europe. And in the 90s when toaster's turned on when plugged in, you could just switch it on when needed. Now the toaster's are online and talk shit to you when using the wrong bread... 😊. But the on off is a crazy important thing that is something you needed for decades.
The half flush toilet was an Australian invention invented in late 1970’s early 1980’s it became popular around the world because of its water saving technology.
They are compulsorily in Australia homes.
Not sure when they became compulsory rather than just popular but NSW isn’t even making them compulsory for places that are being rented out until March 2025 (probably was already required in at least some other states eg QLD for rentals).
It’s probably been nearly impossible to buy one without for 20 years but I think that’s just due to demand. They’ve had to be labeled with water use labels for a long time so just that is a competitive disadvantage if you don’t have dual flush.
@@peter65zzfdfhit was introduced in the same year that we were going through a drought.
DuPont comes to mind.
"That noise" of kangaroos bounding away is even better at night when you can't see them.
Individual on/off switches cuts the power to the cord, for safer removal. The lamp switches are used, but the this is live electricity, so turning the power off before remove the cord is much safer.
I love Huntsman spiders! ❤️❤️❤️🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 They hunt cockroaches!
in Australia anywhere if you are only doing short shifts is 1, either that's what the worker chose or 2, their work is sub par so only get short shifts, good workers are given as many hours as they want!
Not so. My daughter only get 8 to 10 hours / week & she’s one of the hardest workers, gets compliments all the time.
It’s the bosses / regional managers who for some reason prefer paying more people to work fewer hours.
Maybe accounting is cheaper than super?
@@judithstrachan9399because longer shifts get breaks, paid if you work enough hours. Short shifts aren’t the same thing as low hours, low total hours is because they want more staff on roster to handle unexpected or periodic shortages, so unless you demand more hours you will not get them unless they are short staffed. Paperwork in many places is basically automated and no more effort to have multiple staff than one.
The snake is only a python and keeps the rats away. The benefits of switching off the power is that whatever is plugged in isn't live. Also, those items that are on standby mode use electricity. If the switch is off, they can't. Your voltage is 110. Ours is 240 and definitely kills you. Tipping is very rare here and a bit demeaning. Taxis are the only time I may tip is if they have been particularly kind to me (the only time I take them now is to get home from the hospital). People are psid a normal wage - minimum of $24.10 per hour. The person who wrote they need two jobs was saying only if they were part time jobs. If someone world full time they get a reasonable wage. Those kangaroos are used to people. Only males attack and only if in season - the males come into season and not the females. The kangaroos were attacked by dogs and just fought back. These kangaroos are smaller grey kangaroos, not the giant big reds.
Yeah, was thinking it good they were grey kangaroos.
Long speach few facts
Food scraps go in the GREEN home garden waste bin for composting and use on shire garden scaped road median strips, parks and commercial area land scaping. You can also put in dirty or taped stuck cardboard that cannot be recycled and dirty pizza packs, tissues and kitchen roll paper towels and all food scraps or scraped out containers of old food. Emptied either once or twice a week. Also there are change or tip cups on the counter for customers to drop coins in, if wanting to, that is collected and shared between staff.
Living in Kununurra you could get these adorable olive pythons. I would go outside and one would be dangling from the gutter with nextdoor's cat slapping it 😂 they can get very long. Raygun short was hilarious 😂😂😂
All the toilets here have the half flush button because we are a very dry country and suffer terrible droughts so we save water where we can. 😊 benefits from having the power on/off buttons is to save people from getting electrocuted. I’m so terrified to use the power in America because it’s always on. It also saves power. We would never attempt to plug in something with the power switch on. We definitely use these switches. And the tipping thing, no one expects a tip and Aussies don’t tip. We know the waiter is fully paid to serve you. Some restaurants will have a tip jar on the counter because people will drop their change in rather than have a pocket full of coins.😊