An American residing in Sydney has shared the “weird” rule he’s skilled this Easter weekend that he’d by no means had again house.
TikToker a_summer_abroad, who describes himself as a “Texan living in Australia”, garnered tons of of feedback on Saturday after sharing a video a couple of distinctive set of retail guidelines that gave him a tradition shock.
“Here’s a weird thing about Australia, well at least Sydney, I’m not sure if it’s all Australia,” he started.
“So this country that is super secular, at least compared to the United States – and when I say that, in the US you assume someone is religious unless they say otherwise; Australia it’s the opposite, you assume someone is not religious unless they say otherwise – but anyway.
“This very not religious country. Easter weekend. Sydney – I don’t know if it’s the whole country but at least Sydney – the whole town just shuts at 10 and nothing’s open, other than Maccas and a couple of bottle shops, but every bar has to close at 10.
“And I don’t know if it’s the whole weekend. I hope it’s not, but yeah, everything shutting down at 10 on a Friday is pretty wild.”
He stated within the “super religious US” nothing shut down for a spiritual vacation, describing Christmas as completely different as a result of companies shut as a result of “no one’s gonna come”, not as a result of it was “the law for them to be closed”.
He stated he didn’t perceive “giving everyone a long weekend, and them not being allowed to do anything”.
“Different cultures I guess,” he stated.
Hundreds of individuals commented, with the highest appreciated remark letting him in on the Australian secret that “we are religious about our days off”.
“Long weekends and public holidays are our religion,” one other stated.
“And we eat fish on Good Friday even if we’re not religious,” one other wrote.
“I don’t understand how as a religious nation, the US isn’t behind an Easter long weekend. Australians wouldn’t give these public holidays up for anything!” wrote one other.
One commenter let him in on the reality, that there have been legal guidelines round buying and selling hours on Good Friday, Anzac Day and Christmas Day in most states.
In actuality, NSW has a few of the strictest Good Friday legal guidelines within the nation, prohibiting the sale of takeaway alcohol and limiting licences to 12pm to 10pm.
As for whether or not outlets are allowed to open on Good Friday or Easter Sunday, based on NSW Fair Trading, restricted buying and selling exists to “strike a balance between the rights of workers to spend time off, the opportunity for retail workers to earn additional income, and the expectations of the public”.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
