A Canadian woman living in Tasmania has revealed the most ‘refreshing’ thing about life in Australia.
Angela, who moved to Launceston a year ago, said that in Australia no one cares about what you do for a living, whereas in North America your job ‘defines you’.
She added that in a year she’s only been asked what her job is ‘three or four times’ whereas it’s the first thing people ask in Canada.
‘Nobody here gives a sh** about what people do for a living. I gotta tell you, that is so refreshing,’ she explained.
‘In North America has gotten to a point where your job denies you,’ she added.
A Canadian woman living in Tasmania has revealed the most ‘refreshing’ thing about life in Australia. Angela, who moved to Launceston a year ago, said that in Australia no one cares about what you do for a living, whereas in North America your job ‘defines you’
Angela, who often shares videos about life in Tasmania to her TikTok page, added: ‘It’s what everybody talks about. When you meet new people, when you go to a social gathering, usually the first question is “what do you do, who do you work for?”
‘You can’t help when you work there to help it define you,’ she added.
She went on that ‘no one give a s***’ about what you do in Tasmania.
‘People don’t define me by what I do for work,’ she said.
‘I get asked about family, I get asked about what I do for fun.
‘What I do for work is an afterthought,’ she added.
‘Australia, you’er doing that right’.
The Tiktoker went on: ‘I don’t know if it’s everywhere, but from what I experienced from mainland and Tasmania, it happens.
‘It’s definitively a win for living here’.
In February, another Canadian expat who has been living in Australia for almost seven years has revealed the five culture shocks that ‘blew her mind’ and why cockroaches are the ‘scariest’ part of living in the country.
Ioana has lived in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales during her time Down Under, and was surprised most by the outrageous rental prices, ‘balanced’ portion sizes and coffee culture.
In a video, the expat detailed how Australia differs to what she’s used to in Montreal.
At the start of her three-year stint in Melbourne, Ioana was shocked when she first saw the rental prices and described Australia’s housing market as ‘crazy unaffordable’.
‘I thought they [the prices] were monthly, um no, they’re weekly,’ she said.
‘The base price in Melbourne is like $500, $600, $700 a week. It’s insane and that blew my mind,’ she continued.
‘I’m from Montreal where sometimes you could get places as low as $600 a month.’
Currently Ioana lives on the Gold Coast and claims rent ‘isn’t much cheaper’ there now compared to Melbourne.
Next, when dining out at a café for brunch she noticed the portion sizes are much smaller and ‘less gross’ compared to the food served in Canada.
‘I actually had reverse culture shock when I went back home a month ago because I had breakfast in Montreal and this is literally what they served me,’ she said, sharing an image of a huge breakfast of eggs, bacon, cheese, beans and toast.
‘I didn’t even get the whole breakfast in the photo, it’s just slathers in sauce and sugar and super disgusting. I also had four pieces of toast in the corner there. No one should be eating that much food.’
To compare, the young expat also included a second photo of an egg bagel she had for breakfast in Australia recently.
‘As you can see, it’s a lot more balanced,’ she said.
She also described as Aussie coffee as ‘some of the best coffee’ she’s ever had.
Next, when dining out at a café for brunch she noticed the portion sizes are much smaller and ‘less gross’ compared to the food served in Canada. ‘I actually had reverse culture shock when I went back home a month ago because I had breakfast in Montreal and this is literally what they served me,’ she said, sharing an image of a huge breakfast of eggs, bacon, cheese, beans and toast (pictured)
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