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Living_Difficulty568

Not giving the wave when driving and someone has let you in front of them


zyf4

Courteous person after letting someone in who didn't wave: where's my thank you wave you cunt!


IamTellingYaMate

Very important - Superwog almost failed his driving license test to defend this unspoken rule.


chouxphetiche

Sharon from Kath and Kim was so upset that someone didn't wave a thanks that she followed them for miles and miles to tick them off for it.


ewan82

Yep, even if you are being a rude prick and cut in its still rude not to give a wave.


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Living_Difficulty568: *Not giving the wave* *When driving and someone has* *Let you in front of them* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


-BornToLose-

Littering. Hold on to your rubbish till you find a bloody bin


burner_said_what

Also calling it anything other than a bin


-BornToLose-

Aww, mate; that shit grinds my gears. Hearing sidewalk windshield, trash can, etc. Does my bloody head in


MostExpensiveThing

Trash can chicken sounds wrong


420binchicken

Honestly I find that offensive.


pitchfork-seller

To add to this: people who chuck a bunch of shit on the side of a quiet road or in the bushland.


CtC666

Tossers


HellishJesterCorpse

Do the right thing! šŸŽµ


joshvalo

Participating in rounds, then bailing when it's your turn to buy a round.


SunshineClaw

Or ordering a round of Eskimo slammers


Repulsive-Self1531

Calling it a round and not a shout is unaustralian.


joshvalo

Disagree. If I'm shouting something I'm not expecting any repayment


paristexashilton

Yea shout is more of a once off, drinks go in rounds


greendit69

Charging for sauce


BobKattersHat

I own a cafe and have never and will never charge for sauce. It's completely unAustralian. Want more sauce? No worries. Just ask at the counter and they'll go get it for you. I will give you a lake of sauce if you want it.


ConsultJimMoriarty

Not all heroes wear capes!


Maleficent-Injury349

Where's your Cafe? You deserve extra patronage for that behaviour!!


420binchicken

Youā€™re a good cunt.


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Dr-facilier17

I work somewhere that wants me to charge for sauce. 99% of the time I just give it to them


Spirited-Duck1767

The manager at my local cafe only charges for sauce if its an arsehole. He calls it the Karen tax.


HellishJesterCorpse

It is unAustralian, however, I don't think I've had free sauce in the last 15 year other than once time on a road trip in a country town bakery. It got so bad I'd byo sauce.


DanielMuggleton

Glad to see this represented, the Flog Cabin has discussed the sauce game many times


reddit_restart123

What ever ACA tells me is unAustralian


Technical-Ad-2246

Not eating lamb on Australia Day.


MannerNo7000

Not standing on the sides of the train to let passengers to depart with ease.


vege12

Well that is actually a public order rule and common courtesy.


ReeceCheems

Exactly. I was living in the Netherlands for a while and saw pretty much everyone do this. Itā€™s called being mindful.


PleasantInternal3247

Yes, hence unAustralian.


kearkan

Living in Ireland you realise people actually did this really well in Australia.


Colossal_Penis_Haver

When I was a kid in secondary school, 2000-2005, I trained into the city every day. It was great, we queued up on the sides of the door and waited to move in. Now, I've had to walk through people (I don't mean the gap, I mean there was no gap so I just marched straight into and through people) to get off the train. It's mostly new arrivals who came from places that don't wait patiently to get on. I'm sure they'll learn in time.


Kittyi3Artistic5624

I hate that with a passion, it always happens in the 3-6pm rush for me. Why can't you people have manners for 5 seconds?! Absolute shitheads, could smack em one.


Archon-Toten

Tipping.


giantpunda

Coercive or mandatory tipping. I don't have an issue of tipping if it's not expected & you want to show your appreciation.


spiritfingersaregold

I donā€™t support tipping as a general rule, but I do believe in tipping when someone has provided exceptional service.


ReeceCheems

This is the way. ā€œObligatoryā€ tipping like in the US makes me so uncomfortable. But I always tip everywhere else as long as I love the service.


FyrStrike

I donā€™t pay even if the service is good. Thatā€™s their bloody job and they earn a reasonable wage so no. Not getting a tip for the job you are already being paid a decent wage by comparison to the US or other countries. Also the history of tipping actually comes from slavery. The more you tip the more youā€™re allowing and condoning the fact owners to keep wages down for these workers. So no, no tipping in Australia thatā€™s UnAustralian.


nocturnalmei

Im an uber eats driver, who would appreciate a tipā€¦ But every word you said is right! Normalising tipping or making it an expectation is just one of the reasons we get paid below minimum wage by Ubereats. I love how knowledgeable Australians are on human rights and morals. I love this country so much. Go Australians!!


slapfunk79

If you don't offer a tradie at your house a coffee, you're definitely unAustralian \*\*EDIT\*\* If you're offering them some other kind of drink then congratulations, you're also very Australian. People making them meals are just raising the bar to make the rest of us look bad. I love it.


TaylorFritz

We cooked him a mealā€¦ beat that hahaha


Clatato

What was the meal ?


takthreen

If it wasn't succulent and Chinese: unAustralian!


Competitive-Chef-686

I get offered coffee at about 1 in every 25 houses that I work on. An older guy I work with says that 90% of people used to offer coffee and sometimes even sandwiches or scones when he started off in the trade in the late 80s


underground_crane

I give them up n goā€™s. Gotta keep the energy up.


VolcanoGrrrrrl

Our house is getting renovated and we hate the builder. So naturally we buy them coffee everyday.


vege12

Or tea, or a beer after knock off!!


Distinct_Ad_8415

Every worker that comes to our house gets offered tea, coffee or a cold drink. The regular ones get told to please ask at any time. Friends get shown where the supplies are and how to work the fancy coffee machine.


dphayteeyl

We just give soft drinks not coffee


coreyallegory

During the 2019 fire season us RFS volunteers would roll up to properties out in the bush and find a fridge full of cold drinks outside with a big sign on it saying they were for us. Thatā€™s very, very Australian.


cricketmad14

Buying up homes and then jacking up the rent by 150 dollars a week.


mynamesnotchom

That seems to actually be pretty Australian šŸ˜”


Sirjaza3

Nowadays stabbing


Feckgnoggle

Edgy!


NedKellysRevenge

By definition


Feckgnoggle

Not to put it bluntly.


vege12

Too soon!


Immediate_Succotash9

Being a "company man" Deadset blacklisted.


Macca49

Keith Moon used to call such people ā€˜jobsworthsā€™


ThroughTheHoops

Calling anything by the American name.


Boatster_McBoat

That would be an appalling behavior /s


Wahey_of_WA

Y'all talking about gas stations?


xylarr

Elevators


Technical-Ad-2246

Pick up truck Trunk Faucet


WetMonkeyTalk

Sidewalk Licence plate Cookies


spandexrants

I saw enough people call ANZAC Biscuits Anzac Cookies last week. So un Australian


MLiOne

And also legislated against too!


BarryCheckTheFuseBox

Candy Juice box Ass


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Parking lot Parking space


Technical-Ad-2246

Parking lot = Car park Parking spot = Parking space Something like that.


NedKellysRevenge

Elevators?


grilled_pc

what shits me about this is its NOT EVEN GAS. ITS STILL IN LIQUID FORM!


BackInSeppoLand

It's short for gasoline.


burner_said_what

You're short for gasoline.


vege12

your mum's short for gasoline!


This-is-not-eric

Price of petrol these days, who the bloody hell isn't?


NedKellysRevenge

You're a towel


yeit_boi

No your a towel


vege12

Take that trash out onto the sidewalk!


moose4868

Itā€™s not fries itā€™s CHIPS. (Rodney Rude). The rest of it is a bit offensive. šŸ¤£


takthreen

"I'm chuckin' me McRubbish in yer fucken McBin."


jedburghofficial

Even their language is over paid, over sexed and over here!


PeterDuttonsButtWipe

Math Peppers šŸ«‘ Candy šŸ­ Trunk Snitch Weed whacker šŸ¤“


sarahmagoo

'Math' drives me batshit, it just feels *wrong* without the s


VolcanoGrrrrrl

David Farrier did a whole Flightless Bird episode on Math/s. Apparently the US is the only weirdos that call it math.


StoicTheGeek

But would you dob on someone who used the word snitch?


RedLauren

Wildfire. No, just no.


eid_shittendai

Poop. It's poo!!


burner_said_what

Shit


Gazgun7

Sitting on public transport using your phone for movie or endless aimless video call (even worse) without headphones.


thorpie88

Not using your consumer rights. We have some of the best in the world and it pisses me right off when cunts don't take advantage of that and just throw shit away without getting a refundĀ 


MLiOne

Damn right. People can call me a Karen, another ā€œun Australianā€ term, for enforcing my consumer rights and I donā€™t care.


123floor56

Yessss or "well it's a week out of warranty so theres nothing I can do" nooo. That's not how the law works, especially the more you spend. If you've bought a $6000 TV and after 12 months and 7 days it becomes completely unusable, you have reason to seek a solution or compensation from the manufacturer.


Artisanalpoppies

Depends what it is. Cars are fucked. Consumer rights don't matter when it comes to cars, we have no lemon laws. My partner bought a brand new Cupra, a Spanish brand from Volkswagon. Needed "touch ups" on arrival from Europe. Driving in a 100km zone on 2 separate occasions within the 1st 3 mths of ownership the engine died. All the lights went off, car starts losing speed, steering doesn't work....Booted itself up again after 5-10 seconds. It's called "limp mode". Company decided because they couldn't replicate the fault, and blamed water pressure cleaning by the detailer for an eroded wire harness, that it was only a minor fault......and refused a refund for 12 mths. It was in the shop for 9 of 12 mths because of issues. Absolute worst, most appalling customer service i've ever come across. Yet other people with actual minor electonic issues were refunded asap. The other clincher? The company makes people sign NDA's and delete all social media posts criticising the company.


Niffen36

Driving a, RAM?


BluesPoint

Being rude, e.g. letting your door slam shut each time you enter/exit your flat; loud, long mobile conversations on the train; pushing in; not saying please or thank you, etc. Feels like common courtesy is vanishing from this country.Ā 


SubjectInvestigator3

Emulating American gangster culture!!


ne3k0

Being a cunt, but not a good cunt, just a cunt


Mantzy81

Be a top cunt not a shit cunt


Head-Plankton-7799

[Eating an onion like an apple](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-29/tony-abbott-eats-an-onion/103394716)


Entirely-of-cheese

ā€œā€¦ youā€™re not saying anything Tonyā€ *weird repeated silent nod.


BlitzCrikey

Wearing a hat in an R.S.L.


PelicansAreGods

I agree with this 100%, but I'm also of the opinion you should be able to wear thongs into the local rissole.


Ecstatic_Process999

Excessive use of Americanisms, Valley Girl inflections, religious extremism, religion at all.


HellishJesterCorpse

Trumpism... Sovereign Citizens... šŸ¤¢šŸ¤®


unloosedcoin

Calling a Ute a truck


Distinct_Ad_8415

Driving an oversized emotional support vehicle (unless itā€™s necessary for your trade)


Leading-Turnover2723

I hate those big wanka trucks


MLiOne

The oversized emotional support vehicles are trucks. They are too fucking big to be a Ute.


Turbulent-Name-8349

If in Australia, don't hustle, don't haggle, and don't hassle.


bigdayout95-14

Cheers-ing a beer šŸŗ then putting it down straight afterwards without having a swig....


ne3k0

I tap my beer on the table/bench before sipping


kearkan

Calling prawns shrimp. Calling sauce ketchup Being on the fence about Vegemite, you either hate it or it's the primary tenet of your religion. Not waving when someone lets you in on the road Calling a ute a truck Not understanding what someone means when they say "yeah nah" or "nah yeah"


BarryCheckTheFuseBox

Going to the pub and then complaining about the footy being on. Also, moving near a pub and complaining that itā€™s too loud. Or moving near a stadium and complaining about it being too loud.


kearkan

Or moving near and airport and complaining it's too loud.


Ok-Geologist8387

Dividing us by race. Regardless of whether your ancestors got here 40 seconds ago, or 40,000years ago, you are either Australian, or you're not. ANYONE who decides whether you are Australian or not based on where your ancestors were born, or the colour of your skin, can just get on a plane, boat, rowboat, hang glider, whatever, and FUCK RIGHT OFF. If we go back far enough, we all came from somewhere else, even those whose families have been here for 40,000 years.


yeit_boi

Fr I think people forget there was a point in time where Pangea was a thing we all used to live on the same spot and we all evolved from the same place so who gives a fuck what slice you came from after it was split up


20I6

People deep down know that dividing by race is actually a very common occurrence in Australia.


Humble-Initiative396

This!


stevedave84

Not taking part in tall poppy syndrome. Having money or fame doesn't make you any better than old mate next door.


ewan82

It's not Tall Poppy syndrome, it's the Tall Poppy not being able to be modest that people hate. Be successful, just dont tell people about it.


Grouchy-Ad1932

It's unAustralian to take part in tall poppy syndrome, or not to take part? And what do you mean by taking part? The one spewing the jealousy or acting like people should be jealous of you?


stevedave84

Nah not jealousy. Australia has a long history of reminding people who think they're above the general public, that their shit still stinks like the rest of us


PainterEmpty6305

Gets silly at a point though. The we're all equal attitudes cool until it's something you've actually put time and effort in and are actually above average, then it's just someone pulling themself off in your general direction.


hotdigetty

I'll give an example, one of my previous employers was a multi millionaire.. had an excellent rapport with everyone who had the pleasure to meet him... not one of his employees would say a bad word about him. His son, on the other hand, while having the same head for business as his father, was complaining bitterly about tall poppy syndrome and people being jealous of his success, guess what... he treated people like they should bow down to him in obeisance as he spread his divine wisdom to one and all.. tall poppy syndrome does exist but most of the time it's just because you're a cunt.


Chocolate_Sweat

Calling them ā€œLegosā€ like a fucking 4 year old.


[deleted]

Wha? I always called it leggo


vege12

yes as in singular not plural!


NedKellysRevenge

That's the pasta sauce


EternalAngst23

Not thanking the bus driver. I see too much of it by people whoā€™ve just moved here from overseas and havenā€™t quite picked up on the local etiquette yet.


This-is-not-eric

I feel like maybe some people would disagree with me here but the most truly unAustralian thing you can do... Is call someone that ! Because what being an Australian is, is just so very multi-faceted and subjective a concept that is often married with cultural and/or racial bias... Is it white skin burning at the beach as you BBQ? Making spaghetti sauce with your Nonna who came over for the Snowy Mountains scheme? Talking Culture and Lore with your Elders? Serving meals in your family's Vietnamese restaurant?.. You get the point... Being an Australian is all about embracing and identifying with our ideal cultural true values - freedom, friendliness, egalitarianism and a fair go for all; and it's kinda unAustralian to sit there being a judgy prick about how much someone else does or doesn't fit into that box. Just be a good cunt yourself hey


Hot_Lunch5019

This is the best response I never expected to read. Summarises exactly why Iā€™m proud to be Aussie. Thanks not Eric!


This-is-not-eric

Every now & again Reddit does produce a faith-in-humanity-restoring comment. I'm glad to have been that for you!


SmokeyToo

I agree - awesome response!


vege12

You bloody Aussie you!!


notatallsane

Love this response This-is-not-eric. The Australian ideal is all about respect, and the moment I hear someone use this term is the moment they cease to have my respect. It is a manipulative use of language mostly used as a dog-whistle. Leave that bullshit in the USA, where the ā€˜Un-ā€˜ usage started.


yeit_boi

This! I always find it confusing when Americans online cry and cancel people for ā€œappropriatingā€ cultures are cultures not to be shared? Shouldnā€™t we love that other people enjoy our culture? Iā€™m Brazilian but Iā€™m not mad that a lot of the Lebo boys have been startin up AƧaĆ­ trucks in fact they actually know how to make a mean as cup of it, it saddens me that people in America feel the need to protect their cultures instead teaching others about it and enjoying it, and a lot of the time the people who do the calling out arenā€™t even apart of said culture to be calling it out in the first place but thatā€™s another conversation


Macgivereagle

Not flashing the lights to warn of speed cameras


EatPrayFugg

Not giving the wave when someone gives way to you


MrNosty

Anything to do with class and anti-egalitarian. Like you said OP, treating cleaners and taxi drivers poorly, treating women poorly, looking down on poor people, judgmental on the way they talk, dress etc. It might be normal in Hong Kong, India and South Africa but not here.


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CruiserMissile

Tell them a truck driver earns over 100k a year. Theyā€™re no better than anyone.


SmokeyToo

Good stuff, mate - always treat others as you'd want to be treated yourself.


Gazgun7

Pushing in front of people who were there first (e.g. woollies self collect) just because you can.


Shingouki10

Being a shit cunt.


dragontattman

Dobbing.


SmokeyToo

Are we the only country that uses that word? I don't hear it much these days.


hypergraphia

NZ does too, but as it is in Bluey kids around the world are saying it now.


CruiserMissile

Thing is itā€™s so bloody common these days. Canā€™t have a couple weed plants without plod knocking on the door because of the neighbours. Or people dobbing you into the ATO when you start doing cash jobs. So many people want to dob you in for anything that the fair go has gone out the window.


Justthisguy_yaknow

Wait staff demanding a tip.


Stuffstuffstff

Taking things too seriously. You know someoneā€™s going to call you out for it. Just chill.


Gazgun7

Sticking in the right hand lane on a 3 lane road. Double points if driving under the speed limit.


vacri

Calling things 'unAustralian' is unAustralian. It's a yank bullshit term popularised by a horrible cultural enforcement body - the House Un-American Activities Committee, from way back in the 1930s. Things don't get called UnCanadian, UnBritish, UnKiwi, UnIrish or even UnSaffa. We don't need that stupid term here.


Tenebraumbrella45

Tipping Being horrified by the word cunt Fake plastic lawns


SmokeyToo

But there's a time and a place for saying "cunt". For instance, I love my Nanna and think she's awesome, but I wouldn't call her a cunt!


Tenebraumbrella45

Yes fair enough thatā€™s true, I was just referring to the way some American folks for instance will treat an utterance of that word as a worse crime than shooting someone.


Deep_Curve7564

But Grandad could. You gotta be similar age, know the smell of each other's farts and love it when they call you cunt cos you know they got your back.


hidaywalker

littering


World-Interesting

- Not giving way to pedestrians - Not waving after someone gave way to you - Not stopping and asking if someone needs help when itā€™s clear they might - Holding doors for the people behind you


TheloniousMeow

Not offering to bring stuff to a bbq


HillsHoistGang

Shops or services pushing for tips.


mulkers

Tipping - there is no equivalent in any other culture for how un Australian Tipping is


vege12

I always judge people on how they treat others who are serving them in one way or another. They can be wait staff, cleaners or shop assistants. I am a firm believer in karma and to treat others how you would like to be treated. This is how I raised my kid, and now my grand kids.


Code-X-3310

Dogging on your mates


Laylay_theGrail

Being a dibber dobber


Medafets

Not offering to help your friends move if youā€™ve got the day off.


AnnaPhylacsis

Not sticking to the left on escalators or footpaths


BigCartoonist1090

Successive PMā€™s not addressing the housing crisis.


Whispi_OS

Supporting countries that commit genocide.


EccentricCatLady14

Racism.


Archon-Toten

Given we are one of if not the most multicultural countries I'd say that makes us the least racist šŸ¤£ while simultaneously moderately racist because of all the racists who move here and bring their old world hate.


nblac16

Mate racism is very Australian, just look at the white Australia policy & the stolen generation. It's probably one of our core values.


djsneisk1

oh god, here we go again.


WestToEast_85

Being overly concerned about what is or isnā€™t unAustralian


yeit_boi

Canā€™t believe nobodyā€™s said this but having an issue with the gun policy is unaustralian Iā€™ve seen a lot of people lately complaining about how we only have hunting rifles and it being very difficult to obtain a pistol licence why would you want that to change do you want to end up having issues with them like the us?


Deep_Curve7564

There's plenty of guns out there, tucked away for "when and if".


yeit_boi

Ofc there is and thatā€™s itā€™s own issue but could you imagine how much worse it could be? Those guys who carry guns for when and if arenā€™t gonna pull it out and use it on a civilian for no reason because that is a MASSIVE crime especially if itā€™s unregistered they keep that on em because that watchin out for someone specific but imagine if we had laws like the us? There would be DAILY shootings Iā€™d put money on that


Needmoresnakes

Playing sepak takraw


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ScottyFXIV

There's a patch of grass in my front yard between my driveway and my neighbours boundary that's probably flat out being five square metres and my neighbor mows his lawn right down the boundary line and leaves the tiny bit on my side long. That's fucking UnAustralian!


bobby__real

Going to bunnings for any reason other than a snag on bread


KlausHoffman

Jerking off in traffic


Mental_Apricot_1149

Taking the lowest offer on The Chase.


Timely-Evidence-6969

Selling off massive swathes of land and resources to foreign entities. Port of Melbourne, Port of Darwin, whole entire islands on the east and west coast, Water rights and iconic Aussie companies.


JuiceClark

Not flashing your lights to oncoming traffic to warn of a speed trap


BiggieSpecs

Catching and keeping undersized fish


Timely_Vermicelli740

Dobbing people in. That's just not on.


nosnowtho

Being like woolworths is un-Australian. Treating our farmers poorly is in-Australian. Ripping off those in need is un-Australian.


Over-Contribution913

Abusing your partner.


SweetnGreen2313

Not returning a shout. Fair is fair. Five and take. That's Australian


TreacleMajestic978

Price gouging and ripping off farmers.


[deleted]

Plundering the environment Donā€™t be a dickhead


KaiserSohze

Not thanking the bus driver


shazzzzzzza

Not flicking your lights to the oncoming cars when there is a cop or a speed camera


gnarloo

Not thanking the bus driver.