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I'm an Aussie living in the UK – these British habits are weird

Lottie Casas November 25, 2023

I’m an Aussie living in the UK and these are the weird British habits it’s taken me a year to get used to

  • Amie Elizabeth, 27, from Australia has finally embraced ‘weird’ British quirks
  • READ MORE: Australian woman living in London says they culture is so different 

An Australian influencer living in London has admitted that her gripes about British culture have diminished and she no longer finds our habits weird.

Amie Elizabeth, 27, is a content creator who was initially puzzled by some British quirks, but has now found herself embracing the culture after moving from Australia to the UK.

Known as @amieelizabeth95 on TikTok, the Aussie recently shared a clip to her 10,000 followers titled: ‘One year on and I’m sort of British…if you call it British to have vegemite on toast every morning still’.

She detailed differences in alcohol consumption, queuing culture and how retail staff act on opposite sides of the globe – all things she now sides with Brits on.

Amie started the video: ‘These are British things that I thought were weird when I first moved here but after a year of living in London I find completely normal.

Amie Elizabeth, 27, is a content creator who was initially puzzled by some British quirks, but has now found herself embracing the culture after moving from Australia to the UK

Amie explained: ‘In Australia, pubs aren’t really a thing until like a Friday night maybe, or a Saturday’

‘British people just love to queue and when I first got here I just thought “Why are we waiting in this line for a Subway?”.’

The influencer was also perplexed by the omnipresence of queues in Britain, citing petrol stations as an odd hub for people forming lines but joked that she now ‘happily spends 12 out of 24 hours of her day’ joining them.

Amie was also initially left perplexed after noting that Britons park their cars on both sides of residential streets.

However, she admitted: ‘Now, if I see a parking spot in London, that is mine – I do not care how I have to get into it’.

Another thing that shocked the Aussie expat was British drinking culture. Although she had been warned about it before her big move, nothing could prepare her for the mid-week drinks tradition.

She confessed: ‘It really shocked me that every day after work pubs are just full of people who go for after work drinks’.

Amie explained: ‘In Australia, pubs aren’t really a thing until like a Friday night maybe, or a Saturday’.

‘My company holds after work drinks regularly. Australian companies rarely hold alcohol-related events’, she continued.   

One year on and im sort of british.. if you call it british to have vegemite on toast every morning still #australia #london #AussieInLondon #LivingAbroad

Describing her changed attitude, she joked: ‘Now it’s like 4.30pm and I’m like “Who wants to go to the pub for a drink?”.’

Her final gripe was with British customer service, and Amie assumed that Brits were simply very rude upon her arrival.

‘No one says hi to you when you first walk into a shop, people will literally ignore you,’ she said.

She spoke of an awkward encounter while at a phone shop where she was forced to sit down in silence for 20 minutes while a retail worker was sorting a phone plan for her, tapping on her computer without exchanging a single word with the Aussie.

‘She didn’t even look at me and I was like, “Is this normal?”. This is the most awkward thing I’ve ever done.’ 

But now the influencer is ‘used to it’ and even urged retail staff to carry on as they are, saying: ‘Just do your thing. I don’t want to talk to you in customer service.’

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