Education Is Going Down (Under)
I’m opening the store with some coworkers on New Year’s Day. My Coworker is a new hire, originally from Australia.
Me: “Happy New Year!”
Coworker: “Is it? So bloody cold!”
Me: “Oh yeah, it’s normally summer for you guys, isn’t it? What’s an Australian New Year’s like?”
Before he can answer, a customer approaches.
Customer: “Summer for New Year’s? Did you two drink too much last night or something?”
Coworker: “Haha, no. We were just saying that in Australia, where I’m from, New Year’s is in the middle of our summer. Usually, we’d be doing the cliched thing of having a BBQ.”
Customer: “What the h*** are you talking about?! New Year’s is always Jan 1.”
Coworker: “Yeah… and it’s summer in the South.”
Customer: “I’m from The South, and it’s winter in Georgia right now just as it is up here.”
Coworker: “Southern Hemisphere, ma’am.”
Customer: “What’s a hemisphere?”
Coworker: “You know what? Happy New Year! Brrr, sure is cold, isn’t it? Anything I can help you find?”
New Year’s Resolution: Choose your battles!
