US expat’s shock at 30c charge in Australian KFC restaurants

Florida woman Kaymie Wuerfel shared her “shock” at finding out you have to pay for an item at KFC in Australia that is free in the States.

After claiming Macca’s is better in Australia, a US woman who now lives in Sydney has shared a major difference between KFC here and back home.

Kaymie Wuerfel, originally from Florida, has gained more than 133,000 TikTok followers pointing out the “culture shocks” she’s uncovered the two countries – revealing our fast-food is very different.

The 23-year-old shared a video outlining her disbelief at discovering KFC charges customers 30c for a sachet of sauce, stating in the States the condiment is free.

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Kaymie discovering KFC Australia charges for BBQ sauce. Picture: TikTok/@kayywuerf

She was shocked when she was asked to pay 30c. Picture: TikTok/@kayywuerf

In the clip titled, “more culture shocks moving to Australia”, Kaymie said she uncovered the charge when asking for some BBQ sauce to be thrown in after completing her order.

When the cashier asked for 30c, Kaymie said she was confused.

“I have to pay for sauce?” she asked, something the KFC employee nodded to confirm.

Many commenters were equally as surprised, with some stating sauce should always be free.

“Sauce used to be free at KFC,” one said.

“The sauce thing still gets me,” another American living Down Under replied.

“If someone told me to pay for BBQ sauce I’d have laughed and walked away,” someone else stated.

Some Americans who had viewed the clip said they had to pay for sauce at some places in the US, but none specified whether it was KFC or independent takeaways.

Another thing Kaymie talked about was the difference in how we transfer money to friends, with bank transfers not being offered to Americans.

She explained the only way to digitally give friends cash you owed them was via third party apps such as Venmo – a fact that blew up in the comments section.

“Wait, you can’t just transfers from your bank to someone else’s?” one person asked.

“In the US, wire transfers cost between $10-$35 so if you are transferring $5, it isn’t worth it,” someone explained.

She remarked that in the US, sauce was free at KFC. Picture: TikTok/@kayywuerf

She also found our petrol buying process to be vastly different. Picture: TikTok/@kayywuerf

As well as this, Kaymie said buying petrol is done differently in Australia, stating you have to pay upfront before you’re allowed to fill your tank in the States.

Describing a situation where she’d pulled up to a servo and was unable to find the card reader on the machine, Kaymie said she couldn’t believe it when she was told to fill up and then head inside to pay.

It’s not the first time an expat has made this discovery, with a female baseball coach who moved to Australia to work for the Sydney Blue Sox sharing her awkward encounter at a Caltext servo last year.

“I literally stood in line to pay for my gas first and this lady thought I was insane,” she wrote on her video.

A US woman who recently moved to Sydney made an ‘insane’ mistake at an Australian petrol station. Picture: TikTok/RachelBalkovec

The woman behind the counter can be seen explaining to Rachel that she needed to go outside and “pick up the petrol pump” where she can fill her car first before making any payment.

But this shocked Rachel, who couldn’t believe you don’t have to make payment first before receiving the fuel.

“Apparently in Australia they actually trust people to pump their gas *FIRST*,” she wrote along with three mind blown emojis.

Kaymie recently went viral after making a bold claim in a separate video that Macca’s was better in Australia because the “food quality” was higher.

News.com.au has contacted KFC Australia.

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