A young Australian was shocked by a new trend seeing Gen Z turn their backs on bars, clubs and pubs in favour of more relaxed and intimate hangouts.
The woman shared footage of a Yo-Chi frozen yoghurt shop in Coogee, in Sydney‘s eastern suburbs, showing the store filled with young adults on a Saturday night.
‘What’s up with Gen Z?’ she questioned.
‘It’s Saturday night. They don’t go to clubs anymore.
‘They go to Yo-Chi – no more parties, no more clubs, just fro-yo.’
Footage showed the tables packed with customers while a queue had formed at the counter as young men and women tucked into their frozen yoghurt.
Several commenters claimed the swap from partying to quieter catch-ups was due to young Aussies wanting deeper connections, with both friends and romantic partners.
‘It’s a reversion back to the 1950s when people used to meet at milk bars. As long as young kids are meeting in real life, it shouldn’t be a huge problem,’ one said.
A young Australian noticed more Gen Z Aussies are ditching clubs and pubs in favour or smaller hang outs, like getting frozen yoghurt
‘It’s an improvement over those stupid dating apps. So impersonal. This is people meeting in person again, so it’s an improvement,’ another wrote.
‘Because you can’t find a good partner at a nightclub,’ another said.
Others said the shift was due to tighter budgets or a want to avoid drugs and excessive drinking.
‘I don’t think a lot of people can afford it, one beer is like $12.50,’ one wrote.
‘Much better than doing drugs at clubs,’ another said.
‘Yep, it costs a fortune to go out and they are skint,’ another wrote.
However, some commenters labelled the trend ‘boring’.
‘Woke little weirdos,’ one said.
The woman passed a Yo-Chi frozen yoghurt shop on a Saturday night and was shocked to see it filled with young people
‘What happened to parties at friends’ houses. Or just going to the pub?’ another wrote.
The admission comes just days after Gen Z was accused of killing office Christmas parties.
A study in the UK recently found 21 per cent of work Christmas parties were planning to go alcohol-free this year.
The statistic was up from 19 per cent in the 2023 festive season.
Instead of booze, bosses opted to serve up artisanal sodas and hot chocolate – largely due to the growing number of young people choosing to avoid alcohol.
The study also highlighted several other festive shifts, with young people choosing to go to bed early rather than celebrating, gifting olive oil instead of alcohol and avoiding cheesy mistletoe decorations.
