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An explanation of The Joy Division Litmus Test
Although it may now be lost in the mysts of thyme, the poll below is still relevant to this blog. In the winter of 2008, Mele and I went to live in Queensland. In order to survive, I bluffed my way into a job at a Coffee Club.
It was quite a reasonable place to work: the hours were regular, the staff were quite nice, it wasn't particularly taxing on my brain.
There were a few downsides: In the six weeks or so that I worked there, there was about a 90% staff turnover (contributed to by my leaving). This wasn't seen as a result of the low pay, the laughability of staff prices or the practice of not distributing tips to staff, rather it was blamed on the lack of work ethic among Bribie Island's youth.
However, one of the stranger aspects of the cultural isolation that touched our lives during our time "up there" was the fact that nobody at my work had heard of the band Joy Division.
The full explanation is available here.
But please, interact a little further and vote in my ongoing poll. The results are slowly mounting up, proving one thing: people read this blog are more well-informed about Joy Division than anyone who works at the Coffee Club on Bribie Island.
It was quite a reasonable place to work: the hours were regular, the staff were quite nice, it wasn't particularly taxing on my brain.
There were a few downsides: In the six weeks or so that I worked there, there was about a 90% staff turnover (contributed to by my leaving). This wasn't seen as a result of the low pay, the laughability of staff prices or the practice of not distributing tips to staff, rather it was blamed on the lack of work ethic among Bribie Island's youth.
However, one of the stranger aspects of the cultural isolation that touched our lives during our time "up there" was the fact that nobody at my work had heard of the band Joy Division.
The full explanation is available here.
But please, interact a little further and vote in my ongoing poll. The results are slowly mounting up, proving one thing: people read this blog are more well-informed about Joy Division than anyone who works at the Coffee Club on Bribie Island.
Excuse #102: I can't go to bed until I finish writing my blog post.
ReplyDeleteTell us about your book there Franzy and I'll tell you about mine.....
ReplyDeleteNice bro, where can I buy a copy? Do you get royalties?
ReplyDeleteWooooo! you made the switch.
ReplyDeleteI just showed your pic/post to my Ma. She thinks I should sue the author for plagiarism, she could never get me to go to bed.
Wow to the new look blog, and double wow for the book! Congratulations. You're in the NLA catalogue already, at http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an000041556171
ReplyDelete327 - That one got edited out, along with "#89 - I sold my bedtime to Satan" (seriously)
ReplyDeleteMilly - The book is pretty self-explanatory. Once I get clearance from the publisher, I'll post a few of my favourite excuses.
Trent - You can buy a copy if you go to primary school and get the scholastic catalogue. That's it.
Nai - Sue away!
Jono - Actually ... I already knew that. I look it up every single day.