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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.
There's an interesting debate here
ReplyDeletehttp://www.newscientist.com/blog/lastword/2008/02/who-nose.html
about whether eating bogeys is harmful
Yuck! And is that true?
ReplyDeleteSquib - I can't work out if it's healthy or not. In these cases, I usually go with my own homegrown wisdom: pick it, roll it, flick it. Wipe it if it's sticky.
ReplyDeleteKath - Of course it's true! But yuck? Why? The kid lives in a war-torn desert! He's probably got things up his nose you've never dreamed of ...
True. Like Steven. Or Abdul, considering his location.
ReplyDeleteAnd I should have added that last night we went over to some friends' who had just bashed off the back half of their house for renovations, and the father and eldest son (11, and 'gifted') were busy digging. That is, until Dad stopped to talk to us and the son hid behind the tankstand, doing further nasal digging of his own.
You see? I just read on squib's link that nose-picking is one of the few activities which sees universal involvement from adults. We all do it. All over the world.
ReplyDeleteps. Is the 'gifted' part important to the nose-picking? Or in spite of it?
Eeuw!! (the nose picking, not the pain and bloodshed bit).
ReplyDeleteEven his boogers are spicy...and other Ralph Wiggum nose picking quotes...
ReplyDeleteI love that little guy