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... are different people?Apparently everyone else knew this but me.
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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.
LOL (no, really, I mean it, LOL)
ReplyDeleteBecause I'm old and boring now, I only watch ABC and I thought they didn't program Spicks'n'Specs and Gruen Transfer back to back to give him time to get changed or something.
ReplyDeleteYou're a cheeky bugger.... I miss BOTH of those shows. UK telly 'features' the 'classics' such as Minder, Grand Designs (1990s) and Neighbours. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteNo ABC iView?
ReplyDeleteBlocked. And not for the lack of trying......
ReplyDeleteBloody iView blocking - used to p*** me off in Singapore too. You can't get iView from an international ISP. But there must be some tricky IT shenanigans that can be performed to trick the system - WWDD?? (what would Dan do?)
ReplyDeleteKath you can usually download Gruen from the show's website up to 2 weeks after each show airs. Need to keep your finger on the pulse tho, they take them down after 2 weeks.