From: neil@gargoyle.apana.org.au (Neil Muspratt)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Brisbane job advertisement
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 04:47:14 GMT
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Ave fellow jokers and degraders.

The Sunday Mail newspaper here in Brisbane has a column called "Good
Mail" wherein amusing but true anecdotes from the past week (many sent
in by members of the public) are presented in brief humourous style
for your reading pleasure. Yesterday's edition included this one:

  THE LOW-DOWN  Unusual approach for a job advert.
  Church of Scientology in Brisbane advertised for
  a public relations person, promising *low pay* and
  challenging work.

I hate stumbling across something like that at the breakfast table. I
almost dropped my Vegemite toast. Fellow Australians will know what a
mess *that* can make.

Anyway, being the attention to detail fanatic I am, I searched through
the employment section from last week's Saturday edition of the paper
and found this in the General Vacancies section, sandwiched between an
advert for a PROCUREMENT OFFICER and one for a REACH FORKLIFT DRIVER:

  PUBLIC RELATIONS  Do you like to
  work in P.R., research or legal?
  Low pay, challenging work, train-
  ing provided. Call Lyn at Church of
  Scientology 3229 8407 9:30-5pm

At least they're honest about the low pay and challenging work, but I
wonder what that there training involves? Hmmm? TR0? TR-L? Time on the
cans? Sec-checks? "Have you ever laughed at the Xenu story?"

Co$.Brisbane might like to keep this notice in mind, which appears
several times in each Courier-Mail employment section:

  NOTICE TO EMPLOYMENT ADVERTISERS

  Misleading employment advertisements cause
  a great deal of unnecessary hardship and
  difficulty to jobseekers. Placing misleading
  employment advertisements is also an offence
  against The Trade Practices and Fair Trading
  Acts. All employment advertisements must contain
  a clear job description. Further advice can be
  obtained from The Australian Competition &
  Consumer Commission by telephoning 3835 4666.

I just want to keep 'em out of trouble. Really.

The job seekers I mean.

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| Neil Muspratt SP3.08                    neil@gargoyle.apana.org.au |
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Of course, being called a liar by the Scientologists, masters of
delusion, deception and dissembling on an order that makes David
Copperfield seem like a mere three-card monte artist, is like being
lectured to on human rights by Pol Pot.

- Daniel Ruth in "The Tampa Tribune", 26 January 1997