Here are some things I observed from today’s polling duties:

• Who would have thought early morning voters actually existed?
• If the next electoral candidate announced a policy on subsidising tracksuit pants, they would win in a landslide.
• It’s disturbing how many voters can not tell the difference between the words "Green" and "White".
• It’s even more disturbing how many voters can not tell the difference between the colours Green and White.
• Some people are really fucking rude. You try to be nice to them and they act as if you’re inconveniencing them by being present at a polling booth. If you don’t like the idea of spending 10-15 minutes to vote, move to America. GTFO of our country.
• The people that live in the Bennelong area have some really difficult names. It’s not the fact that their names consist of several consonants strung together - it’s the fact that they mumble it into their chest or manage to say it in the space of a few milliseconds, and then assume you know how it’s spelt. And then they try to hang shit on you for not getting it the first time. Dude - just do as I asked and give me your fucking license or ID.
• Smiling and saying "thank you" triggers good responses. Do it more often. Except to especially hot chicks, where you say, "Did you Vote 1 for the Shooters Party? Because you’ll be see a shitload of guns afterwards," and then flex those pythons.
• Public servants definitely know how to slack off. Take some tips from them.
• A disturbing amount of people have trouble understanding basic instructions. "Fill in all the boxes on this slip of paper from 1-13 in your order of preference" does not mean "Fill two boxes with 1 and one with 13". It doesn’t mean "tick the ones you like". And Jesus, at least put something down. By submitting blank vote, putting 1’s in all the fields, drawing a cock etc. you’re saying that you could care less about this country and that you’d be happy to have your rights to freedom of speech and freedom of choice revoked, and that you’d rather live in a country that gets elected by sending mobs of child soldiers to assassinate the opposition.
• Counting votes is mind numbing work after about 10.5 hours of doing pretty much shit all.
• Organising those Senate papers is a bitch.

Okay, that’s about all I needed to get out of me.

I would still suggest that you try it out if you get the chance.