23 thousand comers: why do people want to be caretakers on an island without the benefits of civilization

The couple from Ireland has already received nearly 23 thousand answers from those wishing to get a summer job in their cafe on the island of Blasket, in the west of Ireland. Writes about this with the BBC.

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Alice Hayes and Billy O'Connor posted a vacancy ad on their social networks and were struck by huge interest from around the world.

The work for two is to live on a sparsely populated island, conduct business in a small cafe and keep track of the three cottages for rent from April to October.

Successful candidates will have to live in very modest conditions for six months away from the noise of big cities.

Employers said that job postings came, in particular, from Iran, Finland, Mexico and Argentina.

“Our email inbox is full and our phones are ringing non-stop. We can't believe it. Last week there was a lot of interest, and in the last few days there has been some kind of madness going on,” said Alice Hayes and Billy O'Connor.

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“We have been overwhelmed with responses to the position,” they wrote on Twitter. “When we published it last year, we were worried that we wouldn’t find anyone. We received 23 thousand responses. If everyone who applied stayed with us for one night, we'd be booked out for the next 30 years!”

Without the benefits of civilization

In 2019, the couple did the same, and Leslie Kehoe and her young man Gordon Bond got a job. They lived and worked on the island from April to October 2019.

Kehoe shared that the serene life on the island became for them “their version of normal life,” despite the absence of many of the benefits of civilization.

For example, instead of showering, they doused themselves with water from a mountain stream. “The fastest shower of your life and definitely the most invigorating,” the girl noted.

“We were the only permanent residents on the island. The rest of the people came for a couple of days, or at most a week,” she added..

According to the couple, life in isolation was a good test of strength for their relationship.

The current vacancy is also open to couples or best friends. As the previous temporary owner of Blasket Island advises, “you need to take with you the person with whom you get along better than anyone else on Earth.”

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