JobsworthsAll over the world there are little people following the rules and being arsey because, let's face it, it's fun.
Tell us about your experiences with petty jobsworths, or, if you are a petty jobsworth, tell us how much you get off on it.
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chthonic, Thu 12 May 2005, 9:53)
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Not many but always someIn the USA, "jobsworths" congregate in goverment and monopoly endeavors, as well religious nightmares like Utah. We just call them c*nts.
So I'm in jeans and deck shoes and I walk up to the Reference Desk in the local library, seeking a State Abstract. The snooty Head Librarian deigns to assist this off-duty and out-of-uniform attorney.
To make conversation, I ask if she likes her job. She snorts and replies that she had to get a four-year degree. Having finished a seven-year program myself, I chuckled. She got all haughty and added that she had to complete an additional two years for her Master's degree.
Tired of her attitude, I then inquired, "Is that where you learned how to file all of the difficult books?" and wandered away, laughing like a madman.
(, Wed 18 May 2005, 18:33, Reply)
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