Ms. I've started so I'll finish
I was unfortunate enough to work in a JobCentre for 2 years. It wasn't the job itself that was horrible, it was just some of the people I had to work with that made me want to smash things.
One lady I worked with, Francesca, must have done a crash course on "How to piss the customer off as quickly as possible".

Firstly she refused to deal with anyone unless they took a seat in front of her.
"Excuse me?"
"Please take a seat"
"I just wanted to ask..."
"TAKE A SEAT!"
If and when they'd eventually take a seat, they'd have to be very very quiet whilst she said :
"Hello, Sir/Madam, Welcome to *insert name of area* JobCentre, my name is Francesca how may I help you?"
If they dared to interupt her, she'd shout at them "Let me finish!" then start all over again. She'd never shorten it, she'd never skip parts. Always the same long winded and pointless greeting to every poor bastard that walked in that place.
She didn't even get the hint when one irate client took the seat, lifted it above the desk and threatened to smash it over her head.

After she was there for a couple of weeks, clients started refusing to see her. Unfortunately I was the only other person manning the front desks, so I'd end up with a queue of people going out the door whilst Francesca had nobody at all in front of her inspite of her desperately screaching "Please! Take a seat!" at random individuals. Occasionally she'd come out with "I am open!" Not entirely sure how she wanted that offer to be taken, but nobody seemed too keen to find out.

Eventually management got fed up with her, and in true civil service style, promoted her to a back office job where she wouldn't have to deal with clients anymore.

Length? Rather similar to this post - Too bloody long
( BUTT FART is currently addicted to Improbable Island, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 21:07, Reply)