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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Special ArrangementI flew over to LA last year - normally an 11-hour flight, but we'd had delays and a stopover, so in total we'd been on the plane for about 18 hours. Arrive at LAX airport, and begin queueing to get through passport control.
The guy in front of me was British, and was staying with friends in LA. When he got to the guy checking passports, he was asked for the address of where he was staying. He could only remember the address of his friends house, but not the ZIP code, but the passport control guy wouldn't accept this and started getting very arsey, which only wound up the British guy more. Cue the passport officer calling over 3 of his mates, and frog-marching the poor guy over to a backroom.......
So much for our special arrangement with the States - apparently it still won't make it easy for us to visit our Staterside chums!!!
(, Thu 12 May 2005, 12:25, Reply)
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