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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Love and HateFirst job out of University, Australian Department of Defence, 1979. I needed to get a writing pad, some pens, stuff like that. Off to the stationary supply area. Guy behind the counter - must have been just off the boat from Liverpool by his accent - had a pair of tattoos on his knuckles - "Love" and "Hate". Honest to God, I am telling the truth.
After telling him what I needed, he told me "Ye canna git anyfing wie out a req form!"
Of course - they introduced the dreaded stationary requisition form earlier that week.
"Well, can I get a req form to fill out?"
He ponders this for a while, then replied "Ye canna git anyfing wie out a req form!"
The discussion degenerated quickly from there.
(, Thu 12 May 2005, 18:29, Reply)
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