Not all jobsworths are bad
Whilst stuck in heavy snow on a coach in Slovenia, drinking beer with ginormous Geordies, going nowhere fast due to an avalanche. I asked the tour operator if he minded if I slipped out for a life saving cancer stick otherwise I may faint from withdrawal. He very politely explained to me that it would be unwise to let me out of the coach as I may get smushed by a (non) moving vehicle and it was more than his jobsworth to have a customer die on the first day of the holiday. I begrudingly accepted this as I could see his point, unfortunately my brand new NON smoking geordie buddies wouldn't accept it and en masse informed him that he should 'kindly desist from obstructing their alighting from the conveyance' (at least, I think that is what they said)
To his credit, he stood his ground and tried to argue the point and explain to us why we shouldn't. Fearing for his life he eventually relented and let us out for the required 'fresh air' On arrival to the resort some hours later he was summarily dismissed by the tour operators.

It turns out he wasn't fibbing and the guilt lay heavily on our beer soaked shoulders for almost an hour.

We met him later in the week enjoying a job free week before returning home when he scored us some knockout weed. What a lovely jobsworth he was, he was, what a lovely jobsworth he was.
(Funky Spingers, Fri 13 May 2005, 11:52, Reply)