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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FAO Occasional PosterDouble jobsworth bonus here - me for posting this, and our trainer for actually saying it.
I used to work for HSBC and in the induction the trainer asked us "so what do you think HSBC stands for?". Obviously a couple of us who actually read the papers etc smugly answered "Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation". To which our trainer replied "no, it doesn't actually stand for anything".
WTF?! There is a logical explanation somewhere but it was lost in the confusion. I think it did mean that before, but being global nobjocks now they don't want to associate with just a small part of the world. Goons.
Apologies for boringness and pedanticity.
(, Fri 13 May 2005, 20:09, Reply)
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