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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In response to VampireMonkeyOnSpeed's post below...I used to be a Jobsworth sales assistant, and refuse Scottish as well as foreign currency, and for good reason. Scottish notes are not legal tender (even in Scotland), only Bank of England notes are. As a side note, the only legal tender in Scotland is technically the £1 and £2 coins, although there have been historical exceptions to this. In Scotland, Bank of England notes are only an accepted form of currency in the same way Credit/Debit cards are.
As a side side note, legal tender does not mean that the given form of payment "must" be accepted, but rather "should". An assistant can still refuse to accept the tender if he is uncertain.
Normally there would be no problem, but in busy shopping districts there can be major problems with forgeries since some twunts realise that there are stupid sales assistants that don't know how to recognise real Scottish banknotes.
Now when I was serving a stuck up prat who whittered on about how I had to accept their form of payment because it was "legal tender", I explained to them that their money was only an accepted form of currency and promptly showed him the door, and then the nearest bank where he could get proper money.
On the other hand, if the customer was courteous and polite throughout the transaction, and tried to pay with Bank of Scotland notes I would, of course, accept.
(, Sun 15 May 2005, 10:25, Reply)
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