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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e-mail twuntsMuch of our technical helpdesk is outsourced to IBM. Due to normal company screw up I was unable to log onto the company network as my password had expired. (Twunts give you 3 days notice and then it expires so if it happens while you are on holiday you are screwed).
So I phone the support line requesting a password reset. They say OK and then there is a pause. So I ask what the new password is. They wont tell me. They are only allowed to send it by e-mail. So I point out that I can't logon to read my e-mail until they tell me the password. At this point they cant follow their noddy scripts and simply tell me to talk to my manager!
This all happened at 2am (I am in IT support on overnight call). So the good news is I get to wake my director just so he can log in and find out my new password. Needless to say he was not amused.
(, Mon 16 May 2005, 11:42, Reply)
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