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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I was once asked for ID to cash a Giroand had none, so was told, sorry, no ID, no money. Madam. Yes, I am sure you have cashed your Giro without ID every fortnight for three months, but the rule from today onwards is that ID is necessary.
So I went to the library and used the Giro to open a membership, then took the library card over to the Post Office to use as ID, where it wasn't even asked for. Bastards.
Anoyher time I was asked for ID and had none, so I went outside, borrowed a ballpen, wrote my name inside my shoulder bag, went back in, chose a different clerk and this time offered the bag as proof of ID and was paid up.
This was probably evidence less of jobsworthiness than of a policy to harass benefit scroungers. They were still bastards.
(, Mon 16 May 2005, 19:04, Reply)
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