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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Falkland Islands CoinI knew it would go badly when my mum handed me a pound coin for bus fare and it was a Falkland Islands commemrative one. She hadn't bought it, it had just come her way via circulation. So I get on the bus (Damn citi bus drivers charge 95p instead of 85p now for a child single) and I give the bloke the coin. He gives me my change and a ticket, sorted. 3 steps later I hear "excuse me mate, what's this?", I turn around with a look of horror as he brandishes the coin.
Me: That is a pound coin
Him: No it's not, it's foreign money
Me: Nope, it's a falklands commemerative one
Him: I can't take it
Me: It's got the queens head on, it's legal tender
Him: Then take it to the bank then
Me: I will then
He hands me back the coin, but neglects to take another from me. So I am 5p and one bus ride richer!
(, Thu 12 May 2005, 18:57, Reply)
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