‘What is the most heinous example of someone being a jobsworth you have witnessed?’ – 21 people who were super petty at work

12.

‘A previous coworker of mine refusing to leave the bar to get a defibrillator for a customer dying of a heart attack. And then she later had a go at me for getting my phone out to call the ambulance because I shouldn’t have had my phone on me. I mean, people left the bar to get lemons so I’m pretty sure it’s okay to leave to get a defibrillator.’
–RaspberryJammm

13.

‘A work site upped their security clearance (nothing fancy, just now had an ‘approved’ list) and the jumped up specimen on reception decided that because my name was wrong on the list by a mistaken additional letter (think Peter/Perter or Amanda/Amanida) I was therefore denied entry.

It wasn’t that she didn’t recognise me (from four years visiting I’d hope not), it was that I didn’t have ID in the incorrect name which she thought was my actual but weirdly spelt birth name. She delighted in having this power to turn me away. She was a real ‘computer says no’ idiot, like ‘nothing I can do, just doing my job!’. Completely blanked me when the mistake was rectified and wouldn’t acknowledge that mistakes happen.’
–NecktieNomad

14.

‘Back in the day when Sainsburys would let you enter how many of your own bags you had used and award one nectar point (worth 0.5p) for each bag I entered that I had used two bags when i had in fact used one.

I was stopped and warned by the bloke monitoring the tills and warned not to do it again. At first I thought he was joking. He wasn’t. Still the most petty thing I’ve ever encountered. 0.5p ‘stolen’.’
–Subject-Motor-5652

15.

‘In 2008 (way before parking apps) a security guard at a car park tried to fine me for taking thirty seconds to get out of my car before getting a pay and display ticket.’
–TranslatorCritical11

16.

‘When I was 15, I wanted to buy an alternative magazine that featured my favourite musician at the time. Was a broke teenager so saved up to buy it, went to WH Smith’s and the woman at the till asked me for ID. I said ‘It’s not an age rated magazine’, she took it off me, flicked through it and because it had alt, tattooed people in etc she said ‘I wouldn’t want my daughter buying this’ and still refused to sell it to me. I went back to where I got the magazine, stood there reading the parts with my favourite musician in, put the magazine back and walked out.’
–TheHeianPrincess

17.

‘I work in healthcare and grabbed a piece of lined paper (that we usually use to write in the patient’s notes) to scribble down my handover onto. A senior nurse snatched the paper from me as I was walking across the ward and said that we shouldn’t use the lined paper for our handovers because it costs the NHS more.’
–Civil-Koala-8899

18.

‘Back when you signed paper receipts when paying by card, a friend hadn’t signed their card so the cashier wouldn’t accept it. He signed it there and then in front of her and she then performatively compared it to the receipt that he’d also just signed in front of her. Duh.’
–Ok_Advantage_8153

19.

‘I was asked for ID in Hugo Boss in Cheshire oaks, I was buying a suit and some shoes for a last minute invite after I found I was far too fat for my tailored one. The lad behind the counter wanted ID even though I was paying with my own card via the pin.

Then he said how do we know you haven’t stolen the card, I responded how would I know the pin. Then he went one stage further and tried to take my bank card off me. Which is theft in itself.’
–PandaPrimary3421

20.

‘Local Co-op staff in the village, think they work in the most specialised role on the planet, kitted out with their little headsets, bless them.’
–messsssprit

21.

‘The cashier refusing to let me leave Tesco because I forgot to pay 20p for the extra bag that I needed after I had finished and paid. She threatened to call security if I didn’t go back to the self-service and pay 20p for the extra bag.

I’ve just spent £70, including three bags already, and you’re really going to call security, so you can earn a corporation that doesn’t give a shit about you, another 20p? Get a fucking life!’
–0nce-Was-N0t

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