Comments on: Further Adventures in City Living, Pt. Eleventy Seven Thousand

By: Dim Reaper

Dim Reaper — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:20:29 +0000

I’m glad to hear you have another word to introduce to your people! In case you are asked for more details, it comes from the petty beauorocrats (SP) arguing with you and pretending that it’s not their fault:

“I’m sorry Miss, but letting you off for parking your car one inch further from the kerb than the legal amount would be more than my job’s worth.”

“Sorry Sir, we stop selling breakfast muffins at 9.30am. It’d be more than my job’s worth to sell you one now it’s 9.31am. It just can’t be done…”

On the subject of uncaring beaurocracy though, at least you all have someone who seems to be honest and decent in charge. We are living 1984 over here right now. Roll on the election.

By: SuperBadGirl

SuperBadGirl — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:11:45 +0000

OK we don’t use the phrase “jobsworth” over here, but I am totally adopting it.

And yes, the whole thing has been very frustrating, but in another way I deeply do not care at all.

By: Dim Reaper

Dim Reaper — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:37:17 +0000

Sorry to hear you’ve had all this hassle and bulls*** SBG. Two things:

1) If you left a plastic dog turd on the seat of your car the SOMEONE will break in to steal it. The streets at night must be full of these people – they probably come up from the sewers or something at 2am.

2) The authorities love nothing more than filling their beaurocracy with jobsworths who will not budge a bloody inch.

It’s the same over here – too many bleeding hearts bending over backwards to defend the rights of a criminal, but if you’re a victim then tough sh**t.

Hope you get this sorted out soon.