Some people...
..because of their total dedication
to their career..
...have added 'Extra Value' to their
roles within Society.
They've learnt all the 'Rules & Regulations'
associated with their particular job.....
....and apply them all with great rigidity...
...never ever swaying from
the 'Letter of the Law'.....
.....and getting a great feeling of
prestige and power....
....bestowed upon them in the process.
But only..
...whilst at work.
They can wreak their vengence on innocent
members of the public....
....just by carrying out their 'job description' ....
....in exact detail.
Following a crash... a man was being
put into an ambulance...
...with a broken leg..
....he was presented with a £100 [$182USD] Ticket
for his lack of driving skills.
Likewise a man in Lancashire, UK who collapsed
and died from a heart attack
in the cab of his lorry..
..was given a £60 [$109USD] ticket
Another man who returned from a holiday
in Australia
found that double yellow lines
had been painted up to his parked car...
.... and he had received a £80 parking fine.
Another man stopped his car in order to
re-attach his false leg.....
...and although the car displayed
a disabled sticker
..he still received a £50 [$91USD]
parking penalty.
Such dilegence and attention to detail!
Another man, parked on double yellow lines,
was given a £40 [$72USD] ticket as
he tended to his wife who was
having a heart attack......
A hearse also received a ticket
when it parked outside a house where it was
collecting a coffin in Kent, UK.
As a variation from traffic wardens,
wheel clampers have to be somewhere near
the top of the same 'list' of powerful officials.
One company even demanded a woman motorist's
gold tooth as payment....
.... because she wasn’t able to pay
the release fee immediately.
The BBC was also famous for
a particular Security Officer......
....who was on duty at Broadcasting House
when King Haakon of Norway
appeared at the security desk..
(I know him well....spendid chap)
The King gave his name and told him
that he was due to participate
in a programme in studio 6.
The Security Officer went to ring the studio...
A moment later he put his hand over the phone
and called out,
"Excuse me, Sir,
where was it you said you was King of?"
Even Agatha Christie wasn't immune
from the power of officialdom.
When she attended
a Foyles literary luncheon.
The doorman asked her
for her invitation.....
...and refused to admit her
when she couldn’t produce it.
She didn't make any fuss..
.. but just went home.
I would have loved to have seen
the resulting panic..
.. as the literati looked around for
their 'guest of honour'.
Tallyho!
What fun have you managed to extract from your dull existence by being a 'jobsworth'?
Best Wishes - Lord Noel & Lady Jacqueline
Dress With Finesse
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