He’s such a fucking jobsworth cop
Keir Starmer's spokesman asked about author Sally Rooney's plans to donate her royalties to Palestine Action, says that supporting the group is a terrorist offence and "obviously the police will implement the law"
August 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
He’s such a fucking jobsworth cop
Beautiful, until a jobsworth from the council sprays weedkiller on it. Councils could do a huge amount to save the bees by not constantly mowing places that could be left wild.
June 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Beautiful, until a jobsworth from the council sprays weedkiller on it. Councils could do a huge amount to save the bees by not constantly mowing places that could be left wild.
Hancock's Half Hour (9th December 1957). Dick Emery guests as a jobsworth postman.
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Hancock's Half Hour (9th December 1957). Dick Emery guests as a jobsworth postman.
The technical area discussion is such bollocks. It’s the most jobsworth thing in football discourse
September 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
The technical area discussion is such bollocks. It’s the most jobsworth thing in football discourse
Yes, so glad he wasn't a jobsworth.
September 27, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Yes, so glad he wasn't a jobsworth.
why can't I just tag as either sex or nudity. why does some yankee jobsworth have to call my art a "sexually suggestive cartoon". why is that some other category that you can't say you're fine with seeing. piss offffff
September 21, 2026 at 4:41 AM
why can't I just tag as either sex or nudity. why does some yankee jobsworth have to call my art a "sexually suggestive cartoon". why is that some other category that you can't say you're fine with seeing. piss offffff
it's properly jobsworth nonsense
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
it's properly jobsworth nonsense
What if instead of affording to be able eat you swapped that for being bullied by a jobsworth instead?
June 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
What if instead of affording to be able eat you swapped that for being bullied by a jobsworth instead?
You will not believe how minor this administrative error was until you read the piece… Jobsworth of the Year stuff
Border blunder: French pupils denied entry to the UK by British officials due to a trivial post-Brexit form error.
500-mile trip wasted, tourism lost, and goodwill gone. Sad for those kids and so frustrating. Is this really what the UK voted for?
500-mile trip wasted, tourism lost, and goodwill gone. Sad for those kids and so frustrating. Is this really what the UK voted for?
Brexit strikes French school trip, blocking them from UK
A minor paperwork error left 100 French schoolchildren stranded, highlighting Brexit’s costly impact on UK tourism
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 10:26 AM
You will not believe how minor this administrative error was until you read the piece… Jobsworth of the Year stuff
Lashing down in Casablanca. Some jobsworth tried to confiscate my umbrella. “Monsieur. Je suis journaliste britannique. Pour moi, un parapluie est très important.”
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Lashing down in Casablanca. Some jobsworth tried to confiscate my umbrella. “Monsieur. Je suis journaliste britannique. Pour moi, un parapluie est très important.”
Did your local council win Jobsworth of the Year, the Hand in the Till Award, or in the Northing to See Here category at the Rotten Boroughs Awards 2024?
➡️ Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
➡️ Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
January 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Did your local council win Jobsworth of the Year, the Hand in the Till Award, or in the Northing to See Here category at the Rotten Boroughs Awards 2024?
➡️ Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
➡️ Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
Seriously, nobody likes a grass or a jobsworth and we should be (correctly) framing people who enforce oppressive rules that way more often.
I turn blind eyes to illegal shit in public toilets most times I go out, "forthcoming rules" fuck offfffff
Public should heed forthcoming rules on single-sex spaces, says UK equalities chief
December 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Seriously, nobody likes a grass or a jobsworth and we should be (correctly) framing people who enforce oppressive rules that way more often.
Words from the UK I totally miss: Flummoxed, palaver, fortnight, knackered, chuffed, gormless, jumper, anorak, prat, gumption, bollocks, cack-handed, wellies, rubbish, faff, fiddly, gherkin, jobsworth, kerfuffle, minger, nonce, pear-shaped, twee, whinge
March 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Words from the UK I totally miss: Flummoxed, palaver, fortnight, knackered, chuffed, gormless, jumper, anorak, prat, gumption, bollocks, cack-handed, wellies, rubbish, faff, fiddly, gherkin, jobsworth, kerfuffle, minger, nonce, pear-shaped, twee, whinge
I think this form of strict adherence in furtherance of her own uselessness is called being a "jobsworth" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobsworth
Jobsworth - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I think this form of strict adherence in furtherance of her own uselessness is called being a "jobsworth" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobsworth
Prick is wearing an "I am exempt from wearing a mask" lanyard.
Jobsworth
Jobsworth
April 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Prick is wearing an "I am exempt from wearing a mask" lanyard.
Jobsworth
Jobsworth
The power of St Jobsworth!
January 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The power of St Jobsworth!
“Jobsworth” is a fun new word for my personal vocabulary though
August 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Jobsworth” is a fun new word for my personal vocabulary though
Before EES began they were complaining that they had to queue for ages so that a jobsworth bureaucrat could stamp their passport
Now it’s a machine they are railing against
The same wailing into the void
Controlling borders properly is time consuming, which is why we don’t bother with ours
Now it’s a machine they are railing against
The same wailing into the void
Controlling borders properly is time consuming, which is why we don’t bother with ours
September 22, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Before EES began they were complaining that they had to queue for ages so that a jobsworth bureaucrat could stamp their passport
Now it’s a machine they are railing against
The same wailing into the void
Controlling borders properly is time consuming, which is why we don’t bother with ours
Now it’s a machine they are railing against
The same wailing into the void
Controlling borders properly is time consuming, which is why we don’t bother with ours
Footlights double act, stars of bbc2 sketch show "Whoops! It's Gorton & Denton" in which one of them does a nasal office jobsworth voice & the other one shouts "BALLS"
apparently the brits are fighting about something called “gorton and denton” today, which i assume is a late-night comedy show that did something controversial. won’t be looking into this
February 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Footlights double act, stars of bbc2 sketch show "Whoops! It's Gorton & Denton" in which one of them does a nasal office jobsworth voice & the other one shouts "BALLS"
Please tell me some jobsworth middle manager hasn't told you that your fabulous outreach on this platform somehow falls outside your job description?? You should be getting a bonus for this account, not a slap on the wrist. FFS. Am properly cross now. eheu
May 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Please tell me some jobsworth middle manager hasn't told you that your fabulous outreach on this platform somehow falls outside your job description?? You should be getting a bonus for this account, not a slap on the wrist. FFS. Am properly cross now. eheu
Whenever I have to deal with an unhelpful administrative "jobsworth" the phrase "beware of the leopard" comes to mind
March 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Whenever I have to deal with an unhelpful administrative "jobsworth" the phrase "beware of the leopard" comes to mind
Once again thinking about the woman who called me a "jobsworth cunt" one Christmas Eve when I wouldn't let her into the shop at 11pm, after we were meant to close at 6. Retail is a special kind of hell.
December 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Once again thinking about the woman who called me a "jobsworth cunt" one Christmas Eve when I wouldn't let her into the shop at 11pm, after we were meant to close at 6. Retail is a special kind of hell.
"wow you're a jobsworth aren't you"
What, for not giving you, a literal stranger, a huge discount on something that's super popular right now? For not believing you that others gave you it?
Yeah I guess not doing stupid shit like that and getting myself fired makes me a "jobsworth" huh
What, for not giving you, a literal stranger, a huge discount on something that's super popular right now? For not believing you that others gave you it?
Yeah I guess not doing stupid shit like that and getting myself fired makes me a "jobsworth" huh
June 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"wow you're a jobsworth aren't you"
What, for not giving you, a literal stranger, a huge discount on something that's super popular right now? For not believing you that others gave you it?
Yeah I guess not doing stupid shit like that and getting myself fired makes me a "jobsworth" huh
What, for not giving you, a literal stranger, a huge discount on something that's super popular right now? For not believing you that others gave you it?
Yeah I guess not doing stupid shit like that and getting myself fired makes me a "jobsworth" huh