The Jobsworth Thread

[Barman]

Gardener must use warning signs

A pensioner has been told she must stop tending a public flower bed unless she agrees to wear a fluorescent jacket, put up warning signs and use a lookout.

June Turnbull, 79, of Urchfront near Devizes, has nurtured the blooms on the plot for eight years.

But now she is being told to obey health and safety rules after being spotted by a county council official.

Mrs Turnbull said: "They can send me to jail if they like - I just want to be left alone to do it."

Peter Hanson, from Wiltshire County Council, said: "We require that people undertaking this type of work follow the same safety procedures as our own staff.

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[Nick]

Perhaps she could wear a special hat instead. Like Carmen Miranda

[Darwins Selection]

Carmen Miranda

[Landlady]

Gardener must use warning signs

A pensioner has been told she must stop tending a public flower bed unless she agrees to wear a fluorescent jacket, put up warning signs and use a lookout.

June Turnbull, 79, of Urchfront near Devizes, has nurtured the blooms on the plot for eight years.

But now she is being told to obey health and safety rules after being spotted by a county council official.

Mrs Turnbull said: "They can send me to jail if they like - I just want to be left alone to do it."

Peter Hanson, from Wiltshire County Council, said: "We require that people undertaking this type of work follow the same safety procedures as our own staff.

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Patronising supercilious toffee from a load of Council barstewards
How dare they!

[Snoopy]

They dare because for all the moaning and groaning about them they know that they will still get re-elected next time round. It takes more than talk to get rid of them and the vast majority "can't be bothered to vote".