Jobsworth
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Taken from the line "It's more than my job's worth ... ", a jobsworth is a person who uses their job description in a deliberately obstructive way.
Coined in the UK, possibly in the song of the same name by Jeremy Taylor, the term is most often applied to public service low-level officials, who have little authority, and so the 'jobsworth' response gives them the only power they are likely to get.
The true jobsworth is one who knows the rules backwards, knows that there is flexibility and chooses not to use it.
It's important to distinguish them from someone who really has no flexibility and really would lose their job.
For example, the man at the ticket barrier who applies the 'no passengers allowed to board from one minute before departure' rule, when the driver is still nowhere to be found, is a true jobsworth. The bus driver who refuses to let a passenger off in the middle lane at traffic lights, however, is not - there is a real safety issue; the driver would lose their job (and probably their licence).
Jobsworth is defined by attitude, not the real or potential risk to continued employment.
That's Life!, Esther Rantzen's UK television program featured a 'jobsworth of the week'; the behaviour appears to be a predominantly male trait, perhaps a result of resentment at lack of real authority in the traditional male. Rantzen is often mistakenly credited with the creation of the word by people who are unaware of the Jeremy Taylor song, though Rantzen has always given credit to Taylor for coining the term.
Connection with professional musicians
Professional musicians, especially when performing in venues such as town halls, have frequent encounters with surly and uncooperative staff. George Melly, journalist and jazz musician, gave a working definition of the term during a short talk piece on BBC-2 TV in the mid-1970's. The term was probably current among musicians for some time before that. Hence Jeremy Taylor's song celebrated a piece of musical vernacular.