Ah, gotta love malicious compliance.
@davidaugust In my career as a Union staffer, I recall we called it "total compliance."
I can neither confirm nor deny any malice...
@Grizzlysgrowls I kinda like “total compliance.” @jwcph just introduced me to "Adverserial Obedience.”
@Grizzlysgrowls @davidaugust In French it's called "grève du zèle", literally "strike of zeal" but normally translated "work-to-rule".
The French border police did it quite effectively a few years ago to show what Brexit would look like. "We'll need to inspect every micron of your passport for signs of tampering; this will take some time"
edit: the photo in this article is quite representative of the result https://www.boursier.com/actualites/economie/greve-des-douaniers-eurostar-deconseille-d-aller-a-londres-41145.html
@davidaugust And now I remember the other term from my Union days (I wasn't an officer, I worked for a living) -- Work to Rule. Means carefully following absolutely every aspect of every rule. Hard to write you up for -obeying- the contract. Upside for the Union, you can expect Management to also follow all the rules... But there are downsides.
@Grizzlysgrowls @davidaugust or to quote ancient British "work to rule".
@focaccio @Grizzlysgrowls I have learned or work-to-rule from the replies here. It’s a strong tactic.
@Grizzlysgrowls makes sense. What would be the downsides for the member?
@Grizzlysgrowls @davidaugust „Dienst nach Vorschrift“ as it's called in German.
@yacc143 @Grizzlysgrowls seems many nations have the concept.
@davidaugust @Grizzlysgrowls the contract might have rules that management usually ignores that are painful if they are applied to the letter.
@yacc143 @Grizzlysgrowls ah yes. So the tactic can easily cut both ways.
@Uilebheist @davidaugust @Grizzlysgrowls I seem to remember that there was the issue that that the additional workload wasn’t going to be compensated by the PAF and no additional staff were going to be made available. Ironically the last time I travelled Eurostar Paris London last September my experience was the opposite with immigration. The PAF were just stamping passports and waving people through but frigging UKBF were asking 20 questions. It was a shitshow.
@waterwatchman @Uilebheist @Grizzlysgrowls many many years ago, having a U.S. passport, I found the border people had a more involved process coming from Paris to London on the Eurostar than they had had coming from London to Paris.
@davidaugust @waterwatchman @Uilebheist @Grizzlysgrowls Well, the UK border force was always a curious bunch, even in their EU days they tended to ask questions they should not of EU citizens.
@yacc143 @davidaugust @waterwatchman @Grizzlysgrowls That they always did.
Even going from London to Paris, UK border force asked questions including reason for my visit to France (ahem, did you see my EU passport? I don't need a reason to go to France), then just waved through by the French police (which was faster than using the automatic passport gates).
Going from Paris to London was a weird one. If the automatic gates worked, I just went through; if they didn't, it'd be the 200 questions.
@Uilebheist @yacc143 @waterwatchman @Grizzlysgrowls odd that the border force is like that. Doesn’t seem based on actual security realities.
@davidaugust @Uilebheist @yacc143 @waterwatchman @Grizzlysgrowls almost as if security isn't the reason that borders are patrolled...