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The Jargon File, version 4.4.8 (jargon)

droid: n. [from android, SF terminology
for a humanoid robot of essentially biological (as opposed to
mechanical/electronic) construction] A person (esp. a low-level bureaucrat
or service-business employee) exhibiting most of the following
characteristics: (a) naive trust in the wisdom of the parent organization
or ‘the system’; (b) a blind-faith propensity to believe
obvious nonsense emitted by authority figures (or computers!); (c) a
rule-governed mentality, one unwilling or unable to look beyond the
‘letter of the law’ in exceptional situations; (d) a paralyzing
fear of official reprimand or worse if Procedures are not followed No
Matter What; and (e) no interest in doing anything above or beyond the call
of a very narrowly-interpreted duty, or in particular in fixing that which
is broken; an “It's not my job, man” attitude.Typical droid positions include supermarket checkout assistant and
bank clerk; the syndrome is also endemic in low-level government employees.
The implication is that the rules and official procedures constitute
software that the droid is executing; problems arise when the software has
not been properly debugged. The term droid
mentality is also used to describe the mindset behind this
behavior. Compare suit,
marketroid; see -oid.In England there is equivalent mainstream slang; a
‘jobsworth’ is an obstructive, rule-following bureaucrat, often
of the uniformed or suited variety. Named for the habit of denying a
reasonable request by sucking his teeth and saying “Oh no, guv, sorry
I can't help you: that's more than my job's worth”.

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