DoE could often be thieving gits. We had a chap posted in to Wattisham from Leuchars whose hadn't had time to cut the grass at his OMQ at Leuchars before his march out. So DoE announced that he would have to pay for it to be cut, which he did.
The F-4 aircrew world was relatively small and a few weeks later a mate from Leuchars was on the crewroom phone. During the conversation it transpired that he was the new occupant of the OMQ and was a bit miffed at the time it had taken him to cut the grass.
A few phone calls later and the Leuchars DOE head honcho was invited to a little chat with OC Admin and a cheque was on its way south shortly afterwards...