From what I saw during recent visits to other messes, PAYD varies in its implementation.
PAYD is fine in principle, and might be OK for mess members if it applied only to the dining, but in some places it is actually being implemented as 'Pay As You Mess'. It is not self-financing, so the bean counters are having to offer other mess services as potential 'cash cows' to make the tender process attractive (or even possible). I am, in particular, referring to the Bar being handed over to the likes of Eurest and SerCo, and the ability to charge whatever they like for Dinner Nights (staff gratuities?).
How long before cleaning becomes an added extra?
STH