ABIW, Lol, yeah, never again. And for the record, I too have sent the loadie down to the subway for 75 feet of sandwich to feed the pax when "the rules" didn't provide for it. (actually, it was 45 feet for the loadie, and 30' for the pax. I'M JOKING, DON'T TEAR STRIPS OFF ME)
SRE, I really do regret that those events ever happened as you describe, however I also do not believe they were all conspiracies to enable aircrew to spend the night at a place of their choosing. What I would suggest is possibly more likely, (and I mean this with all due respect to yourself) is that the reasons for some of the decisions taken, were not properly/effectively conveyed to you. Half of the issues we see on this thread, appear to stem from lack of information flow. Hows about we, as aircrew, make the decision to try and brief pax ourselves when issues occur, thereby eliminating the chinese whispers. Any takers?