At a similar time to the above my wife worked in the Officers Mess as a steward for the evening meals and Mess Events. One evening it was close to clearing up time and most of the gentlemen had left only leaving a table of 4 earthy senior members of the mess. At this time it was noticed that 2 young Pilot Officers were peering through the doors, my wife approached them and they stated that they would like an evening meal, and this they were escorted to the table where the last of the members were sat, the senior officer, a Squadron Leader engineer gave my wife a questioning look but said nothing.
She took the order for their meals, after their starter they both requested Trout, which was duly placed in front of them at the appropriate time, as she was about to walk away she noticed that one of them looking at both of the plates, at this she asked him if there was a problem to which he replied 'his one was bigger than mine', to which my wife replied that =
'that is something you should discuss with your mother' turned on her heels ad departed. Result - explosion of laughter from senior officers.
On another occation another of the girls (C)noticed a man stood by the dining room doors, as she approached he asked if he was on time for a meal, at which she replied that he was and took his hand and led him to a table. The other girls tried to attract her attention, but failed and to hide their laughter turned their back on her. After leaving the table, having taken his meal order C walked to the other girls who where stood shaking their heads, C then asked what she had done wrong to be told - Thats the new Station Commander.
How she kept that job for as long as she did I will never know.