O-D: It was only the following year, when I got the 1369 forms to fill in again that I realised what the boss had meant - and me having spent 12 months thinking I was a model of tact and diplomacy! Mind you, I was to receive many more blows to my ego, courtesy of the dreaded 1369.
Something similar with me. Saw the Staish in RAFG to have the 1369 tea leaves read: "You've done really well on the squadron - you are the type of chap we need as spec aircrew." Well I was really chuffed, then...wait on a mo!