I remember an officer only 3 line whip called by our OC Sqn at a northern base in early 1980s. He demanded to know why so few wives had turned up at the Mess that afternoon to arrange the flowers for that evening's dining in night. It appeared that his wife had volunteered the squadron wives to do this and was upset at such a poor response. He demanded a better response for the future and tried to insinuate that action would be taken against those officers who did not send their wives along in future.
He was not happy when it was pointed out that he could not order the wives about despite his other half's assumptions. Nor was he chuffed when asked if he would write to the employers in the local area to explain why our wives had not turned up for work on the afternoons of future DiNs.
Silly boy.