I recall a friend who had recently been promoted to MACR commenting to the boss one day how delighted he was that since his promotion he and his wife were permitted to read books and drink sherry. Barrack Stores had been round to his quarter earlier to deliver the additional MQ inventory items to which he was now entitled: a bookcase and six sherry glasses.
A friend of mine in the Civil Service was promoted to Principal Scientific Officer. The following day two workmen turned up in his office, replaced his piece of carpet with a larger one, replaced his chair with a more expensive version, replaced his desk with a much larger one and as they left one told my friend "We'll drop off the hat-stand tomorrow"