As for the Met. Office!
"I suppose I should congratulate you on your good fortune!"
I think he'd spent all night working that up to a suitably snide level.
And when I retired after 41 years and five promotions, a ****ty standard letter and an invitation to provide feedback on the organisation.
I had, I thought, been providing [mostly negative] feedback for 41 years!
Never mind, the lump sum and the monthly dole meant and means a lot more than ceremonies and praise.
Best leave things as they are, gives us all something to whinge about.