The OP is living in cloud cuckoo land. Does he honestly believe officers (or anyone for that matter) should attend everyone's leaving do? Really? How many do's is that every year then??
Get real - leaving do's are for close friends and family - simples. A week after you leave they don't even remember your name. Consider himself lucky that you are bigging him up.
Culdrose: What a sign ofthe times. I was there for a colleagues funeral several weeks ago and previously - a tech refresher course. The place is a dump of the first order. It wouldn't get an AA rose never mind a 3 star rating. Civvy staff are few and far between and completely untrained to run such a place. The building needs painting and is a sad enditement of what it stood for all those years before. Couldn't wait to get out of the hovel.
