Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
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Certainly the expectation was that an away day should not see you out of pocket but that admin trying to ensure that was a real embuggerance. Before I departed I had to get prior approval for T&S for a trip ordered by the very man that ordered the trip....
On numerous Staff visits [sorry, I became a Quill Warrior, 3rd Dan] i used to watch my colleagues scrabbling around to make tuppence on their allowances by eating at MaccyD or the local Chippy. I used to enjoy a bottle of wine on HMG whilst having my 3-course hotel meal at their expense. It was an interesting insight into how people looked at Pay and Allowances.