ARmy Rumour SErvice

**BiscuitsAB** · 08-08-2012, 21:54

I's so fucking glad PAYD didn't come in when me a claudius maximus were in! I'd have fucking hated it. Its sounds like a complete fucking abortion from here.

**rebel_with_a_cause** · 08-08-2012, 21:58

Even more so in that it is not standard across even the Army, some places have it others don't.

**Joe_Private** · 08-08-2012, 22:04

Originally Posted by BiscuitsAB

I's so fucking glad PAYD didn't come in when me a claudius maximus were in! I'd have fucking hated it. Its sounds like a complete fucking abortion from here.

If done well (like it was in some places) it wasn't. If you were in a cheapskate place that opted for the core menu rather than the enhanced menu, then it probably would have upset you. What it meant to me was that I could eat what I wanted, when I wanted, and spent less per week on food than I did whilst paying food charges.

**Kitmarlowe** · 08-08-2012, 22:07

if it's PAYD for 2 weeks then you should be able to claim IE.....

**ugly** · 08-08-2012, 22:11

Originally Posted by Kitmarlowe

A drink is part of the Core menu and always has been. It used to be pretty precise about how much and what you should expect at each meal....leading to an RQ threatening to knock a chief twice around camp when the core breakfast turned up and consisted of cold tesa, hard boiled eggs, bacon and bread. Being charged the full cost of 300 core breakfasts for f**k all kinda peeved him.....

Sounds like the shit breakfast you got with the gurkhas, 1 compo sausage cold, 1 boiled egg and a tiny spoonful of beans usually fecking cold too!. Thank fuck their evening meals were decent as the horror bags were fucking awful too!

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**Joe_Private** · 08-08-2012, 22:17

Originally Posted by ugly

Sounds like the shit breakfast you got with the gurkhas...

They must have hated you. My brother spent some time with them and his main topic of conversation was the high standard of food they served - curried eggs for breakfast.

**supermark500** · 08-08-2012, 22:41

Originally Posted by Kitmarlowe

if it's PAYD for 2 weeks then you should be able to claim IE.....

Thought IE wasn't around any more?

**stabtoreg** · 08-08-2012, 23:01

Originally Posted by ugly

Sounds like the shit breakfast you got with the gurkhas, 1 compo sausage cold, 1 boiled egg and a tiny spoonful of beans usually fecking cold too!. Thank fuck their evening meals were decent as the horror bags were fucking awful too!

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When was that? The food in Shornecliff is pretty excellent. Horror bags are a cut above as well.

As for the guy flapping about PAYD whilst on a two week course, I'm not sure why the Army would have a responsibility to feed a TA soldier on a course for free, when it doesnt have responsibility for feeding regular soldiers for free.

**ugly** · 09-08-2012, 06:10

Originally Posted by stabtoreg

When was that? The food in Shornecliff is pretty excellent. Horror bags are a cut above as well.

As for the guy flapping about PAYD whilst on a two week course, I'm not sure why the Army would have a responsibility to feed a TA soldier on a course for free, when it doesnt have responsibility for feeding regular soldiers for free.

Yes it was 30 years ago in Kitchener Barracks and the food was usually good but their breakfast then was dire. We were lodging there whilst on a local training course and the funniest bit was the Pln Sgt was allergic to curry!