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Hi, Just to put my bit in. I sometimes work in the GP surgery at a barracks. When i am there i am able to eat in the canteen along with army personnel. They may have to pay for their own food but honestly the canteen does not charge a fortune. It really is minimal and you generally get a very good meal. Especially if you choose from the Core Menu. I have never seen a soldier go hungry. Or do without their beer. Trust me, I have seen many a green face on a friday morning sick parade. And a Monday morning. And when the lads and lasses are away they do not have to pay for their food. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNight Owl Member No 1 :rotfl: :rotfl:
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scubaangel wrote: »
On Ops and Exersizes the situation is totally different, food is provided for soliders - back to a minimal charge taken at source (IIRC).
That is incorrect during Ops and Exercises Food is Free0 -
That is incorrect during Ops and Exercises Food is Free
Cheers Lee, been that long since I did an Ex I couldnt remember properly, nonetheless the point stands at no time should a soldier or other member of the forces go hungry other than through their own financial mismanagement and possible embaressment of having to sign the hungry soldier book at the scoff house.It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it.
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In my opinion it is a better way of doing things. Not everyone wants to eat breakfast, and sometimes the lads/lasses may wanna nip out for a takeaway. At least with PAYD you can choose where you wanna eat and not have to pay for a meal that you're not gonna eat.0
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scubaangel wrote: »Cheers Lee, been that long since I did an Ex I couldnt remember properly, nonetheless the point stands at no time should a soldier or other member of the forces go hungry other than through their own financial mismanagement and possible embaressment of having to sign the hungry soldier book at the scoff house.
Totally agree, whilst Pay As You Dine (PAYD) is not quite what a lot of guys expected, no Service person will every go hungry, unless they can't be arsed going to the cookhouse0 -
Im not quite understanding where er indoors gets her ideas from. I happen to think that PAYD is a good system, and it is still extremely cheap! It is a good way to teach the young lads new to the army to be able to budget for simple lifes essentials such as food. If they were not to pay for their own food who should be expected to cover that cost? My husband is a serving soldier and currently deployed in Iraq. In the case of married soldiers how would you expect to pay for their meals? Send them an allowence to put towards the families shopping budget? Or maybe take them away from their families for even longer so they can eat their meals in the cookhouse? Im sorry but your idea is completely ridiculous.
While yes I agree that soldiers do deserve more benifits as a reward for the job they do, I dont think removing the cost of £1.50 per meal will really make that much difference to most soldiers. Just my opinion.0 -
Is this thread a wind up, grown adults paying for their own food, shock horror? Course if the MOD did want to feed my husband free of charge that would leave more money for clothes and tat around the house ...... hmmmmm, petition??????99.9% of my posts include sarcasm!Touch my bum :money:Tesco - £1000 , Carpet - £20, Barclaycard - £50, HSBC - £50 + Car - £1700SAVED =£0Debts - £28500
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I live on a PAYD Unit. Lunch is £1.60 ish which is a main course, and dinner is £1.60 ish (cant remember exact cost) which is three course, fruit juice or soup, what is called a core meal and then a cold or hot sweet.
The total cost of the three meals is the same as it would cost if the Unit is non PAYD so there is equality across all Units. ie under £5 a day. Not the earth.
If I lived in my own house would you still expect the MoD to pay for my food? If you can swing it for free food you would get my vote !!
There is an issue with younger members of the services spending all their money on non food items. Cant speak for the Army or Navy but in basic RAF training they are taught to budget. Been said its a bit more grown up.
Food on exercises and deployments is free, not sure where we would buy it from anyway, and for one i would not be happy eating pizza or burgers for 6 months, although I know some would be !!0 -
I live on a PAYD Unit. Lunch is £1.60 ish which is a main course, and dinner is £1.60 ish (cant remember exact cost) which is three course, fruit juice or soup, what is called a core meal and then a cold or hot sweet.
The total cost of the three meals is the same as it would cost if the Unit is non PAYD so there is equality across all Units. ie under £5 a day. Not the earth.
If I lived in my own house would you still expect the MoD to pay for my food? If you can swing it for free food you would get my vote !!
There is an issue with younger members of the services spending all their money on non food items. Cant speak for the Army or Navy but in basic RAF training they are taught to budget. Been said its a bit more grown up.
Food on exercises and deployments is free, not sure where we would buy it from anyway, and for one i would not be happy eating pizza or burgers for 6 months, although I know some would be !!
Thanks for your reply, My fiancee is on her phase 2 training and now has to pay £9 a day just for food which I really dont think is on at all.0
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