I attended an Audit Commission jolly last year - best hotel in Central London, fab presentations, expenses covered. Biting the hand that fed me for a while, but I was never quite clear exactly what it achieved.............
I thought that was the whole idea of a jolly. A pleasing time pretending to be useful, that is why they never use the cheaper options.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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