re: #315 Anymouse 🌹🎃

The only time I was in a position to accept any such gift was when I was a recruiter in Pittsfield, Mass.

I took a tour of the GE facility there at the invitation of the company, since that plant was a military contractor.

I took a tour of the plant, after which they offered me lunch. I politely declined, noting I had to get back to work.

You probably could have had the lunch, to make the work flow smoothly. If a Turkish base commander offers you lunch, you eat the damn lunch, or the DoD and DoS will re-educate you.

(You note it on your travel settlement, which used to make a difference when the per diem was broken down by meals.)