When I worked for P&O Ferries staff got proper discounts - free foot passenger crossings, very cheap pints at the bar and £2 for 200 fags and a bottle of spirits (this was in proper duty free days).
So most Thursdays the IT dept took off for France after work on a non-landing crossing instead of going to the pub, We often took something like Trivial Pursuits and had a thoroughly good evening, coming back with a litre of spirits and 200 fags and having only spent about a tenner.
The best were when it was too rough to get back into Dover harbour so we'd stay out at sea, close to the coast, being held in position by tugs pushed up against the side, until the wind dropped a bit. Had a few late nights on that one!!
Last edited by: smokie on Sun 9 Feb 20 at 15:32
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