Call me stupid... (standby)
I know that ultimately I'll get paid what I'm owed, if anything, and that's the point to me. So long as I break even I'm happy, don't tell CMR though, because it's always a nice surprise when that bit of extra dosh appears in my bank. I'm not paid an obscene amount of money by my civvy employer, far from it, but there are people out there who pay to do what we are paid to do. So much of what I have done so far, no amount of money would buy in civvy street.
I think I'm jealous of those of you who have their RNR pay deducted from their civvy pay, I presume this means they give you the time to do ORT etc without using your meagre holidays. To do the training necessary, of my 4 weeks holiday a year, I get to spend only 2 weeks with my wife if I am lucky. I work weekends and she doesn't, to me the biggest issue is time not money.
Everyone on RR appears to be dedicated to the cause, look at me, on my day off sucking it all in and you guys are all the same. My other choice would have been the Specials, no pay, just expenses, but it wouldn't allow me to escape my cumby job and enjoy time away with like minded people. The cash is a bonus, until they started issuing us with the kit we needed, it paid for it.
So, call me stupid, but so long as I break even I'll be turning up and not worrying about what I'm getting paid, just being grateful that they are letting me do something that I love!