> Well, except for the food. But the food is prepaid and always available at a short walk away, so it has that "free" feeling which elevates it from "tolerable" to "this-might-be-good."
>

Heh. If you've ever wondered why cafeteria food can waver so much between "awful" and "this-is-actually-good-today," just consider that the typical ingredient list for an industrial-size recipe may read something like,

22 bags of flour
7 large tubs margarine
90 eggs
8 gallons milk
.
.
etc.

So you never know what might happen if certain ingredients are in short supply one day. ;-)


> The fitting rooms at Wal-Mart had wire mesh cages around them to
> prevent theft. This is somehow not very reassuring.
>

I've kind of having trouble picturing this. The stalls aren't enclosed?

Wolfspirit