We have thousands of soldiers in this camp, and a few amenities. Thus, lines. You wait in line to eat, often with hundreds of soldiers. Once in, you wait in line to wash up, wait in line to get served, small line to get a drink, small line at the salad bar, sometimes a small line to dump the plate and leave. A line to get into the PX, and a line to pay. A line to get coffee at “Green Beans Coffee”, and a line a Subway and at the internet café. A line to use the phones; a line at the showers. A line to drop off laundry, and a line to pick it up.
Got up at 4 AM today, and, no lines. The coffee shop, internet café, phones, and the Subway were all open at that hour. I have talked to many Desert Storm veterans who assert theat they'd promised themselves they would never wait in another line. I didn't get it; what is the big deal. I'm starting to understand.
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