It’s a jail, not a four-star hotel
I have this conversation with various inmates at least 3-5 times a day:
Inmate (in an indignant tone): The food here sucks! There is no excuse for it! I’m calling my lawyer!*
Me (in a faux-understanding tone): I haven’t tried it myself, but I’m sure it is pretty awful, you poor thing. In fact, I think the only people who get worse food are our brave military men and women serving our country and risking their lives every day in Iraq! I bet they’d trade their MREs for the food you get any day. – I smile sweetly. –
Inmate: – Silence –
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* What I wish I could say also:
You can order from the comissary, which has plenty of reasonably-priced food and snacks to buy if you don’t like what is being served in the jail. What, you have no money? Well, you had PLENTY of money for your DAILY meth use, pot use, and 20 year, 2 packs per day cigarette smoking habits. You also had enough money to buy enough liquor to enable you to get drunk enough to swerve your car all over the highway with a blood alcohol content of 0.25 (legal limit 0.08), so where did all your wealth evaporate to? You’ve only been in jail five days! Maybe you should plan better financially the next time you try to kill people with your drunk driving and get arrested for it, or molest your granddaughter, or violate a restraining order eight times, etc.
FUN FACT: Most prisoners maintain their weight or gain weight in jail.
FUN FACT #2: If the food is that bad, then why do the deputies (who can leave and go to McDonalds if they want to) gladly eat any extra prisoner meals the kitchen has on hand?
What,we don’t just feed them bread and water!?
Comment by Lynne — Saturday, August 6, 2005 @ 7:33 pm
Cause the deputies are cheap!
Comment by Brian — Wednesday, August 10, 2005 @ 11:44 am
Comment by drunkenlagomorph — Wednesday, August 10, 2005 @ 11:54 am