As I said earlier, sorta wish CPT Patti were at the airport.
On Burger King's first day in business in mid-June, the lines lasted more than two hours, but soldiers patiently waited for their burgers after months of plastic-sealed Meals Ready to Eat, with their set menu of processed Cheese Whiz and Beef Stew.
"One soldier just sat against a wall with his hamburger like a little boy," sighs Cliff.
Inside the 6,000 square foot (540 square metre) shopping centre, managed by AAES, Nintendo Play Stations have gone on sale in the last week, and a full supply of DVD films and compact discs, everything from albums by rapper Eminem to country singer Johnny Cash, have started to pour in.
Coca Cola and tortilla chips sell like mad, and the store plans on moving into a 20,000 sq foot facility by August.
"A month ago, things started to trickle in through the pipeline and now that'll start to mature," says Cliff, who wears combat fatigues although she is a civilian employee of the defense department.
"We're ready to move to a bigger facility."
Any of the soldiers in Baghdad are allowed to use the Burger King. Its just that unless they live and work at the airport, there is little time to get to this outlet.
CPT Patti tells me she can't get to the PX on the Police College compound where she lives and works, becuase she has too much going on every day.
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