2 AM Walmart run (thing)

Without the 2 AM Wal-Mart run:

• Satisfying the whims of a sadistic Human-Computer Interaction professor wanting exactly one type of folder would be impossible.
• We would never make such bizarre purchases as chocolate-flavored Rice Krispies Treats, then wake up wondering why and leaving them to collect dust in vacuum-packed bliss in a cabinet for the rest of the semester.
• Getting a hot shower the morning after returning from a break just wouldn't happen, for lack of foot-long fireplace matches to re-light the pilot light on the water heater.
• The joy of wandering through the toy aisles with bleary eyes, remembering your childhood as you stare at the racks of Legos, would remain forever unknown.