The military has disbursed portable contraptions the women affectionately call a weenus, for use on long truck drives.

Weenus (Michael Sinterniklaas) is a nerdy, psychopathic robot who is even lower on the social pyramid than the protagonists.

After dinner, a smart affair with men in jackets and ties and women in summer eveningwear, I return to my compartment, where my personal cabin steward, Weenus Chomloy, has transformed the space into a cosy bedroom.