So I was thinking...

[leethet]

... as I was driving home from work ... you never see the guys, like, do grocery shopping, do you? Then I thought about how rarely they'd have time to reliably do things like that, and I wondered, does UNCLE have a grocery service? So the agents don't get poisoned or turned via mind-altering drugs?

Any theories on how they do basic housekeeping type stuff?

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[graculus.livejournal.com]

There's also the overall security question when it comes to where they live when they're not working. If UNCLE own the buildings where they live, it would make sense if they also somehow provided a grocery service, at least for the basics.

But then I've got to the point where I've read so much fic (not to mention written it) that includes the boys' apartments outside work that I hardly know what's canon and what isn't any more. ;)

[leethet.livejournal.com]

I don't think we ever see them doing any domestic stuff outside of work (of course, we don't get a lot of home life glimpses), but I was thinking they're kind of like soldiers in that they're constantly on call and can't realistically have a regular homelife, plus they are genuinely in danger, even when not working, so I thought some sort of in house process that bought the groceries and, you know, laundry soap, anonymously so THRUSH couldn't put something in it, then delivered, would make sense in terms of keeping the agents safe and keeping them clean and fed and all - an investment back into UNCLE, as it were.

And in terms of the actual place they live, I agree - fanon goes interesting places, but isn't it implied that UNCLE is involved in where they live because of security? Which makes a ton of sense and also makes them even more like soldiers, even though it leaves out a lot of good fanfic. :-)

[leethet.livejournal.com]

God, no kidding. Right smack against the wall and they don't seem to even care. It's not like THRUSH doesn't know their address, for heaven's sake.

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

Sam Rolfe's original conception is that they both had apartments in an UNCLE owned and run building. Presumably, any cleaning and maintenance people would have been run through security.

On the other hand, there's the UNCLE owned brownstone in Discoteque Aff and security isn't exactly tight in that one. :)

[veronicaluv.livejournal.com]

As far as housekeeping, shopping, etc, I'd say they have services for all that, with staff thoroughly vetted by security. UNCLE always struck me as a very closed and tight knit society, so their likes and dislikes were probably well documented. Heck, there's probably a whole division given over to procurement.

I can see them living in a secured building, but I admit I have a kind of romantic (no, me? really?) idea of how they live. For some reason I see Illya as having a very precise and eclectic set of belongings that he's schlepped around and likes just so. It'd be cliche to think of Napoleon living in a swinging bachelor pad and I don't think he does. I see him more in of a classic, subdued, comfortable place, with books. Lots of books *g*.

Realizing I have no basis in canon to support this, I claim the right of a lifelong fan to make stuff up ;).

[leethet.livejournal.com]

But, see, this makes total sense to me. They send the guys to an island they own to train them, for God's sake. They must have a huge investment in them - too much to leave them at risk when such a simple thing as a trusted/bonded/watched grocer could prevent (or at least greatly reduce the risk of) poisoning or will gas or something. Like the monitored apartments, it's just protecting their investment.

[cousinnat.livejournal.com]

Where have I been? Lee the T has made TEN posts in the last year. Before you know it, she'll need a SECOND icon.

As to the question at hand, I think like many New Yorkers NS and IK eat out all the time. But just in case there's a need for the occasional peanut butter sandwich, there might be a commissary in their building. I don't know about New York, but in Chicago there are all kinds of little below-ground or inside groceries that only the neighborhood residents know about.

[leethet.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, I know, stale iconage. *g* But now I've transferred my homemade tapes (including the ones you gave me) to dvd I should be able to make icons! (We hope - considering I haven't tried to play the dvds in my computer yet, I shouldn't get too eager).

An in-brownstone commissary/laundry would be handy, wouldn't it? Employees could be vetted and all. I think it's a good idea.