 Why is U-Haul mentioned at all?
Perhaps it is wrong, the Shopping Avenger thought, to complain about the petty insults and inconveniences of life in the materialistic '90s. The Shopping Avenger does not make light of the Dalai Lama or of the notion that there is more to life than the impatient acquisition of material goods. But the Shopping Avenger also believes that the Dalai Lama has never tried to rent a truck from U-Haul. If he had tried to rent from U-Haul, he never would have escaped from Tibet. The complaints about U-Haul's nonreservation reservation policy continue to pour in through the electronic mail. B.R. continues--as if you don't know what happened already--"I went to U-Haul with my brother to get our 'reserved' truck.
 To critique their service.
 To make a joke.  To advocate for Budget.  To critique their service.  To exemplify the Shopping Avenger's greatness.