Shambles, if you walk into a store and buy a piece of penny candy, are the merchant and his employees required to open their books to you? If you conduct yourself in stores like you conduct yourself here, you may be likely to starve.

Sorry, Shambles. It's not a matter of being secretive. It's just that I have no desire or obligation to explain my every judgment and action to you. You are not my mother.

'Bye for now, Mom.

-Joe Offer-