In Chapter 3 Darlene takes Warren's demand to have something besides hot dogs for dinner to heart. She spends a good part of the day ruminating on what to prepare for dinner that can be cooked over a campfire without a pan or utensils. The family has been eating nothing but hot dogs for the weeks that they've been banished to living in the back yard shed by Ruby, Warren's sadistic mother. Darlene is pretty proud of herself for buying sausages instead of the daily hot dogs and having them ready and waiting when Warren returns home from his first day at his new job.
However, Warren doesn't notice the difference between the sausages and hot dogs as Darlene happily greets him hoping to receive some gratitude and appreciation for her efforts. Even when she explains to him that he's not eating a hot dog he grumbles that they look the same. Then he calls for his beer and when asked how his first day went replies that it sucked.
Warren is a homeless bum who doesn't realize he's a homeless bum. He can't see anything wrong with the way he lives and the way he treats his family. He expects his wife and family to see everything his way and respect and admire him. He doesn't see how lucky he is to have his loved ones around him because they are the only ones who see him as the utter failure that he is, yet they are still sleeping with him in the filthy shed, eating hot dogs from a stick and bathing in the melted ice from his beer cooler waiting for him to finally figure things out and support them like a good father and husband should. Will Warren ever get a clue?
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