While the sybaritic top brass toss meat to their dogs, or query the freshness of their croissants, ordinary soldiers wolf down the rations in the trenches they storm.
Coffee, sushi, croissants, pain au chocolat, items that adults personally appreciate and so they can have a cute little toy to identify their likes with.
We always need something whether it's a bathroom or a really good flaky croissant and so if I know how to say that in the most polite form that makes the connection right there.