Now if I gave fucks and actually took these facilities seriously.

And to take this further, I found this one small gem on TVTropes' "WarpThatAesop/Pokemon" page - "The games, for hardcore players: If you are not innately strong or have the wrong nature, you are a worthless being and your only purpose in life is prostitution to produce an ideal being. Or as a slave forced to perform the same tedious tasks every day because your master can't be bothered to find a boat/machete/airport. "