Advice From My Father

Advice From My Father
Philadelphia, PA
1975


As I was approaching my 21st birthday and about to become a legal drinker, my father offered me some very sage advice.  "Lookit", he told me, "whenever you go to the bar with a group of friends and you are ordering pitchers of beer, always be the first to order the beer.  Buy the first round.  You see, as the night moves on, everyone remembers who bought the first round but no one remembers who bought the other rounds.  So, you get excused from buying the next round. If you play it right, that may be the only round you buy.  Always buy the first round."