Ask And You Shall Receive

In need of a drink but have no cash? Why not simply ask someone to buy you one? Seems pretty obvious, however, the thought never (consciously) struck me until just recently.  I was viewing MTV’s True Life: I’m an alcoholic and one of said true life alcoholics, after finishing off her supply, hung out in the parking lot of a liquor store until a couple dudes showed up.  She asked them to buy some beer and then come to her apartment to hangout. They did. She had one beer with them and then sent them off keeping the remainder of the 24 pack that they had purchased. Mean, but brilliant. As I was watching this, I recalled having once secured a drink in a similar fashion. Back in my club-going college days, at some club on State Street a random dude came up to me and asked if I wanted to dance, being already a bit inebriated, I asked “do you want to buy me a drink?” And it turns out he did! Then I walked to the dance floor with him. When we arrived I faked a phone call and told him I had to go meet my friends because we were leaving. Free drink just like that! Admittedly it is a bit easier for girls to sucker men into buying them booze, but I think guys can pull it off as well. I mean most bums you find standing outside of 7-11 asking for your change are guys right? And you usually give it to them, and then what to they buy with it? In another personal anecdote, at a bar in San Fransisco a dude once asked me to buy him a drink. I of course said no because 1) he didn’t interest me and 2) I can’t even afford to buy my own drinks! I think he asked just about every woman in that bar, and while he did get rejected multiple times, eventually some dumb broad did in fact buy him a drink. Ask and you shall receive. It’s so simple. I think most people refrain from doing so, however, because it seems pretty desperate. But lets face it, if you’re reading this you are pretty desperate.