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There’s always a fight each week when my buddies and I go out as to who will be the designated driver for the night. It’s a noble thing that one of us gives up an evening of drinking for the sacrifice of the greater good so the rest of us can act like jerks all evening. The really downside is the designated driver has to deal with the drunk idiots at the end of the evening. You probably won’t learn this in any of the Houston nightlife reviews, but there are actually some good perks to be had from being the designated driver. I have found that when it is my turn to drive everyone around, that I can actually get some benefits out of it. A lot of place around the city, once they find you are the designated driver, will let you drink free soda for the night. It may not sound like much, but it beats having to pay two or three bucks every time you want a refill during the night. One place we went to really takes pride in their designated drivers. They actually gave me a polo shirt that said designated driver on it for the driver to wear while they were out that night. Okay, it might seem a little dorky to some of you, but hey, a free shirt is a free shirt no matter what. Do you know what the best perk of all of the perks is when you are the designated driver? Women seem to like you better. They seem to think that you must be a good guy for agreeing to shuttle your friends all over the city all night long. They actually want to sit with me and talk and hang out. No maybe this is because I am not acting like a jerk from the alcohol. Maybe it is because I don’t smell like a distillery from all the booze either. Whatever the case may be, I am willing to accept it and enjoy their company while my friends drink themselves into a stupor. As the designated driver, I might also get the opportunity to be chivalrous and offer to drive home any damsel who may be in distress. This means that some young lady who went out with her friends is stranded because her friend drank too much and can’t drive. I can step right in and be the hero and offer her a ride home and maybe get a future date out of it. There is one other perk to being the designated driver. In our little group of friends, it means that since I did it this week, someone else does it next week and I get a chance to drink. Then I get the chance to see exactly what all the Houston nightlife reviews are raving about besides the great ginger ale a place might have. Do you have a good designated driver tale to tell and add to Houston nightlife reviews? Drive on over to our nightlife site and let everyone know your story.
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