Anyone who has ever sober-cabbed for their friends on a fun-filled night of drinking has stories that come to mind when someone else brings designated driving up.

This last weekend on Hawaiian Night, I had the privilege of driving around my friends from party to party.

The key to successful sober cabbing is keeping your patience–something I learned this Saturday.

Whether this entails rounding up your drunk little friends and pushing them into the car or having them beg you to give them the keys so they can go to McDonald’s again, you must keep your cool.

This also means that when one of your passengers chugs half a water bottle full of vodka in the car, you cannot stop the car suddenly so he chokes like I did.

Keeping your patience is not the only thing you must do in order to have a successful night of designated driving. You also have to be responsible for your friends. This means that if you drop them off at their party at 11:00 P.M. and they call you 30 minutes later to have you pick them up, even though you JUST got back to your room, you have to do it. Why? Because they cannot.

I asked one friend what her thoughts of me sober-cabbing for her were and she said, “I love it. I love you! I love you so much. Do you love me? Do you have hotdogs?”

It’s a different world in college when you don’t drink. I get asked all the time to DD for people. But I don’t mind. I’d rather see my friends safely arrive at their parties than end up in a car crash because I was too annoyed with them to drive them anywhere.

Please don’t drink and drive.