That One Guy Who Used To Buy Us Beer

*Remember these beauties? Sadly, McDonald’s ashtrays were eventually replaced by the less cool stamped aluminum versions, but yeah, you could light up a smoke while knocking back a Filet-O-Fish.*

This AI generated ’80s fast food restaurant’ image has been making the rounds, and despite all of its failings, it’s still strangely accurate. First of all, if you’re of a certain age, you remember people being able to smoke pretty much everywhere. Yes, even McDonald’s.

Anyway, back to the image at hand. It’s this non-existent human that really struck a chord. Back in the ’80s, almost everyone had that one guy who looked like a 30-year-old factory worker in high school. He was usually a rocker type who drove a Camaro or something, but the point of the matter is that he looked like a legit adult. See where I’m going with this?

Our guy’s name was Jerry. Yes, just Jerry. Not even trying to protect his identity or anything, I legit don’t think we ever knew his last name. Nonetheless, this guy is damn near a perfect doppelgänger for Jerry. Anyway, when we needed party supplies, Jerry was our go-to guy as he could walk into any store in town and not get carded – cigarettes, beer, wine coolers, and even the hard stuff – Jerry was the man, and only took a small fee when he wasn’t going to be partying with us.